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We are obsessed with 'Speed.' Where will it take us?

By The Korea Herald

Korea has long been associated less with a sense of ease than with a culture of "bbali, bbali" ("hurry, hurry"). Speed often feels less like a preference than a condition of everyday life. The phrase has become familiar shorthand, echoed in everything from same-day delivery services to a digital ecosystem. Faster is better, waiting is discomfort and stillness feels like delay. Yet, ironically, traditional Korean dance is still often trapped in a set of stereotypes as slow, dull, sleepy. So chore