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WITH CATACLYSMIC events such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, North Korea’s nuclear threats, and ongoing tensions between the United States and China, the global security landscape is becoming increasingly volatile. Many countries’ desire to defend their strategic interests has led to a booming glob
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Yoo Ji-whang
2023.10.10 22:36
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THE JEWISH community has been a consistent target of hate throughout history. There is even a specific word for this phenomenon: antisemitism. That is, any and all forms of hate or prejudice toward Jews. While many believe that antisemitism has lost prevalence after the Holocaust, the past few years
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Brooklyn Hollander
2023.06.08 00:58
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SLIGHTLY OVER a year has passed since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The dispute traces its origins back to 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea and declared the establishment of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic in Ukraine, under the guise of libe
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Yoo Ji-whang
2023.03.07 22:08
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OVER A month has passed since the tragic turn of Itaewon’s Halloween festivities, and the country continues to grieve. The jarring number of lost lives—158 at present—has solidified the Itaewon crowd surge as South Korea’s worst post-war crisis since 2014. Most of the victims were from a young demog
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Joo Da-hae
2022.12.07 01:40
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IN RECENT years, numerous countries in the European Union (EU) have experienced the rise of the far-right wing in mainstream politics. For most political analysts, this pattern diverges from the EU’s purpose and talking points of commitment to democracy and freedom of all its citizens. With an incre
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Qirrat Ahmad
2022.06.10 00:30
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BATTLES CONTINUE to rage on in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine. The seven-year war pitting Russia-backed separatists against Ukrainian forces is reminiscent of the trench warfare of World War I. Several peace agreements have been reached since fighting broke out in 2014, but none have lasted f
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Elouan Blat
2021.06.06 18:36
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ON FEBRUARY 2, 1968, 8-year-old Nguyen Thi Thanh woke up to the sound of gunshots. She hurried down to the basement to hide, only to be discovered by a group of foreign soldiers. As she climbed up, a bullet pierced her belly, causing her intestine to pour out from the open wound. Fainting slowly fro
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Phuong Nguyen
2020.11.30 17:00
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IN CELEBRATION of Yonsei’s Institute for Basic Science Center for NanoMedicine’s (IBS CNM) fifth anniversary, The Yonsei Annals conducted interviews with a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) specialist, two students, and a professor, asking them about their work and their hopes for the instituti
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Kim Chae-yoon
2020.11.30 03:43
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LOVED FOR its visual appeal and ability to unite communities, the “beautiful game” of football has once again been sullied by its association with authoritarian regimes. The recently attempted takeover of Premier League* club Newcastle United, involving a consortium spearheaded by Saudi Arabia’s Pub
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Richard Dawton
2020.11.01 19:11
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HOME OWNERSHIP has long been considered the pathway to a stable life in Korea, and for most adults, buying a new house is a significant accomplishment. However, rising prices and extensive government policies aimed at addressing the nation’s housing shortage have resulted in a complex and difficult-
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Mun Su-hyeon
2020.10.11 20:20
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“REPUBLIC OF Seoul: a phrase criticizing the excessive concentration of Korea’s political, economic, social, and cultural development in Seoul.” Now an official term on the National Institute of Korean Language database, “Republic of Seoul” reflects the reality where the most important resources and
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Lee Ju-won
2020.08.31 10:16
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“WHEN YOU are put into a situation where you need to kill in order not to be killed, nothing makes sense anymore,” says Ko Young-hui, a Korean War veteran. “Everything changes,” he explains. “You can never be the same after experiencing a war.” Ko was only 17 years old when the Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950. At such a young age, Ko’s innocence and youth were stripped away from him; at such a young age, Ko had to pick up a gun instead of a book and a pen. Now, 70 years since Ko put his life on the line and fought to keep his country safe, Ko recounts his tumultuous youth—the glory
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Noh Ruby
2020.06.14 06:38
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AS THE COVID-19 pandemic reaches its peak, world financial markets are experiencing severe instability. Stock markets are plummeting as experts expect the worst-case scenario this outbreak may trigger: another global recession. However, here in Korea, small-time investors, namely the ants are bulk buying domestic stocks of major Korean conglomerates, yielding a seemingly patriotic outcome of protecting the domestic firms. As their unfounded behavior has drawn much public attention, media outlets have ended up naming this phenomenon, the Dong-hak Ant Movement.Presumed origin of this neologism A
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Mun Su-hyeon
2020.05.02 02:21
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MANY OF us are familiar with the anxiety that comes with talking to strangers or a large group of people. The prickling sensation of eyes trained on us make us self-conscious about every word we murmur. We dread such situations and may do anything to avoid them. People always tell us that, with time and practice, it is something that we will grow out of. However, for people suffering from selective mutism, such a simple solution is too good to be true. These stressful situations can paralyze them with fear, unable to utter a word.Grasping the situation People with selective mutism are perfectl
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Oho Yun-seo
2020.03.14 22:09
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YOU ARE surfing on the internet looking for an online dating site when an advertisement pops up: “Foreign brides on sale.” Curious, you click on the advertisement and see a whole new world of international marriage unfold in front of your eyes. Profiles of over hundreds of girls, organized by their nationalities, show up on the site and your eyes fall upon a notice on the top of the page: “Get married to foreign women and get 5 million instantly!” Looking around the page, you realize that the site is essentially promoting the act of buying brides under the facade of international marriage, a
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Ruby Noh
2019.10.06 21:07
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IF POSSIBLE, the already scenic Seoul becomes even more so around Christmastime. Featuring all the hallmarks of a Nat King Cole carol, the city overflows with chestnuts roasting on food carts, ready to be made into yul-lan*, hip-hopified yuletide carols blast from stores, and folks dressed like modish Eskimos flaunt their long puffer coats. More distinctively in South Korea, December also begets ice-skating, cafe-hopping and sightseeing in twos. In this way, Christmas in Korea is primarily a loud, unofficial reiteration of Valentine’s Day and how much the nation glorifies young love. At the sa
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Clarissa Kwee, Sarah Perumatta
2018.12.02 19:27
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CHAOTIC. THIS word encapsulates the everyday scene in anemergency room. Those who have visited the facility will recall the overwhelming confusion as people frantically come and go, with different levels of pain and anxiety etched out on their faces. It is the job of the emergency department personnel—doctors, nurses and paramedics—to give acute commands to locate and resolve the patients’ source of discomfort, and provide medical care to the suffering individuals as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, due to a lack of capital and the problem of understaffing, most users of the eme
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Yoon Young-seo
2018.11.04 21:57
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RAPID GROWTH has been one of the most representative facets of South Korea for decades. Having forged one of the fastest economic developments in East Asia through the so-called “Miracle on the Han River,” Korea has been at the center of global interest for many years. Not only in the economic sector but also in the cultural and entertainment sectors, South Korea has experienced phenomenal success. The music market, film market, TV broadcasting market, cosmetics market and more have been resulting in the “K-Anything*” syndrome for many years.However, have you heard of K-Musical, or K-Theatre b
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Song Min-sun
2018.09.02 13:21
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MUSIC, TO the casual listener, may sometimes feel ingenuine. With radios cycling through what seems like the same few songs every thirty minutes, individuality and imaginative sound feel absent. However, outside of the realm of the *Billboard* Top 40s chart, which ranks the most popular songs at any given point in time, artists, specifically female artists, make waves with fresh, new sounds and push the boundaries of conventional genre. By embracing experimental styles, sexual sensationalism and emo-infused hip hop, female artists seek out their identities and unapologetically produce work tha
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Andreas Pavlou, Jessica Rocha
2018.06.04 16:05
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UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, and more unemployment. It is said that the door of employment is narrowing down day by day, with the topic of youth unemployment rate having been on the hot pan for years. Politicians compete with pledges to ensure employment for the population, newspaper headlines cover the gray reality of the labor market, and citizens express their distress in facing the growing hardship in securing a job, all of which prove the urgency and seriousness of the matter. However, there is a minority group that has been struggling with the problem of unemployment countless years befor
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Song Min-sun
2018.04.09 16:51