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January 7 was the D-day for the filmmakers. On that day, James Franco won the Golden Globes award for Best Actor in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role of Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist.
Column
Duman Kuandyk Staff Reporter
2018.01.12 23:37
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Money doesn’t appear out of thin air? That is so 2017. With the Big Bang of the cryptocurrency market, digital dollars have completely defied the previous norms of investment and money making. It’s the Wild West, with digital gold up for grabs and outlaws roaming the field for the biggest margins in tens of cryptocurrencies that have since followed the success of bitcoins.
Column
Juhoon Lee Assistant Editor
2018.01.12 23:26
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A couple of days before Christmas, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced the successful launch of its long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), with its leader Jong-un Kim issuing a statement that both threatened and reassured the world.
Column
Yehhyun Jo Head of Society
2018.01.04 17:46
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I am sorry. I am very sorry to hear that the new KAIST president’s ambitions have been walled off by the student community. I am not sorry, however, to see another ill-presented dream get rejected by healthily alert students exercising their own rights. The presentation of the idea of the mandatory artificial intelligence (AI) classes could not have provoked the public’s cautionary antennae further.
Debate
Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff
2017.12.28 00:20
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The plan for a mandatory AI course was rooted in the idea to prepare KAIST students for the incoming Fourth Industrial Revolution. While there is something to be said about Korea’s fixation with this “revolution”, the fact is that the plan failed to launch.
Debate
Yehhyun Jo Head of Society
2017.12.28 00:16
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Best known as AC/DC’s co-founder and rhythm guitarist, Australian musician Malcolm Young was born on January 6, 1953 in Scotland. According to Young himself, “All the males in our family played,” and this musical background led the brothers to indeed start careers in music later on in their lives.
Obituary
Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff
2017.12.28 00:12
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The KAIST Student & Minority Human Rights Committee is a newfound, student-led organization that aims to educate the student body on the importance of human rights and is at the forefront of urging college members to be part of a cultural movement that welcomes all people in the community.
Interview
Jae Hwan Jeong Staff Reporter
2017.12.28 00:08
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When I was a child, like children are, I always knew exactly the things I wanted. Local forays into the territories outside the warm walls of home to the nearby mall had me always in paths circular in nature.
Column
Sangwook Ha Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 23:31
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If I were to sum up my life philosophy in one word, that word would probably be “balance”. For as long as I can remember, my recipe for happiness was maintaining the delicate balance between the various aspects of my life I cared about: academics, relationships, physical and mental health. This pursuit of a work-life balance has been a lifelong challenge, especially due to my tendency to always want to fulfill my potential.
Column
Chonghyuk Song Senior Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 23:27
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A man screams at the camera as he shakes his body and twitches his eyes violently, thanking everyone for the “Star Balloons” he just received. In the sane world, the man’s actions would be completely incomprehensible and people would view this man with concern. However, in the world of AfreecaTV, he is just BJ Chulgoo, a prize-winning, seven-year veteran live streamer that brings entertaining content to viewers in all forms.
Column
Hyunwoo Shin Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 23:21
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Our good friends in the New World recently decided to abandon some of humanity’s most valued assets by setting the concept of logic on fire. As the red, white, and blue flames burn the coal that drives “The Donald”, the rest of the world watches, horrified, as 2017 set new records for extreme weather conditions.
Column
Yehhyun Jo Head of Society
2017.12.27 22:48
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Taking a break from the usual debates on social issues, The KAIST Herald poses an introspective question designed to generate ideas on how we can harness a permanent readership base and better reach out to KAIST students.
Debate
Hyunwoo Shin Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 21:05
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Taking a break from the usual debates on social issues, The KAIST Herald poses an introspective question designed to generate ideas on how we can harness a permanent readership base and better reach out to KAIST students.
Debate
Jae Hwan Jeong Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 21:05
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The genre of jazz caught the attention of the American public, took it by storm, and has held the value of one of the most influential forms of music in history. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Antoine Dominique “Fats” Domino, better known for his stage name “Fats Domino”, was instantly exposed to the groovy musical genre of jazz.
Obituary
Hyunwoo Shin Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 21:01
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Social inclusion encompasses many dimensions today. Discrimination, physical abuse, hate speech, and slander directed at minorities of various nature are subject to serious public, legal, and reputational condemnation in many parts of the world. Here in KAIST, this semester marks the launch of a com
Interview
Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff
2017.12.27 20:58
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Dear President Shin,The reply you gave at the committee hearing was offensive to those students (including myself) who care enough about KAIST to speak up and voice our opinions. I would think that it is the responsibility of the USC to request the creation of a university council. That being said, rights are, by definition, a core aspect of humanity’s social order and should not require any special attributes to be exercised.
Society
Yehhyun Jo Head of Society
2017.12.27 20:49
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Although polygamous marriages are generally frowned upon by modern Western societies and mainly have negative connotations, it is possible to identify positive externalities for both parties involved in this arrangement.
Column
Jae Hwan Jeong Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 20:33
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The American sci-fi film Gattaca from 1997 presents us with a future society where children are conceived through genetic manipulation in order to endow them with the best hereditary conditions. Now, two decades later, designer babies have become an intense topic of discussion that challenges some of our most intrinsic and fundamental values.
Column
Hye-eun Jeong Junior Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 20:30
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The recent decade, which has witnessed a formidable proliferation of Bitcoin is worrying. What aspires to be the 21st century’s digital gold is already traveling to many corners of the world without a traffic officer or signal lights.
Debate
Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Repor
2017.10.24 01:45
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Skepticism aside, it is still worthwhile to point out the relevant advantages Bitcoin has to offer to consumers in particular. As the first of its kind, Bitcoin may at the very least serve as an innovative exemplar for future development of cryptocurrencies and digital payments.
Debate
Hee Yeon Kim Junior Staff Reporter
2017.10.24 01:44