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April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 The rise of the sandwich Fast-tracking in Tokyo At Pyongyang Restaurant, it’s not about the food Expat superstars Monkeys and machetes Do your own brew Korea’s black racist epidemic Threadbare on the Silk Road The artistic entrepreneur Cover photos contributed by Groove Korea readers Design by park Seong-eun O u r p A S T T H r E E I S S u E S In Korea, only 50 percent of women are employed, compared to 73.5 percent of men. On a global scale, the World Economic Re- form placed Korea 108th out of 135 countries in its Global Gender Gap report. Women entering corporate careers are presented with a bitter smorgasbord of potential strikes against them: sexual ha- rassment, pay gaps, discrimination during child-bearing years and the overlook of pro-family rights in many small businesses. The support of a woman president is helpful, but it may not be enough. c o v E r Read the story on page 36. The women’s issue