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On May 10, Yoon Suk-yeol is set to take office as the next president of South Korea after winning the closest and most divisive election in the country’s history. Just a day before the inauguration day, my own country — the Philippines — will hold its own presidential election after 90 grueling days
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Cris Jericho Goh Cruz Staff Reporter
2022.04.14 01:00
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This was supposed to be my last semester at KAIST. Looking back at my stay here, there’s a great sense of surreal duality in it. I can never believe that I have been in this place for nearly four years. It feels like only yesterday that I carried my luggage into Somang Hall and started this adventur
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Berhane Weldegebriel Staff Reporter
2022.04.14 01:00
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I turned 22 this year. By the time this article is published, I will have 320 days left to jam to Taylor Swift’s “22” while being, well, actually 22. I am also (hopefully) in my last semester, and had I not donned the title of the “Head of Society”, I would have been a “Senior Staff Reporter” at thi
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Chrysan Angela Head of Society Division
2022.03.24 23:18
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It’s been a few weeks since Russian forces entered Ukraine. Since then, internal displacement has been growing and millions of people have been leaving the country as refugees, a huge proportion of them fleeing to neighboring countries such as Poland, Romania, and Hungary. The war shows no sign of s
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Berhane Weldegebriel Staff Reporter
2022.03.24 23:18
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In recent months, the term “non-fungible token”, or NFT, seems to have taken a significant foothold in our financial media outlets. Despite its origins tracing back as far as 2014, the recent and sudden burst in the popularity of NFTs has undoubtedly left many still confused as to what it actually i
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Jun Seong Kim Junior Staff Reporter
2022.03.24 23:18
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“It’s like, do your homework and then go play with your friends after. And it’s like, no, what if playing with your friends is the point?” — Mark Zuckerberg.The metaverse, for many, is the next “big thing” — and one of, if not the biggest company in the industry, Meta, is looking to lead humanity in
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Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2022.03.24 23:17
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I have always been the type of person who likes to have a plan, and backup plans, and backups to those backup plans. My impending state of unemployment, that uncertain time between graduation and graduate school or employment, is bringing up overwhelming feelings of anxiety. It’s making it difficult
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Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.12.18 20:03
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As a cat lover, I love spending my time randomly scrolling through cute cat clips on Instagram and YouTube. When I was younger, my family used to “host” some stray cats too — although my parents’ concerns for hygiene prevented me from interacting too closely with them. Aside from that, I’ve never ha
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Chrysan Angela Head of Society Division
2021.12.18 20:03
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May 18, 1980. Students of Chonnam National University charge at armed soldiers during a protest against the closure of the institution and the newly imposed limitations on academic freedom. Armed forces violently retaliate, attacking the students with batons and rifles. The ever-increasing number of
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ChaeYeon Ryu Junior Staff Reporter
2021.12.18 20:03
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Thinking about leaving KAIST is the best and worst at the same time. I’ve joked about being desperate to escape this school for so long that now it’s almost a reality, it hardly seems real. I’m finally going to graduate, move on to studying something I actually enjoy; perhaps even grow up and become
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Ada Carpenter Senior Staff Reporter
2021.12.18 20:03
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Before you decide to become the next Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Bill Gates — if, and only if, you have enough talent, support, and privilege to even qualify — you need to first be trained in the ways of a Future LeaderTM, superior human beings who are worthy of carrying the torch of our capitalist ol
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Chrysan Angela Head of Society Division
2021.11.21 21:18
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There is a popular joke on the internet: “both the worst and best part of living alone is the fact that mom is not at home.” Living alone means you have complete freedom to use the space however you see fit with no intervention from others. It also means that you must take care of everything on your
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Hanbit Lee Staff Reporter
2021.11.21 21:18
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Google the word “self-care”, and you’ll most likely find articles about the five self-care habits you need, or how sleep and exercise are essential, or capitalist suggestions of buying “self-care kits”. Especially in the past year, more and more people are looking to self-care techniques to help cop
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Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.11.21 21:18
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‘Twas the morning of October 25th, people carried on with their lives, researching in labs, going to work, or getting ready for class. Everything seemed like an average weekday morning, well of course, until the internet died. With the sudden information blackout, like panic buys in a shortage, peop
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Kun-Woo Song Senior Staff Reporter
2021.11.21 21:18
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You have a deadline in two hours and an exam in two weeks. You haven’t started the deadline yet, nor have you started studying. Because whenever you try to, you feel anxious and judge yourself for not being able to do the homework perfectly or understand the exam contents. You always do this; you sh
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Jaymee Palma Senior Staff Reporter
2021.10.26 18:27
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On September 29, I participated in a book talk by Jeong You Jeong held by the KAIST library. She came to talk about her newest book, The Complete Happiness, which is about a narcissist driving everyone around her into misery for her own happiness. In relation to the book, Jeong talked about psycholo
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Kun-Woo Song Senior Staff Reporter
2021.10.26 18:27
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The ability to bring new life into the world will forever be one of the most mundane miracles of humanity — challenging but commonplace, both simple and incredibly complex. Most people, even from childhood, have considered becoming a parent at some point; some might even make life plans years in adv
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Ada Carpenter Senior Staff Reporter
2021.10.26 18:26
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Every change in the tide begins with a ripple. Fifty years ago, in September 1971, an ad-hoc group of environmentalists called the Don’t Make a Wave Committee assembled with one goal: stopping US nuclear testing off the west coast of Alaska. Planning to put themselves in the path of a bomb, they set
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Ada Carpenter Senior Staff Reporter
2021.10.26 18:26
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When I returned home after my first semester in KAIST, “Did you have plastic surgery?” was among the most frequently asked questions by friends. Each time, the question was asked with a little chuckle, and was not meant to be taken seriously. Indeed, South Korea is famous for having the highest numb
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Chrysan Angela Head of Society Division
2021.10.26 18:26
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Earlier last month, I flew from Incheon to Abu Dhabi. With my flight time being late at night and with COVID-19 travel restrictions, I did expect Incheon International Airport to be less crowded than usual, but I was still surprised to see it so empty. There were only a handful of people in sight. T
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Hanbit Lee Staff Reporter
2021.10.01 19:05