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- Access, Culture & CanadaPeriod care in South KoreaIn South Korea, period pads are regulated as “quasi-drugs”. A public scare in 2017 changed what the government tests and what every pack must list. Here is how Korea regulates period care, what people use, and where K-beauty and K-pop come in.
- Access, Culture & CanadaPeriod care in JapanIn Japan, period pads are regulated as “quasi-drugs”. A labour law from 1947 speaks of periods, but it says nothing about pay. Here is how Japan sorts period products, what that law says word for word, and how often people use it.
- Access, Culture & CanadaStrawberry week, red aunt, the monthly thingsPeople in many languages have nicknames for periods. Some borrow a relative who visits. Some borrow red things, or the moon. Here are some of the words, what linguists say about them, and why some people choose plain words.
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