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The debate on vaccine patent waivers has heated up on an international scale. Some are outraged against the current inequity of global vaccine distribution, citing intellectual property (IP) protection as the major cause of the issue. But countries like Germany and South Korea, as well as many pharm
Debate
Dong Min Kim Head of Society Division
2021.06.28 23:31
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The Biden administration recently announced that the US has completed a comprehensive review of its North Korea policy, emphasizing that it will adopt a pragmatic approach to achieve complete denuclearization in the Korean peninsula. The new approach differs from that of the previous “strategic pati
Column
Dong Min Kim Head of Society Division
2021.05.22 17:36
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Baseball, without a doubt, is the most popular sport in Korea. Packed stadiums (during the pre-COVID era), home runs, and the offseason drama are all enough to excite fans and draw them closer to the sport. This January, baseball fans in Korea received one of the more shocking offseason news in rece
Column
Dong Min Kim Head of Society Division
2021.04.26 01:24
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If there is one reliable source of inspiration for TV drama writers, it would be history. With thousands of years of conquest, betrayal, and romance, history is the culmination of high-quality, royalty-free plotlines, and very often the basis of a successful show. Likewise, some of the most beloved
Debate
Dong Min Kim Head of Society Division
2021.04.26 01:24
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Everyone is a hypocrite. From your typical politicians and media outlets to the average KAIST student just struggling to get by, we all commit the “sin” of hypocrisy to some degree every day. Hypocrisy in politics is perhaps the most obvious — and blatant — of all. A politician encourages the public
Society
Dong Min Kim Head of Society Division
2021.03.28 16:33
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In light of the recent controversy regarding the new KLMS, The KAIST Herald interviewed two employees, Bumhee Lim and Kyungduk Kang, of the Learning & Teaching Support Team at KAIST. Bumhee Lim greeted us, stating in advance that there was much to discuss. The interview was two hours long, and inclu
Interview
Dong Min Kim Head of Society Division
2021.03.19 12:45
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Social media was initially designed as a platform where users can create and share content. But in recent years, it seems to be losing its direction, purpose, and its very identity. While the need for some change in these platforms is understandable, increasing censorship is the wrong solution to th
Debate
Dong Min Kim Head of Society Division
2020.12.14 13:56
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As President Moon Jae-in ended his new year’s address early this year emphasizing a “country where everyone prospers together” and a “peaceful and prosperous Korean peninsula”, many were hopeful for a fresh start to a new decade. Initially, 2020 seemed to go Korea’s way. In early February, Parasite
Feature
Dong Min Kim Head of Society Division
2020.12.14 13:56
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While many modern nations are beginning to pursue rehabilitation as a core philosophy in imprisonment, there are numerous arguments against the trend, one of them being the upcoming release of Cho Doo-soon. Cho is a notorious child rapist who was convicted for viciously assaulting an eight-year-old
Debate
Dong Min Kim Head of Society Division
2020.11.20 22:35
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In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, the leaders of Oceania continuously rewrite the past to match the current political agenda of the government. History is revised so that Oceania has been always at war with whichever superstate they are currently enemies with — and the public mindlessly accep
Society
Dong Min Kim Head of Society Division
2020.11.20 22:35
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Do you know kimchi? Do you know Psy?Do you know Park Ji-sung?You may have heard at least one of these “do you know” questions Koreans ask foreigners, which have been over-asked to the point that they are now memed as instances of excessive national pride among Koreans. Perhaps so excessive that ther
Column
Dong Min Kim Head of Society Division
2020.10.18 02:19
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The Sam Okyere controversy is a concoction of different sentiments, values, and priorities gone sour. Before deconstructing the incident, the following assumptions must be established. First, blackface, historically used to mock enslaved Africans in the US, is racist. Second, in an ideal world, diff
Debate
Dong Min Kim Head of Society Division
2020.09.25 19:46
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More than one hour.This was the response given by Jung Eun-Kyeong, the director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), when asked how much sleep she got every night. Jung, known for her straightforward and calming daily COVID-19 briefings, quickly rose to celebrity status am
People and Community
Dong Min Kim Head of Society Division
2020.09.25 19:46
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Hong Kong’s decades-long democracy is reaching a tragic end. The Chinese parliament has approved new security laws for Hong Kong, banning “treason, secession, sedition, and subversion” in the city. Critics say that the law will enable prosecution for political crimes, and ultimately erode the “one c
International
Dong Min Kim Staff Reporter
2020.06.23 01:47
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is infamous for suppressing any public freedoms that threaten its political control, marked by mass surveillance and “re-education camps” in Xinjiang and Tibet. Preceded by such a poor record on freedom of expression, the CCP’s censorship has reached a new low in th
Editorial
Dong Min Kim Staff Reporter
2020.04.30 21:49
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It is another cold winter in Korea. Colder, if you are a graduating high school senior anxiously waiting for the college acceptance letter you crave so much. Unsurprisingly, arguments regarding the fairness of the college admissions system have arisen, with disputes especially focused on the ratio o
Column
Dong Min Kim Junior Staff Reporter
2019.12.20 22:29
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K-FLEX, developed by the company EasyEndo Surgical and Professor Dong Soo Kwon from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was selected as one of the top ten machine technologies of the year. The selection was led by The Korean Federation of Mechanical Engineering Societies and commends the effor
News
Dong Min Kim Junior Staff Reporter
2019.11.27 17:13
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The KAIST Undergraduate Association (UA) Emergency Response Committee has released the results of a survey regarding student complaints on unauthorized visitors for the fall semester. The survey collected responses from a total of 45 students to shed light on student opinion on the problems caused b
News
Dong Min Kim Junior Staff Reporter
2019.11.27 15:44
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Disclaimer: the following review contains spoilers for Joker! After a series of lackluster films, Warner Bros. and DC Comics have released Joker, a standalone film in the DC Extended Universe, which was of a disturbingly satisfying quality. Joker, contrary to other action-packed and allegedly shallo
Review
Dong Min Kim Junior Staff Reporter
2019.11.20 22:23