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Founding a successful startup and making it flourish enough to expand to the biggest market in the world — the US — is the ultimate dream of many ambitious students at KAIST.Since last year, the Center for Global Strategies and Planning (GSP) has been supporting students pursuing this aspiration. In
Interview
Kyu-Ri Kim Staff Reporter
2023.11.19 16:39
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80,000 South Korean young adults are NEETs; they are “Not in Education, Employment, or Training.” The statistics count those between 15 and 29 years old who have left school and decided to take a rest without preparing for job applications, doing housework, or suffering unfortunate circumstances tha
Column
Kyu-Ri Kim Staff Reporter
2023.11.19 16:39
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The Hallyu wave has transformed from a small deliberate force in promoting Korean culture to a global powerhouse bringing in billions of dollars for the South Korean economy. Not that many years ago, the South Korean entertainment industry was aggressive in its efforts to expand its global reach. Ac
Society
Sean Tristan De Guzman Senior Staff Reporter
2023.11.19 16:39
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Time and attention tend to be unforgiving to internet personalities and the World Wide Web in general; what was popular yesterday is not popular today and will be forgotten tomorrow. It makes sense that influencers, streamers, and YouTubers try to establish brands that won't solely rely on the numbe
Column
Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2023.11.15 21:42
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The arguments for the installation of surveillance cameras in surgery rooms cannot be marked as "invalid" nor as "unprecedented". There have been numerous cases of patient abuse, unlicensed surgeries, data leaks, and controversies regarding faults of the operating surgeon disguised and hidden, all o
Debate
Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2023.10.13 21:19
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When can I finish my Korean homework? When will the Fall semester end? When will this bachelor’s end? With a developed melancholic mind, I am constantly riddled with thoughts about the “ends”. Quite opposite to a true ISTJ, my imagination fathoms the deepest depths of the future. These, coupled with
Column
Francis Erluph Barro Cabanting Junior Staff Report
2023.10.13 21:19
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Continuing from Part 1 of the interview last month, Professor Jinjoon Lee discusses his vision for art.As a new media artist, your work largely intersects with the realm of technology. How do you think that KAIST and other tech institutions in Korea should expand to the art sector?As someone deeply
Interview
Kyu-Ri Kim Staff Reporter
2023.10.13 21:19
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Protests founded the South Korea we know now. And this is not an overstatement.In 1960, protests during the April Revolution stymied Syngman Rhee’s attempt to continue his dictatorial rule. The May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement in 1980 became the cornerstone for the protests that followed, eve
Column
Kyu-Ri Kim Staff Reporter
2023.10.13 21:19
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As the field of artificial intelligence continues to expand on its possibilities, it is only a matter of time before such systems outdo humans on even a set of tasks that comprise professional job descriptions. Concerns about AI taking over jobs are growing day by day, especially with language model
Column
Sean Tristan De Guzman Senior Staff Reporter
2023.10.13 21:19
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Team USA emerged victorious in the recent World Artistic Gymnastics Championship in Antwerp, Belgium, winning its seventh straight gold medal for the Women’s Team Final. At the forefront of this victory was the renowned Simone Biles, who at the young age of 26, is breaking records after records in t
People and Community
Sean Tristan De Guzman Senior Staff Reporter
2023.10.13 21:19
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The revision of the Medical Service Act in South Korea finally started taking effect after the two-year grace period, making surveillance in operating rooms an obligation. All surgery rooms that operate on unconscious patients now have to install surveillance cameras and provide footage upon patient
Debate
Kyu-Ri Kim Staff Reporter
2023.10.13 16:37
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A familiar refrain when engaging in small talk as a college student. I’ve been asked this question countless times, and have asked it to other people just as frequently. My answer has changed throughout the years. Although it can be annoying sometimes to keep hearing the same question, what can be e
Column
Cris Jericho Goh Cruz Senior Staff Reporter
2023.10.13 16:35
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From a stabbing rampage at Seoul’s Sillim Station in July to threats to bomb universities and government agencies, including KAIST, in August, South Korea has been seeing a sudden spike in terrorism in recent months. These incidents and threats have caused a great deal of shock to Korean citizens, s
Column
Sung-Bin Park Junior Staff Reporter
2023.09.25 16:42
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The recent series of teacher suicides is a new chapter in South Korea’s discussion on the education system. The initial shockwave hit with the death of the 24-year-old teacher at Seoul Seo2 Elementary School, who was subject to long-term parent bullying. Though the extent varied, many public school
Debate
Kyu-Ri Kim Staff Reporter
2023.09.25 16:42
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South Korean teachers are in the middle of a wide protest, sparked by the slew of unfortunate suicides of school teachers over the last few weeks. Teachers have been reporting incidents of receiving late-night calls and complaints from parents regarding their manner of disciplining students over una
Debate
Sean Tristan De Guzman Senior Staff Reporter
2023.09.25 16:42
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With the new art museum slowly taking shape, art is emerging as a fresh interest for many tech-immersed students. With respect to the advent of the art sector at KAIST, we met Professor Jinjoon Lee, Assistant Professor at KAIST leading the Art and Technology Center and Total Experience Creative Medi
Interview
Kyu-Ri Kim Staff Reporter
2023.09.25 16:42
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A three-year-old kid reads fluently, memorizes the multiplication table up to 19, and solves algebraic equations. Even in the eyes of a KAIST student surrounded by science prodigies on campus, this is astounding. Baek Gang-hyeon, often dubbed “the gifted boy” by the media, entered Seoul Science High
Column
Hae-Rim Kim Editor-in-Chief
2023.09.25 16:42
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What always struck me in Korea was the general failure to use blinkers appropriately, if at all. In best case scenarios, cars and scooters turn on their blinkers just a meter before their turn. Blinkers aren't a formality or a courtesy, they are a way to alert everyone of your intentions — slowing d
Column
Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2023.09.25 16:42
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Finance… a rather boring word in a time filled with fantasies of artificial intelligence (AI), automated cars, galloping robot dogs, or even reusable rockets. Change the word to "money" and suddenly everyone is listening. The importance of money in the business world is not the same as its daily con
Column
Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2023.09.25 16:42
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From K-pop and Minecraft to influencer hydration drinks, rising Norwegian football star Erling Braut Haaland made numerous public appearances that captured diverse audiences from all over the world. Haaland has gained much recognition as the icons of football are inching closer to retirement and the
People and Community
Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2023.09.25 16:42