by Aseem Gupta | Aug 12, 2026 | Society, Culture & Demographics
Reading Time: 16 MinutesFor most of the 2010s, Generation Z was the name attached to the newest internet trends, unfamiliar slang and the supposedly incomprehensible habits of young people. Then, almost overnight, the conversation changed. Suddenly there were...
by Aseem Gupta | Jul 1, 2026 | Society, Culture & Demographics
Reading Time: 30 MinutesFor decades, Canada offered an unusually attractive bargain. A person could study, find steady work, buy a reasonably comfortable home, raise children in a relatively safe neighbourhood and expect public institutions to cushion life’s...
by Aseem Gupta | Apr 1, 2026 | Society, Culture & Demographics
Reading Time: 22 MinutesIn September 2016, a 24-year-old university student named Kwon Dae-hee entered a plastic surgery clinic in Gangnam, Seoul, hoping to change the shape of his jaw. He wanted a narrower, more sculpted face, an appearance widely celebrated in...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 21, 2026 | Society, Culture & Demographics
Reading Time: 21 MinutesOn February 22, 2026, Canada and the United States met in the men’s Olympic hockey final in Milan. The score was tied 1–1 after three periods, but just 101 seconds into overtime, Jack Hughes scored to give the Americans the gold medal....
by Aseem Gupta | May 31, 2025 | Society, Culture & Demographics
Reading Time: 29 MinutesSouth Korea is experiencing something that once seemed increasingly unlikely: more babies are being born. After years of relentless decline, the country’s fertility rate rose from a historic low of 0.72 children per woman in 2023 to 0.75...
by Aseem Gupta | Apr 9, 2016 | Society, Culture & Demographics
Reading Time: 18 MinutesJapan is one of the wealthiest and most technologically advanced countries in the world. Its manufacturers have transformed global industries, its cities are celebrated for their infrastructure and efficiency, and its people enjoy some of the...
