May is a special month in Korea — packed with occasions to reach out to the people we love. Children’s Day (May 5), Parents’ Day (May 8), Teachers’ Day (May 15), Couples’ Day (May 21)… it’s no accident the whole month is called Family Month. Flower shops overflow with carnations, and KakaoTalk fills up with heartfelt digital cards. Sending a digital greeting card has become second nature. But I want to ask a simple question. ...
This post is part of an ongoing effort to monitor public websites as a web accessibility professional. It is written with the goal of improving information accessibility and advancing technology — not as a political statement. I only recently found out the Cheong Wa Dae website had been redesigned. Life gets busy, and I was a bit late to the news — but as soon as I heard, I was curious enough to check it out. ...
Every year, April 20 is Disability Day in Korea. I’ve been working on web accessibility at a university since 2010, but honestly, I never made a point of marking this day. I’d catch news about events held under the banner of Disability Day, but my own work felt like something that lived inside a monitor — far removed from those in-person gatherings. Then this year, on that very day, I received Korea’s Minister of Education Commendation. ...
Analyzing accessibility issues on Google Antigravity's homepage — behind the flashy text animations Image: AI-generated Google takes accessibility seriously. Android’s TalkBack, Chrome’s accessibility developer tools, Lighthouse’s accessibility audits… Google-built tools are used by developers worldwide every day. The same goes for Microsoft — Accessibility Insights, Narrator, Windows high-contrast mode. When it comes to accessibility tooling, these two companies are in a league of their own. ...