Kim Nando was once a hugely popular author whose best-selling books, “To be sick is to be young” and “To be shaken a thousand times is to become an adult.” He was welcomed by the public because his books fit the “healing” concept that boomed in the 2010s. Nando Kim is a professor at Seoul National University’s Department of Consumer ...
These days, we no longer live in an era where comfort and healing are provided indiscriminately, but there was a period in the 2010s when Korean society placed great emphasis on “healing” and “comfort.” Rather than offering practical assistance to young people, there was a time when society merely offered verbal consolation. However, as this era progressed, the concept of ...