REMEMBER WATCHING a striking high-quality video on Facebook of celebrities performing at Akaraka*, or searching up the highlights from the Y

Yang Ji-weon   2018-10-02

RAPID GROWTH has been one of the most representative facets of South Korea for decades. Having forged one of the fastest economic developmen

Song Min-sun   2018-09-02

FROM AUG. 18 to Sept. 2 the 2018 Asian Games were held in Jakarta-Palembang. For most athletes, these games are seen as a once-in-a-lifetime

Lee Hyun-kyung   2018-09-02

DRAMAS AND films that involve historical content repeatedly create controversy over historical distortions in Korea. Take the tvN drama Mr.

Kwon Young-sau   2018-09-02

WHAT COMES to mind when you think of “smart” technology? Smart phones, smart televisions, smart watches, and various other forms of “smart”

Yoon Young-seo   2018-09-02

HAVE YOU ever seen young patrol guards in their fluorescent windbreakers roaming around the campus at night? Carrying a drunk person, accomp

Kim Min-seo   2018-09-02

ALTHOUGH CHU-SEOK is commonly known as the “Korean Thanksgiving,” it entails more than exchanging appreciations to one another and breaking

Yang Ji-weon   2018-09-02

THE PAST ten years of my life was spent in the Philippines. For the first few years of my stay in this foreign land, I felt that I belonged

Hong Jee-seung   2018-09-02

“SPIRITUAL CANCER” is what Pope Francis called it when he warned the South Korean youth about the dangers of materialism on his visit in 201

Claire Fox   2018-06-04

AS THE middle of June approaches, cities all over the world prepare for the displays of color and joyful sounds that fill the streets with t

Fabiola Torres   2018-06-04

AT LAST draws the end to another hectic semester of the weekly-18-hour lectures, jam-packed exam schedules, and the never-ending array of al

Kim Min-jung   2018-06-04

MUSIC, TO the casual listener, may sometimes feel ingenuine. With radios cycling through what seems like the same few songs every thirty min

Andreas Pavlou, Jessica Rocha   2018-06-04

HAVE YOU ever felt a sudden chill swooping over you? Well, you’re lucky that you’re still alive! Korean myths say that these sudden chills m

Kim Min-seo   2018-06-04

THE TERM “feminism” is like a magnet that attracts immense controversy in South Korea. Public figures refrain from using the word at all to

Kwon Young-sau   2018-06-04

IMAGINE HAVING naeng-myun* for lunch in Pyongyang or waiting at Seoul Station for a bullet train to Mt. Baekdu**. It seemed unimaginable las

Cub Reporters   2018-06-04

THE LARGEST international medical facility in South Korea, the Severance Hospital International Health Care Center (IHCC) has been providing

Han Hee-ho, Kwon Young-sau   2018-05-31

“WE HAD to win. We would have been treated as traitors even if we drew the game,” recalls Shin Jae-home (Head Coach., Yonsei Univ. Football

Kim Min-jung   2018-05-09

THROUGHOUT THE years, there has been a continuous growth in the K-Pop industry. Consequently, the number of foreigners coming into South Kor

Jessica Rocha   2018-05-08

TAXIS ARE often regarded as one of the most costly means of transportation. Due to its expensive fees, it is unlikely for people to take tax

Kim Bo-dam   2018-05-08

THE STALLS in the underground shopping center of Sinchon change as quickly as the seasons. From shops for enterprises such as Shiro and Maro

Han Hee-ho   2018-05-07