The New Republic

Where Does the South Begin?

More than a decade ago, on the first day of a college seminar titled “The American South,” Glenda Gilmore—one of the deans of Southern history—challenged my classmates and me to define the borders ...
Collider

29 Years Later, 'South Park' Is Finally Fixing Its Biggest Problem

Few television shows have quite the impact that South Park has. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the crudely made animated series first premiered on Comedy Central all the way back in the ...
Wall Street Journal

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia that occupies the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. The nation borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized ...
U.S. News & World Report

21 Best Weekend Getaways in the South – A Curated 2026 Guide

Sometimes the best way to refresh the mind, body and soul after a long workweek is to enjoy a short weekend trip. Luckily, the southern United States is chock-full of interesting and diverse vacation ...
NPR

South Korea has the world's lowest fertility rate, a struggle with lessons for us all

Yun-Jeong Kim grew up imagining what her future family would look like — married with several kids, a nice home and a dog. But when the lease on her apartment in Seoul, South Korea, became too much ...
The Atlantic

Eight Books That Explain the South

For more than a century, readers have been fascinated by the American South, a place where the dialects remain distinct, raconteurs abound (I’ve never met a southerner who can’t tell at least one ...
Business Insider

15 stereotypes about the South that just aren't true

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. While living in New York, every time I opened my mouth, I would get the dreaded, "Where are you from?" ...
NBC News

Brown, Desi, South Asian: Diaspora reflects on the terms that represent, erase them

Over the last several decades, the diaspora of the Indian subcontinent has been labeled, relabeled and lumped together too many times to count. Indian and Pakistani immigrants were known as “Black” in ...
The Conversation

Are people at the South Pole upside down?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Are people on the South Pole walking upside ...

South Korea says Hormuz talks with France concern contribution options, not troop deployment

By Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, Sept 9 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron ...