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Half a century ago, South Korea embarked on a transformative journey through the *Saemaul Undong*, or the New Village Movement, which revitalized its rural landscape and laid the foundation for its meteoric rise on the global stage. As Korea marks the 50th anniversary of this remarkable initiative,
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Dang Tran Minh Son
2023.11.03 13:52
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During the early to mid-2010s, the humanities garnered mass appeal in South Korea, through goods and services like books and lectures. Although this was good news for some, others have criticized the rather superficial attempts at elevating the liberal arts and commodifying it to the degree of makin
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Jung Haine
2023.06.07 20:59
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During 2022 and the years preceding, generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made significant strides in experimentation and development. Generative AI refers to the type of AI that generates images and texts by responding to a specific text prompt entered by a human user. This technology is ent
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Jung Haine
2023.03.03 23:07
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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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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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“Shortly after the soldiers herded each group like pigs and disappeared, a volley of gunfire would erupt, like corn popping. Wails shook the earth and filled the air. The seemingly never-ending horrific mayhem that began at midday kept on going until dusk.” ― This is an excerpt from Sun-I Samch’on,
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Kang Min Seo
2021.04.02 12:34
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In December, one of the biggest events is Christmas and the atmosphere around that time becomes all jolly and holly. One of the sweets that people enjoy the most on Christmas is the candy cane. It is
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Lee Eun Kyung
2013.12.03 13:51
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Since the mass commercialization of cell phones in the 1980s, the devices have always been charged with a charger that connects to the phone with a long cord. However, conventional charging could be p
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Kwon Joon Young
2013.06.16 01:09
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Since their invention in the 1980s, inkjet printers have taken their place on next to thousands of desktop computer. Most people have some basic knowledge of how they work: they drop ink onto a piece
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Kwon Joon Young
2013.05.13 13:14
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Since the reform of the public transportation system of Seoul, T-money, a type of card that people use when they are using transportation services, has been one of the things people in urban areas usu
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Kwon Joon Young
2013.04.07 17:36
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During the fall semester of 2012, The Granite Tower (GT) conveyed how the best employers in Korea were promoting their working environment based on data from the Best Employers 2.0 Korea (BEK) study i
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The Granite Tower
2013.04.04 19:11
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TV, probably one of the most common electronic products, has seen a lot of significant evolution. It was once a thick and heavy cathode ray tube (CRT), then it became an extraordinarily slim liquid cr
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Kwon Joon Young
2013.04.02 17:45
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Aon Hewitt’s Best Employers Korea (BEK) 2011 research explored what makes an organization a great place to work. While the previous issues analyzed the Best Employers according to the research, this i
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The Granite Tower
2013.03.28 13:53
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Daehak-Ro is the Korean Broadway. The “it” place for theater industry playing a dominant role, 502 plays (87 percent of the total number) were performed there last year. From September 21 to November
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Choi Jiyoung
2013.03.27 20:48
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In Japan, the First Korean Wave happened in 2000 and the Second Korean Wave has been happening since 2010 caused by the popularity of Korean dramas and their actors. Recently, many aspects of Korean c
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Yuka Oyamada,WASEDA University
2013.03.27 20:32
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The Granite Tower (GT) and The WASEDA Guardian recently formed an MOU (memorandum of understanding) starting this fall semester. The two magazines will work together and present you with a collaborati
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Bae Mi Seon
2013.03.27 20:25
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Korea is world-renowned for its exquisite cuisine, all eight provinces having their distinct pleasure. If you do not know where to start with trying out Korean food, here is a good guideline. GT invit
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The Granite Tower
2012.11.22 20:07
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We are almost halfway through a series of five special features about Generation Y and the Best Employers 2.0 Korea 2011 (BEK). While the previous two articles covered Generation Y and its connection
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The Granite Tower
2012.11.22 19:41
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Exhilarating. Invigorating. But vastly underfunded; unduly neglected. Motorsports. It is what is seen and heard about on the screen and in cyberspace; it is not what is seen or heard about around the
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Kim Tae Rim
2012.11.22 19:38
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Let us start with the question, “Why is the bottom of a can a circle?”Consider a circle, a square and an equilateral triangle of the same circumference (perimeter), say 4π.A circle has the largest
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Bae Mi Seon
2012.10.28 22:23