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THE LOGO of Cittaslow, or “slow city” in Italian, is a snail carrying a small town on its back, symbolizing slowness. Snails choose slowness as their method of survival in the fierce ecosystem. They are also small and thoughtful creatures that would never eat a single violet; rather, they eat dead or wilting vegetables, conserving the environment. But perhaps the most representative feature of snails is that without their shell, which carries their major organs, they will die. The Cittaslow movement’s logo thus shows how people cannot live without their villages, just as a snail cannot live wi
Special Report
Choi Ye-seon
2016.07.04 23:41
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SOUTH KOREAN television shows have been subject to controversies surrounding their utilization of devil’s editing. Devil’s editing refers to a deliberate act of cropping a certain scene or dialogue involving a particular cast member of a show, which in turn, encourages the television audience to form a negative perception of that character and turn against him or her. Although numerous television performers have denounced devil’s editing and asserted how they were victimized by their deceptively constructed images, devil’s editing continues unabated in mass media. Devil’s editing carries a sev
Opinion
Kim Ye-eun
2016.07.01 20:12
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FOR MOST people, the Airport Express is merely a cheap means of transportation to Incheon or Gimpo Airport. However, the airport stations are only 2 of the stops among a total of 12, which means that it can actually take people to every corner of Incheon. With less than ₩10,000 in your bus card, you can leave immediately from downtown Seoul to the West Sea, where there are romantic parks and beautiful islands. Don’t worry about having to change your original schedule, because it takes less than an hour from Hongik University Station to Incheon International Airport Station. Ara-baet-gil, a rom
Travel Diary
Jeong Da-eun
2016.06.13 09:13
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HOW CAN universities encourage students to enjoy their university life? The answer is that the university should provide better studying environments for students and prioritize the students’ needs over financial interests. Yonsei University has done so to some degree, as it continually tried to provide space for students by constructing the Yonsei-Samsung Library where students can more easily reserve seats and use meeting rooms for group projects. However, recently, Yonsei University finished the construction of Baekyang-ro and created a beautiful campus. Yet, did the Baekyang-ro project hav
Opinion
Lee Kyung-chul
2016.06.13 09:07
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“MY DREAM is to help people with disabilities walk comfortably and independently in their everyday lives.” The future of people with mobility disorders in the lower half of the body is expected to be brighter thanks to our alumnus, Jung Yoon-jung. She graduated the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Yonsei University in 2009, then went on to UC Berkeley to get her PhD degree. She and her colleagues together established a start-up business there called “SuitX”. Last February, they won the first prize at the International Competition of the UAE AI & Robotics Award for Good with their invent
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Hong You-Kyung
2016.06.10 00:59
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“NATURE IS driving design,” Hugh Herr said, during his TED talk on bionics in 2014. As the head of the Biomechatronics* research group at the MIT Media Lab and also a double amputee, Herr gave the inspirational speech while wearing bionic legs he designed called the BiOM, the world’s first bionic ankle-foot system. His legs do not move stiffly, but rather display smooth walking and running movements mimicking those of a natural human limb. Along with such bionic technology, brain-computer interfaces (BCI) have also recently been developed, showing potential to help people with disabilities far
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Cho Yun-myung
2016.06.10 00:54
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COLLABO IS the 53rd Students’ Union of Yonsei University. Collabo’s campaign promises included a reevaluation of the mileage course registration system, an increase in the number of school buses, an expansion of computer rooms in the library, and much more. A number of pledges have been fulfilled, such as MovingCollabo, which is a delivery of morning fruits to dormitory students, and an opening of a market for second-hand books. Collabo also offered numerous services and events to the students, such as Moving Collabo and an open forum for the Seodaemun-gu candidates running for National Assemb
Enquete
Kim Yu-jin
2016.06.07 16:28
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BUAM-DONG IS where Yun Dong-ju, a reputable poet who lived during the 1930s and 1940s, stayed when he studied at Yeonhui Technical School, the predecessor of Yonsei University. While studying literature at Yeonhui, he resided in writer Kim Song’s house with his friend Jeong Byung-ook. During these times, Yun would climb Mt. Inwang, where he would polish his poetic concepts. Byeol hyeneun bam (Night counting the stars), Jahwasang (Self-portrait), Ddo dareun gohyang(Another hometown) and many other poems of Yun Dong-ju that are still loved by Koreans were written during this period. Thus in memo
Travel Diary
Choi Ye-seon
2016.05.11 00:54
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AT ONE point in your life, you might have yearned to rewind time to a moment in the past, or fast-forward it to the future. The Yonsei Annals found out what Yonseians miss of their childhood, or look towards in the future. If you were given an opportunity to become any age you want, and to live for however long you’d like, what age would that be? Kang Joo-youn (Fresh., Dept. of Nursing) These days, I feel like I want to live in this time forever. I could not be happier than I am right now. Being admitted to Yonsei University and attending nursing courses assure me that I was made to be a nurse
Voice on Campus
Hong You-kyoung
2016.05.11 00:31
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SOUTH KOREA has one of the largest gaming industry markets in the world. Yet, due to strict regulations on gaming, the gaming industry in the nation has declined during the past several years. Fortunately, this year the government announced that it will relax some regulations that had discouraged game companies from expanding, and even pledged to increase support, as it started to acknowledge its dominant position in the global market. As the government took a step back and sought to remove several restrictions on gaming, the future of the gaming industry seems bright once again. Development o
Special Report
Hong You-kyoung
2016.05.11 00:03
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ON NOVEMBER 30th last year, an amendment to the Income Tax Law was passed by the National Assembly. This amendment is particularly noteworthy because it includes a new article regarding priest taxation: from 2018, religious practitioners, who have been exempt from paying taxes since the establishment of the South Korean government in 1948, are mandated to pay taxes. Even though the religious practitioners still retain many privileges in many aspects, this law shows significant progress. Since Lee Nak-sun, the former minister of the National Tax Service, first raised objection to the questionab
Opinion
Jeong Da-eun
2016.05.10 15:13
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RECENTLY, THE Ministry of Education has proposed the Program for Industrial Needs-Matched Education (PRIME) program. The initiative, as its full name implies, promises to subsidize those universities that reform their academic structures to produce more students with majors that match the demands of industry. Many universities, in turn, are enforcing large-scale reforms of their academic offerings by closing or merging humanities or arts majors that are considered less advantageous for employment. This trend has raised criticisms that universities are turning virtually into prep schools for jo
Enquete
Jeong Da-eun
2016.05.10 14:58
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A BIZARRE trend is taking place in the South Korean media: just aboutanyone can go online and become a Broadcasting Jockey (BJ) to perform his or her talents. Some show off their eating or gaming skills, some dance and sing, and others simply talk, just like television hosts. Meanwhile, the audience can freely chat and ask instantaneous questions to the BJs on live. Besides, fans can shoot star balloons* for the BJs. As a result, BJ has become a popular job, promising both fame and money. However, BJ-ing voyeurism is heading towards the wrong direction as young BJs are subject to downright sla
Opinion
Yeo Ye-rim
2016.05.10 14:23
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DO YOU know the ultimate purpose of physics? From Aristotle’s four element theory, to Newton’s laws of motion and Einstein’s theory of general relativity, physicists have endeavored to come up with a single theory that can elucidate every phenomenon in the universe. Contemporary physics is divided into two main theories: quantum mechanics and general relativity. However, these theories cannot be a theory of everything. General relativity typically deals with the motion of large objects in fairly large regions of space-time, whereas quantum mechanics generally explain scientific phenomena in su
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Lee Kyung-chul
2016.05.10 14:20
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THE WORD “animation” usually reminds people either Disney movies from the United States or anime from Japan. Compared to these two countries, Korea seems to have no place to stand in the competitive market of animations. Even though the animation industry in Korea has the potential to grow as much as its foreign counterparts, lack of governmental support has inhibited its development. For instance, while Korean animation industries receive financial support for about 10% of the production costs, European industries receive support for up to 40~50%. Nevertheless, the business in Korea has conti
Take a Break
Kim Yu-jin
2016.05.10 14:15
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“GROW UP!” may not be the most suitable phrase for the marketing business these days. Seeing lucrative opportunity in the new cultural trend among young generations, more and more marketing strategies are specifically targeting *kidult*, which refers to an adult with childish tastes. As the boom in *kidult marketing* reflects the Korean society that is becoming ever more competitive due to stagnant economic growth, *The Yonsei Annals* asked Yonseians about their perception of kidult marketing. Total: 4791. Do you consider yourself a *kidult*?Yes: 260 (54.3%) No: 192 (40.1%)I don’t know: 27 (5.
Enquete
Chang Hannah
2016.04.15 17:10
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ALTHOUGH THE idea of using the human body as a security system might still seem far from reality, it has recently emerged as the most promising technological innovation. With the rapid development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the past few years, biometrics is being hailed as potentially the most suitable security system for the next generation. Biometrics, which is a pattern recognition system that extracts physiological or behavioral characteristics from the human body, has garnered such acclaim because it is a relatively safe and convenient way for user authentication
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Jeong Da-eun
2016.04.12 23:38
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HAVE YOU seen the Comfort Women Statue in front of the Japanese Embassy or even at the Ewha Street nearby Yonsei University? Kim Eun-sung and Kim Seo-kyung, who have been married for 26 years, are the sculptors who created this statue that arouses deep empathy from many South Korean people. The artists set up the Comfort Women Statue in 25 places in Korea and 2 places in the United States, in order to memorialize former Korean comfort women who were forcibly drafted for military sex slavery by Imperial Japan during World War II. The Yonsei Annals met Kim Seo-kyung to listen to her stories and
People/Yonseian
Kim Hyo-jin
2016.04.10 22:48
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DID YOU just have one of those crazy nights and can barely climb out of bed? Drinking alcoholic beverages can boost friendships, but it might also result in hangovers if done excessively. A hangover is mainly caused by acetaldehyde, which is a metabolic product of alcohol that brings on some nasty side effects. It circulates in the bloodstream causing aches, dizziness and nausea, and it can even damage the liver. Worse, itcan even result in fatty liver and serious cardiovascular disorder. Additionally, a hangover hinders one’s daily schedule on the following day - which is why it is important
Take a Break
Lee Kyung-chul
2016.04.08 23:06
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IN THE movie Interstellar, Cooper leaves the inhabitable Earth to find a hospitable planet for humankind. He goes through a wormhole,* which reduces the time it takes to get to the three candidate planets. 23 years pass on Earth during the three hours that Cooper spends on the first candidate planet, because the nearby black hole’s immense gravity slows down time for Cooper. When Cooper finishes his mission and later returns to a hospitable planet called Cooper Station, he reunites with his daughter who has aged much more than him. Thus, one can detect inInterstellar multiple concepts related
Special Report
Kim Yu-jin
2016.04.06 16:46