'I got too rich in North Korea and had to fake my own death' – a defector's story
5 min
A new book investigating the social ‘art of understanding’ that Koreans cultivate from childhood. By refining your "nunchi" - the Korean art of understanding - you can gain the skills to read a room or impress at work. Writing in the Guardian, Adrienne Matei explains the concept, describing how separate it is to the individualistic rules for success in the west.