Be the Key: Ten Korean Women on Careers, Culture, and Identity
by Saeyoung Park (Author), HeeJung Rim (Author), Serena Jeong (Author), Minyoung Kim (Author), Soeun (Sarah) Lee (Author), Narai Kim (Author), Victoria Yi (Author), EJ Choi (Author), Sangeun Kim (Author), Yousun Lim (Author).
Individually, their professional journeys span fields as diverse as journalism, technology, recruitment, sustainability, pharmaceuticals, and finance. Collectively, they represent a generation of Korean women redefining career, culture, and identity on their own terms.
From breaking barriers in male-dominated industries to balancing leadership with family life, each author brings a distinct voice and lived experience. Together, they offer not prescriptive lessons, but authentic reflections on persistence, reinvention, and growth.
Their stories—rooted in courage, clarity, and connection—invite readers around the world to reflect on their own paths and possibilities.
Thanks to the support of the Australia-Korea Foundation, these stories came to life with the hope that they might serve as a ‘key’ in readers' own journeys.
