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Dear Readers, My first spring at KAIST was two years ago. I was waiting in line outside the main auditorium to take my PCR test, wearing a KF-80 mask under the March air that still bore a tinge of coldness. It was that time in history when, unbeknownst to the whole world, a virus stole the stage spo
Letter
ChaeYeon Ryu Editor-in-Chief
2024.03.23 00:49
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Cartoon
Nguyen Minh Hieu Cartoonist
2024.03.23 00:49
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Cartoon
Chaemin Lee Cartoonist
2024.03.23 00:49
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Cartoon
Chaemin Lee Cartoonist
2024.03.23 00:49
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Cartoon
Chaemin Lee Cartoonist
2024.03.23 00:49
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Cannabis, in recent years, has seen a remarkable shift in its perception by the public. From being solidified as a Schedule I drug by the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, it has undergone legislative and societal changes unseen by any other drug of the same class, with Colorado and Washington lega
Column
Jun Seong Kim Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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The presidential address commemorating the South Korean National Liberation Day in August last year lacked a direct reference to the Japanese military sex slaves — commonly known as ‘comfort women’ — for the second time since 2022, when President Yoon Suk-Yeol gave the first speech in honor of the N
Column
Kyu-Ri Kim Head of Society Division
2024.03.23 00:49
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Nearly a month has passed since the start of the Spring semester, and for freshmen and returning students alike, an essential part of school life is student clubs.All formally registered student clubs at KAIST are currently managed by The KAIST Undergraduate Student Clubs Union (hereafter “Clubs Uni
Interview
Kyu-Ri Kim Head of Society Division
2024.03.23 00:49
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Over the past week, Bitcoin’s value hit a record high, now surpassing $73,000, almost $10,000 more than its last major peak in late 2021. This follows from billions of dollars worth of the cryptocurrency being purchased by American finance firms spurring on further trades in the crypto community. We
Column
Jun Seong Kim Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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As of March 7th, nearly 12,000 young doctors — 93% of the total across the country — had left their workplaces, according to the latest government estimate. The right to strike is recognized as a fundamental human right by the United Nations. Strikes by doctors are, however, complicated by their pro
Debate
Balsam Al-Hadithi Junior Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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The views of the government and the medical society have conflicted for many years on policies influencing the medical sector, but never before have the conflicts escalated to such a mass walkout by doctors. Reports of the unfolding events may imply that the opposition to the “Essential Healthcare P
Debate
Hae-Rim Kim Senior Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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Ivy League colleges are considered to be the most prestigious institutions for scholars all over the world; the best of talents known today are Ivy League alumni. Despite some prominent figures advocating that college education is not any sort of a guarantee for success, millions of high schoolers a
Column
Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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Mark Zuckerberg is by no means the “Father of the Internet” in its literal sense, but his influence on our online world likened him to an uncle who made it cooler. Ironically, the internet itself now seems to paint him in many images in the midst of its teenage transition into the metaverse. The int
People and Community
Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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Answering “So how did you two meet?” is often one of the first hurdles that new couples face — and it usually comes from parents and close friends. The answer to this question has changed drastically over the years and is often an indicator of which generation the couple grew up in. Nowadays, the mo
Op-Ed
Justin Jae Young Kim Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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As I enter my senior year at KAIST, I’m forced to face a question I’ve been dreading for years now: “What are you going to do after you graduate?” I’m sure most of you have thought of the same thing. While some are lucky enough to know what they truly want with absolute certainty, others, like me, a
Op-Ed
Benedict Fabia Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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Startup KAIST, the startup support organization on campus, announced its goal of strengthening support for startups and producing 100 new startups this year. Startup KAIST aims to achieve this goal through three main projects: Investor Relations (IR) Consulting, Fast Prototyping, and helping startup
News
Sung-Bin Park Junior Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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This month, The KAIST Herald interviewed Professor Narae Lee from the School of Business Technology and Management for her achievement of being the first Korean to receive the Research in Strategic Management Program grant by the Strategy Research Foundation. In this interview, Professor Narae Lee s
News
Sung-Bin Park Junior Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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KAIST’s four-legged robot Hound received the title of the fastest quadrupedal robot to run 100 meters by the Guinness World Records on December 15 last year. Hound was developed by the Dynamic Robot Control and Design (DRCD) Laboratory of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, led by Professor Ha
News
Jihyun Kim Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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After competing for 17 days off the coast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 18 students under the supervision of Professor Jinwhan Kim of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Professor Hyunchul Shim of the School of Electrical Engineering were hailed as first runner-up winners of the Moham
News
Francis Erluph Barro Cabanting Junior Staff Report
2024.03.23 00:49
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Professor Meeyoung Cha, a professor at the School of Computing and the Chief Investigator of the Pioneer Research Center for Mathematical and Computational Sciences at the Institute of Basic Science (IBS), has been appointed as the first Korean director at the Max Planck Institute (MPI), a prominent
News
Jihyun Kim Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:16