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“We will not eat blood-soaked bread.” Incited by the death of a young female employee at a factory of Paris Baguette this October, the national outrage towards SPC Group, a South Korean food company with prominent subsidiaries such as Paris Baguette, Baskin Robbins Korea, Samlip, and Dunkin Donuts K
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Kim Chaerin
2022.12.04 16:08
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Those walking past Exit 1 of Itaewon Station can observe a solemn scene overflowing with chrysanthemums and messages of grief. The Itaewon crush in October led to the highest number of deaths in a single disaster since the sinking of Sewol Ferry in 2014, and many were shocked at how a supposedly fun
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Kim Minji, Yoon Sunho
2022.12.04 11:13
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Apple and Meta Platforms are both famous big-tech companies that have undergone rebranding to adapt to changes and become more relevant to customers. Recently, the South Korean mobile financial service platform Toss jumped on the bandwagon of rebranding, unveiling its new three-dimensional (3D) logo
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Yoon Sunho
2022.11.05 16:05
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"Game addiction is a disorder”. Game users have constantly been the target of denunciation, with looks of disapproval flung at them. Now, a corresponding law declares games as a recognized component of “culture and arts”, legally nullifying such stereotypes. This law highlights the staggering econom
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Kim Minji
2022.11.04 14:54
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Naver Maps has nearly double the number of Kakao Maps users, which is most noticeable in the in-app reviews of businesses in South Korea. At the time of this article’s writing, Anam’s Goreunhaessal, the famous kimbap restaurant frequented by Korea University (KU) students, has 168 reviews on Kakao M
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Naama Benamy Schoneveld
2022.11.04 12:50
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It’s a case worth the discombobulated delight of the nation, and the scratches on the head of inquiring outsiders. The explosive popularity of South Korean culture that transcends national, cultural, and social borders has been the nation’s most prized possession of the past decade, with renditions
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Kim Chaerin, Jeon Hye Seo
2022.11.03 15:38
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Indeed, 2022 has been a particularly troublesome year, with frequent reports of natural disasters and drastic changes in the weather. The unpredictability of the weather conditions has led to concerns regarding the future of humanity. Although many are familiar with the terms climate change, global
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Park Subin and Park Hyun Seo
2022.10.02 16:25
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The South Korean Ministry of Justice (MOJ) announced on August 7 that it plans to push for the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) which will be implemented in Jeju Island, as the existing visa-waiver system has led to overstayers and illegal employment. Widely known as the K-ETA – “K” standing fo
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Yoon Sunho
2022.10.02 23:21
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The permeation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) over our everyday lives began humbly enough less than a century ago, with AI growing and now substituting what were once deemed inherent human traits: voice recognition, automated driving, and even creating music, paintings, and novels. Consequently, it
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Jeon Hye Seo
2022.10.01 21:15
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Since the launch of the shockingly cheap fried chicken set by Homeplus, a discount store retail chain in Korea, a fried chicken price war has swept the nation. Burdened by inflation, customers let out a sigh of relief to see the comeback of fried chicken as their go-to comfort food. Despite controve
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Kim Minji
2022.10.01 08:13
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On July 11, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPIC) announced a law that strengthens the protection of children’s online privacy. Named the Children and Youth Personal Information Protection Act (CYPIPA), the law expands the scope of personal information protection for children and te
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Park Hyun Seo
2022.09.04 13:23
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In a busy crowd of office workers, a young woman happily hugs a newly-purchased vinyl record to her chest. Another girl strolling around campus is wearing bell-bottom jeans that were prominently featured in 1960s films. An adult man nearby celebrates his successful early-bird purchase of Pokémon bre
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Yun Sunwoo and Naama Benamy Schoneveld
2022.09.04 13:13
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Who says you can’t do more with less? proclaims the official description for Sprite Zero Sugar. Youthful advertisements full to the brim with gleeful snapshots of the fizz of carbonation, animated wings and heart-eyes, brashly embellished logos — all a cascade of images that ubiquitously claim: Come
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Kim Chaerin
2022.09.04 01:12
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During the National Assembly’s plenary session on May 3, former President Moon Jae-in officially signed the revised bills of the Prosecutors’ Office Act and the Criminal Procedure Act to remove the prosecution’s right to investigate. Despite the opposition from the People Power Party (PPP), the Demo
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Kwon Keun Young
2022.06.06 13:52
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This June, streets worldwide are adorned with billowing rainbow flags, jubilant marchers, and Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” as the world honors lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) activists and celebrates the undeniable influence LGBTQ individuals have had on the world. The 1969 Stonewall
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Kim Chaerin and Yun Sunwoo
2022.06.04 14:20
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On February 7, SK Telecom (SKT), one of South Korea’s top wireless telecommunications operators, announced that it signed a strategic collaboration agreement with the aerospace company Joby Aviation in an effort to promote the development of “air taxis” under its Urban Air Mobility (UAM) services. T
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Park Subin
2022.06.04 10:22
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In November 2020, Korean Air struck an agreement to purchase 63.81 percent of its long-time competitor Asiana Airlines for 1.8 trillion Korean Won (KRW). After mulling over this mega-merger between two of Korea’s full-time service carriers, the Foreign Trade Commission (FTC) finally grants approval
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Park Soo Hyun
2022.05.03 12:11
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Student journalism is dying a slow, painful death. Turning to fast and readily available news on sites like Everytime and Koreapas, students have walked past The Granite Tower (GT) magazine without so much of a blink of an eye. Gathering dust, the magazines for which the reporters have put their blo
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Lee Sang-jun
2022.05.02 14:28
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The 20th presidential election marks the first election in which young voters have conspicuously split across gender lines. Though 59 percent of men in their 20s voted for candidate Yoon Suk-Yeol, only 34 percent of women in the same age group did the same. President Yoon’s controversial employment
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Kim Chaerin
2022.05.02 01:00
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Economic activities in the virtual world, such as buying items to design one’s virtual character or producing and selling items for other users, sometimes involve astronomical figures that are not common in the real world. However, what if these transactions are no longer hypothetical? What if the o
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Kwon Keun Young
2022.04.02 23:43