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Starting last semester, I have been eating most of my meals alone in my dorm due to COVID-19. And being a busy KAIST student, I decided to make the most of this serene and precious break, which led to a habit of watching something from either YouTube or Netflix while eating. I filled the first few m
Column
Min Kim Staff Reporter
2020.11.20 22:35
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After a series of lawsuits, accusations, and chaos, we finally have an official winner: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. While Donald Trump’s claims and accusations against the inevitable may be far from over, Biden and Harris prepare for their transition and inauguration as the world watches in anticip
People and Community
Kun-Woo Song Staff Reporter
2020.11.20 22:35
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On your laptop, hold the Windows button and the period or semicolon. Ta-da, the emoji keyboard! Scrolling through that seemingly endless list of tiny little icons, I sometimes wonder if there is anything this emoji keyboard cannot depict. Well, apparently there are a lot. Regular updates add new emo
Society
Jisun Lee Assistant Editor
2020.11.20 22:35
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The aviation industry is one of the sectors of the economy that has been most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand the challenges that this industry currently faces and to learn about their possible solutions, The KAIST Herald interviewed Professor Jong Chul Kim from the K-School. Having
People and Community
Han Hee Jang Staff Reporter
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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“To err is human. Everyone makes mistakes. We live and learn from experience — even if we have to do it the hard way.”Or so we are told. This adage does not always apply to public figures, especially for those in Korea. From celebrities and politicians to social media influencers and entrepreneurs,
Column
Chrysan Angela Staff Reporter
2020.11.16 21:10
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On August 25, two protesters were fatally shot and a third was injured by Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Illinois. The case of Kyle Rittenhouse saw America polarized. Never has opinion been so divided: the right sees Rittenhouse as a patriot and a hero, the left calls him a terrorist. Regardle
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Tung Nghiem Xuan Junior Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:19
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BTS hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, and Blackpink recently released a new song, whose music video gained more than 10 million views on YouTube in just an hour. While K-pop idols are gaining international recognition, what topped all the buzz domestically this Chuseok turned out
People and Community
Min Kim Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:19
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YouTube. It never fails to keep me entertained any time of the day. I’d watch anything: videos of gameplays, tutorials, and even random videos about random facts. I would use it anytime — if only I didn’t have to see the advertisements. YouTube isn’t a perfect platform. It has had its fair share of
Column
Kun-Woo Song Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:19
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Not many people have heard of the term “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats”. Its acronym CRISPR, however, has been emphasized to an extent that even the laymen of science have heard of it. Considering the drastic improvements brought by the development of CRISPR technology, it
People and Community
Han Hee Jang Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:19
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In high school, making offensive jokes was the norm among friends. No matter how offensive the comments were, the phrase “it was just a joke” would grant you immediate immunity from criticism. But that kind of rough humor fades, inevitably, with age and its accompanying responsibilities. There is a
Column
Han Hee Jang Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:19
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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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In the middle of a pandemic, curfew rules and travel restrictions are enforced everywhere we go. With the recent Chuseok holiday, there had been concerns over increased intercity travel and the vast amount of people gathering in small crowded spaces. We were fortunate that although the government st
Debate
Chrysan Angela Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:19
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“Physically apart, emotionally together” was the Korean government’s slogan for this Chuseok. On the biggest Korean holiday of the year, citizens were advised to replace family gatherings with phone calls and gifts instead. Especially since Korea has recently seen a second big outbreak centered in S
Debate
Min Kim Staff Reporter
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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Some things are only ever wrong, with no grey area — racism is one of them. While the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement was still sweeping across the occidental world, things were going about as peacefully as they ought to here, until a Ghanaian TV personality based in Korea decided to one day break
Debate
Min Kim Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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Making an unnecessary fuss is often laughed at. On my flight back to Korea after spending a month with my family in Washington D.C. this February, I tried my best to ignore the curious stares of strangers at a single piece of clothing that made me the odd one out — a mask. Back then, wearing a mask
Column
Min Kim Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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We love superheroes. Batman roaming the streets of Gotham City, fighting crime and keeping the people safe. Spiderman swinging through New York and capturing thieves before the police can get there. V destroying government surveillance buildings and toppling the totalitarian rule. We love superheroe
Column
Kun-Woo Song Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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The year 2020 seems like the start of a dystopian novel, and yet, we are framing it as the “new normal”. We frantically try to gain control over a downward-spiraling reality by pushing it into a box and labeling it as a freak year. But the truth is, the disasters that plague us this year — the typho
Column
Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2020.09.25 19:46
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To every meeting, a parting follows. Beloved by many KAIST students over the years, Serengeti, the cocktail bar positioned at Eoeun-dong, is met with a wave of change. The former owner of Serengeti, Dae-jung Kim, officially retired this June, leaving his well-aged cocktail bar to its new owner. Two
People and Community
Han Hee Jang Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46