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Economics textbooks teach the readers to carefully consider the price when purchasing a product to enjoy maximum utility on a limited budget. However, books cannot explain everything. In the consumption culture of the younger generation, some factors, such as personal values and moral issues, affect
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배경민
2022.12.28 19:41
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Mahsa Amini, a woman in her 20s, died after being taken by the police for not completely covering her hair with a hijab in Iran. She was taken by the police for not covering her head completely with a hijab and was found dead on 16, September. Human rights groups criticized the government of Iran, s
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이승범
2022.11.10 15:01
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It became evident that the members of BTS will join the military service starting from Jin, the oldest member. This conclusion came after a considerably long journey. The military duty of BTS members has always been one of the most controversial subjects in Korea. Let’s take a look back at how the d
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이승범
2022.11.10 14:56
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Students in Korea take four years to study in university before they graduate and gain employment – or at least they did so in the past. Nowadays, it is quite uncommon to graduate after four years in university. Many students choose to take at least a semester off, or more formally, take a leave of
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김예일
2022.11.10 14:49
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The Stalking Punishment Act, commonly known as anti-stalking law, came into effect on October 21, 2021 to punish stalking. The act applies if the five following conditions are satisfied. First, the act of stalking, or the behavior has to be against the will of the other party. Second, it has to be w
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김다은
2022.11.10 14:44
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There have been some negative stereotypes of Asian people, and one of them is that they are “the dog-eaters.” The practice of consuming dogs as food formed plenty of ingrained prejudices against countries that have a culture of eating dogs, and Korea is one of those. In Korea, there is a dish called
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Kim Da-eun
2022.10.04 14:43
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Koreans are proud to have National Health Insurance in their social security system. The majority of people can pay for medical care through public insurance. However, there is a loophole in the system which allows foreigners to receive wrongful coverage.National Health Insurance System in Korea Kor
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Kim Yeil
2022.10.04 14:17
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A Deepening Hatred against AsiansRacism against Asians is worsening day by day since the outbreak of COVID-19. This is because of the perception that COVID-19 has spread around the world because of Asians. On March 16, 2021, a white man in Atlanta, Georgia shot and killed eight people, including fou
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이승범
2022.06.30 14:18
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Marriage, though dominant in the past, is no longer compulsory for every person today. It seems that people’s thoughts on marriage have changed significantly due to various changes in society, such as women’s increased participation in economic activities and changes in their perception of staying s
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김예일
2022.06.30 14:11
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What is “Stagflation”?There are concerns that stagflation might occur due to the COVID-19, the Ukraine crisis, and soaring oil prices. Stagflation is a compound word of “stagnation” and “inflation,” which means that economic recession and inflation occur at the same time. Due to various risk factors
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배경민
2022.06.30 13:59
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Exchange students are those who applied for the student exchange program and were nominated by an overseas university under a formal exchange agreement. Exchange student candidates can apply through the international affairs office of their home university. Tuition is paid to the home university, an
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오즈데미르 야신
2022.06.30 13:49
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One’s college major is like an identification tag for a lifetime; it influences not only one’s employment, but also the course of one’s entire life. College students choose their major for various reasons, such as employment expectations or personal aptitudes, but rare are the cases where they are c
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Kang Soo-ah, Lee Seung-hyun
2022.04.28 14:48
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The Netflix original series “Juvenile Justice,” released on February 25, 2022, has made a splash in South Korea, topping the charts. According to Flixpatrol, a leading data analytics company, the show reached 10th place on the global top TV shows on Netflix after only two days. “Juvenile Justice” is
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Lee Seo-yeon, Lee Seung-bum
2022.04.28 14:19
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South Korea is about to set sail in a new direction under newly elected president Yoon Suk-yeol. Korea held its 20th presidential election on March 9, 2022. Because by law presidents are allowed to hold office for a single five-year term, the current president Moon Jae-in was not allowed to run for
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Kim Ye-il, Yasin Ozdemir
2022.04.28 14:14
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It is not unusual or strange to feel a sense of belonging to the country in which people were born. This is all the truer for generations who have grown up being educated to feel a sense of belonging to their country. When people feel a sense of belonging to a specific group, it is easy to feel host
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Hwang Yun-seon, Hwang Ha-hyun
2022.03.24 15:44
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From December 2021 to February 2022, the association of the people with physical disabilities abruptly held several protests at subway stations in Seoul, South Korea. Members of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) have been crying for the right of mobility of people with physical
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Lee Seo-yeon
2022.03.24 15:20
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On February 24, 2022, 04:50 (UTC+2), Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, was bombarded by Russian artillery, following the military command by Vladimir Putin, the Russian national leader, for “special military operation” within Ukrainian territory. Since then, Ukraine is at war with Russia, strugglin
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Kim Ye-il
2022.03.24 15:07
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Last October, the head of a vishing organization that impersonated “Team Leader Kim Mi-young” to extort tens of billions of KRW from people of South Korea for nine years was finally caught in the Philippines. The mastermind, the first-generation vishing criminal, turned out to be a former policeman.
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이서연
2021.12.13 10:25
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Over-the-top (OTT) services refer to services that provide video content on various devices such as tablet PCs and smartphones based on Internet technology. OTT has been growing rapidly since the 2010s by maximizing consumer convenience with a personalized content curation system, and not just as vi
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황윤선
2021.12.13 10:21
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The first launch of Nuri, the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II (KSLV-2), was held at the Naro Space Center in Goheung on October 21, 2021, at 5 p.m. All of Nuri’s flight procedures, namely the first stage, fairing, second stage, and dummy satellite separation, were successfully completed. However, alth
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강수아
2021.12.13 10:05