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Lee Seungbum (okok3037@uos.ac.kr) Behind the prominence of South Korea as one of the fashion-leading nations, Korean fashion is often perceived from foreign perspectives as “identical” or “similar.” Each winter season, it is terrifyingly likely to see a massive crowd of Koreans in the same long, bla
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Lee Seungbum
2024.04.01 10:51
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Bae Eun-chae (chae0998@uos.ac.kr)Generation MZ (Gen MZ), a combination of “Millennials” (the generation born between 1981 and 1996) and “Generation Z” (the generation born between 1997 and 2010), now makes up a crucial part of the workplace, and the changes they bring are not trivial. However, the o
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배은채
2024.04.01 10:49
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Lee Seungbum (okok3037@uos.ac.kr) In September of 2023, Seoul transformed into a global hub of art where prominent artists from different countries gathered and shared their artistic values, hosting Frieze Seoul and Kiaf Seoul, the largest art fairs in Asia. Both art fairs saw tremendous returns, dr
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Lee Seungbum
2024.04.01 10:46
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Jeong Woo-yeon (wyjeong0228@uos.ac.kr)Gangneung is one of the major metropolitan cities in Gangwon State, South Korea. A variety of tourist attractions, such as the beautifully clean East Sea harmonizing with nature, and abundant cultural heritage, have led the city to gain great popularity. The UOS
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정우연
2024.04.01 10:41
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Recently, a ticket for a popular singer Lim Young-woong concert was mentioned in the parliamentary inspection of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee for its price of over 5 million won. Like the name Lim Young-woong, which means “hero” in Korean, he is considered a hero among middle-aged peopl
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Kim Gyu-yeon
2023.12.18 19:08
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The Historical Background On June 25, 1950, the Korean War broke out when North Korean forces launched an invasion across the 38th parallel into South Korea. The war broke out as each different government took hold in South Korea and North Korea. Merely three days after the invasion, South Korea los
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Pyo Seong-eun
2023.06.20 10:56
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Korea, the cultural powerhouse Korea is considered to be a leading cultural powerhouse. Not only Korean dramas and movies, but exhibitions and performing arts are also well-developed in Korea. Following the relaxation in COVID-19 restrictions, the domestic art business is gradually making a comeback
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Ju Dain
2023.04.27 17:52
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Recently, the Korean Wave has been more evident than ever before. Korean pop culture such as K-food, K-beauty, and K-drama have been popular, but K-pop especially has become the hottest trend. As K-pop became popular internationally, many people all around the world began to pay attention to the fan
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이승현
2023.04.17 10:02
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The Seoul High Court ruled that transgender people who have been persecuted in their countries for their gender identity should be recognized as refugees under the Korean Refugee Act on October 18, 2022. It is the first ruling in Korea that acknowledges transgender as a refugee. The court ruled that
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이승범
2022.12.28 20:13
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Nowadays, there has been set the best condition for the so-called trend – whichever it is – to be spread via social media such as Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Tiktok. These platforms serve not only as places for making trends but also for reproducing them. For instance, there is a newl
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김다은
2022.12.28 20:08
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Romance reality shows are TV series that show the process of ordinary, non-celebrity people finding love. Unlike TV dramas and movies, what the cast say and do are not scripted or planned. Various dating reality shows from TV channels and over-the-top (OTT) media services have attracted attention in
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배경민
2022.11.10 15:16
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The cases of influencers and celebrities getting criticized through social media is ever increasing. It is usual for people to attack them and plaster the comments into curses when they have done something offensive nowadays. This does not stop with criticism, but also involves insults, and in some
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이승현
2022.11.10 15:14
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Do you know how many public holidays you celebrate in your country in a year? Korea celebrates 16 public holidays which vary from celebrating the harvesting season to celebrating liberation day. The UOS Times is willing to share these holidays with readers. There are five big national holidays that
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Yasin Ozdemir
2022.10.04 14:46
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The economic recession due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and the evolution of accessible mobile platforms have caused the growth of the “secondhand market” in South Korea. As a result, secondhand trade has become a trend as well as one of the consumption cultures among Koreans today. What is “S
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이서연
2022.06.30 14:58
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There is no doubt that massive amounts of garbage are now hurting our dear environment. In fact, South Korea is reportedly the country with the second-highest plastic consumption per capita. According to a Euromap survey, the annual consumption of plastic packaging materials per person in 2020 was 6
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김다은
2022.06.30 14:54