
Throughline: How Korean culture went global
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Eyelid Surgery
eyelid surgery is one of the most common plastic surgery procedures for Asian women. Some say it's wrong, and others say no, no, it's just making them prettier. As South Korea's economy grew in leaps and bounds, American media picked apart what they saw as a country devoted to overconsumption with a twisted obsession with beauty.
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