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The Institute for Startup KAIST (ISK) hosted its annual KAIST ISK Forum 2016 on the subject of “Start-ups in Asia”. The forum was held in both the Daejeon Campus and the ISK Center in Pangyo on November 1 and October 31, respectively. The forum had been initiated with the mission of “nurturing entrepreneurial culture, creating ecosystem for startups, and helping Korean startups go global.” Now in
News
Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:46
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From November 2, the School of Humanities and Social Science at KAIST has been holding its 17th “KAIST Humanities Lectures for Citizens”, titled “Fusion of Arts through Music in the 21st Century”. The series of lectures held at the School of Humanities and Social Science Building (N4) will last until December 7. The department initiated its first “KAIST Humanities Lectures for Citizens” four years
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:43
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PhD Candidates Woo-Sang Lim and Choong-Kook Yoo from the School of Computing have been awarded the 2016 Google PhD Fellowship. Lim and Yoo’s advising professors are Professor Doo-Hwan Bae and Professor Joon-Hwa Song, respectively. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was founded in 2009 to recognize outstanding graduate students in the field of computer science. It is committed to raising and support
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:41
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Professor Haeshin Lee from the Department of Material Science and Engineering at KAIST recently developed a novel way of injecting shots without causing bleeding. Professor Lee and his research team gained inspiration from the adhesive strategies of the mussel to prevent the common side effect associated with injections. Their research was published on October 3 on the online version of Nature Mat
News
Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:39
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The research team headed by Professor Yang-Kyu Choi from the School of Electrical Engineering has recently developed an innovative technology that allows the combination of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and flash memory in a single transistor. The team has worked in association with PhD students Byung-Hyun Lee from the Department of Memory Business of Samsung Electronics and Min- Ho Kang fro
News
Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:36
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This summer in Korea has been heated due to both record-high temperatures and conflict over the largely controversial electricity fees. The public has united with many parts of the media to criticize the ineffective system and to demand an improved and more balanced way to reach a reasonable goal of electricity consumption reduction. On the other hand, government officials have been as persistent
Feature
Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:30
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A joint research team headed by Professor Keon-jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST and by Dr. Jae- hyun Kim from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials has recently developed a continuous roll-processing technology. This innovation delivers flexible large-scale integrated circuits, a crucial component in the construction of CPUs in computers. It then p
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:26
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With the recent peak of interest in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) following the hugely popular Pokemon GO, KAIST has officially begun its research into the aforesaid technologies. Held at the KAIST Institute Building (KI) on September 1, the opening ceremony of the Augmented Reality Lab gathered over 50 researchers and developers of the field. The lab, headed by Professor Woon-ta
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:24
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KAIST K-School has established a Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation degree, its first master’s degree to systematically teach entrepreneurship practices to students with backgrounds in science and technology. The one-year program was officially launched this fall semester with the cooperation of 16 other departments at KAIST. Award-winning professors with first-hand experience in entreprene
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Chanyoung Ryu Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 03:17
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Should games be regulated? Absolutely. If playing games is considered a valid cultural activity just as listening to music or watching movies is, regulating them would be no different from movies being rated a certain alphabet-number combination or lyrics of certain songs being replaced with a less profane alternative. So the more important question is, to what extent should games be regulated? Th
Gaming
Dongwon Cha Senior Staff Reporter
2016.11.26 23:11
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Thirty billion Korean Won. That’s the amount of money a game developing company called Nexon invested over four years to develop their next-generation first-person shooter (FPS) game. And it failed catastrophically. Welcome to the “short” story of Sudden Attack 2, and how the current gaming industry in Korea led to the demise of a game that may have been doomed before it was even
Gaming
Dongwon Cha Senior Staff Reporter
2016.11.26 23:07
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Dear readers,autumn. It announces its arrival by greeting us with the embrace of the howling breeze and the sight of falling leaves every morning. Out of all the other seasons in Korea, people seem to be particularly fond of autumn. As traditional Korean sayings go, autumn is the season of Cheongomabi — a prosperous time when skies are clear and the horses get fat. It is also the perfect sea
Letter
Young Jip Kim Editor-in-Chief
2016.11.26 17:27
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Dear readers, as musician Jimi Hendrix once said, “When the power of love overcomes the love for power, the world will know peace”. In light of recent events, our world as we know it seems to be heading in the completely opposite direction of peace. Those holding power have failed to wield it responsibly; instead they have allowed themselves to be tainted by their primal lust for power and desire
Letter
Young Jip Kim Editor-in-Chief
2016.11.26 17:12
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As the end of the term draws near, KAIST’s Undergraduate Student Council (USC) has had to deal with two major scandals within the few weeks between October and November. The first bombshell came on October 20 when the Central Election Commission (CEC), which is in charge of organizing and managing the 31st undergraduate student council elections, publicly announced on social media that their forme
Interview
Yehhyun Jo Staff Reporter
2016.11.26 15:48
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In the midst of the noxious political strife, polluting and choking the fresh air of democracy out of our lives, and the protests clogging up the streets and roads, you may find yourself wondering how it all ended up like this. The scandal that has shattered Korea’s fragile trust in the government continues to unfold, turning and twisting with no end in sight. The ineffective and inept presi
Column
Yehhyun Jo Staff Reporter
2016.11.26 15:44
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Is Education on the Ballot?Unfortunately we will start with the 2016 US Presidential Election and the policies, or lack thereof, that the candidates have championed for education in America. Throughout the campaign, especially in the debates, it was difficult to capture a segment of the event where education had the spotlight. In fact, the unprecedented atmosphere of this year’s election clo
Aspects of Society
Yehhyun Jo Staff Reporter
2016.11.26 15:36
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One might have heard of Crush, the R&B, hip-hop artist who has taken the Korean music scene by storm. Coming into contact with hip-hop at the age of 14, he taught himself how to produce and write music. The early forms of his music did not see the light of day till he met a fellow artist Zion.T at a performance, who later contacted Crush back to work with him further after listening to his mus
Music
Ji Yun Kim Senior Staff Reporter
2016.11.26 03:35
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Should games be regulated? Absolutely. If playing games is considered a valid cultural activity just as listening to music or watching movies, regulating them would be no different from movies being rated a certain alphabet-number combination or lyrics of certain songs being replaced with a less profane alternative. So the more important question is, to what extent should games be regulated? That
Gaming
Dongwon Cha Senior Staff Reporter
2016.11.26 03:25
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AfreecaTV is often acclaimed for having provided an impetus for the advent and advancement of the private internet broadcast culture. The company has been maintaining its status as the best in its industry, raking in its highest profit yet in the market in the third quarter, until now. With the recent power abuse scandal and BJ exodus, however, things are starting to look grim for AfreecaTV. Thoug
Spotlight
Hyoyeon Kim Staff Reporter
2016.11.26 03:15
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This year marks the 20th year after the unexpected death of one of the most celebrated musicians in Korea, Kim Kwang-seok. Even after 20 years of his passing, he is very often mentioned as a legend in the history of Korean pop, to the point that makes hard to find a major music TV show that has not yet done a special episode dedicated to him. His sentimental music has lived through the ages and co
Music
Ji Yun Kim Senior Staff Reporter
2016.11.26 02:57