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The New York Times

5 Podcasts About Beauty, Skin Care and Self-Care

Shout Out LA

Meet Elise Hu : Journalist, author and podcast host

Defector

Normal Gossip: The Dream Of The Future Is Alive In That Musky Dorm Room

Pocketcasts

Guest List: Elise Hu

MIZZOU Magazine

From J-School to K-Beauty

WBUR Here and Now

Elise Hu’s Flawless Examines the Dark Side of South Korea’s Beauty Standards

South China Morning Post

What Elise Hu’s Book Flawless Reveals About Beauty

The Globe and Mail

Think K-beauty is a trend? Think again. It’s the future

Austin Chronicle

Elise Hu Unpacks the K-Beauty Industry in Her New Book, Flawless

Boston Globe

Elise Hu Shifts Our Understanding of Beauty in ‘Flawless’

KUOW Soundside

Author Elise Hu on her new book and K-Beauty critique, ‘Flawless’

Conde Nast Traveler

Writer Elise Hu on Life in Seoul and the Rise of K-Beauty

Shelf Awareness

Reading With … Elise Hu

Mochi Magazine

Flawless But At What Cost?

Culture Study

Beauty Culture is Hustle Culture

Pop Sugar

What Our Obsession With K-Beauty Reveals About All of Us

CBS This Morning

“Flawless” examines how Korean beauty trends, technology are changing global beauty standards

WHYY The Pulse

Skin Care And The Quest for Eternal Youth

NPR's TED Radio Hour

Elise Hu on The Beauty Ideal

KERA News

From Plano To Seoul, NPR’s Elise Hu Threads The Needle Between Missiles And Motherhood

The Los Angeles Times

With choir performance canceled, moms debate how to talk to their kids about Monterey Park shooting

Zocalo Public Square

In the Green Room with Elise Hu

The Dallas Morning News

Far from her Plano roots, NPR reporter Elise Hu chases news in South Korea and across Asia

Refinery29

13 Women Of Color In Journalism You Should Know

Cup of Jo

16 Surprising Things About Parenting in South Korea

10 Magazine, Seoul

10 Questions with Elise Hu

Harper’s Bazaar Singapore

Destination Dining: Gourmet Trails in Seoul

Nieman Journalism Lab

How NPR’s new Seoul bureau chief is using Tumblr to complement her reporting

Adweek

NPR is opening a South Korea bureau

EIJ News

Covering Ferguson: NPR’s Elise Hu

Tribeza Magazine, Austin

Elise Hu of The Texas Tribune

The New York Times

News Erupts, And So Does A Web Debut

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