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Starting from April 1, 2020, all travelers entering South Korea have been required to complete a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine at their own residence or at government-approved quarantine facilities. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues with no clear end in sight, KAIST has allowed international stu
International
Jaymee Palma Editor-in-Chief
2021.01.14 20:13
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The US presidential elections last month revealed the overarching global influence of US political developments, as leaders and people of other countries presented similar levels of interest as that of the US public. Before the elections, populist and nationalist leaders in several countries rallied
Opinion
Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2020.12.14 13:56
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The gruesome death of Samuel Paty culminated from a series of controversial events. Infamous for their satirical caricatures criticizing various religions, the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo first released the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in 2015, which are considered blasphemous in Islam.
Spotlight
Sean Tristan De Guzman Head of International Divis
2020.12.14 13:56
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“Islam is a religion that is in crisis all over the world today,” French President Emmanuel Macron declared on October 2, as he announced his plans to protect France’s secularism against what he called “Islam separatism”. Two weeks later, on October 16, French middle school teacher Samuel Paty was b
Spotlight
Jisun Lee Assistant Editor
2020.12.14 13:56
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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an eminent Iranian nuclear scientist, was assassinated near Tehran on November 27. According to Western intelligence, Fakhrizadeh was the driving force behind Iran’s covert nuclear program. Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called the incident a form of “cowardice — wi
International
Hanbit Lee Staff Reporter
2020.12.14 13:56
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Among the extortions of colonialism, the loss of ancient artifacts had perhaps the greatest long-term effect. For colonial powers, these relics were no more than objects of plunder, and the recognition of indigenous people as their rightful owners was swiftly set aside. For indigenous people, howeve
Debate
Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2020.11.20 22:36
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The Rosetta Stone, one of the most valuable Ancient Egyptian and Greek bilingual texts and an instrumental tool in deciphering hieroglyphic scripts, is currently on display in the British Museum. Plundered by Napoleon during his campaign in Egypt, it was taken from the French when they lost the war
Debate
Tung Nghiem Xuan Junior Staff Reporter
2020.11.20 22:36
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In September, Facebook took down two networks of accounts, pages, and groups involved in spreading political propaganda, in violation of Facebook’s coordinated inauthentic behavior policy. By Facebook’s Community Standards, inauthentic behavior refers to any act intended to deceive and misrepresent
International
Sean Tristan De Guzman Head of International Divis
2020.11.20 22:36
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The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP) “for its effort to combat hunger, for its contributions to bettering conditions for peace in conflict affected areas, and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict”. F
International
Hanbit Lee Staff Reporter
2020.11.20 22:36
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What flooded the social media after the 2020 US vice presidential debate on October 7 was not anything about the candidates: it was about a fly. A fly that made the Biden campaign create a fly swatter merchandise. A fly that sat on Vice President Mike Pence’s head for two minutes — capturing how cal
Debate
Jisun Lee Assistant Editor
2020.10.18 02:18
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The first US presidential debate on September 29 between incumbent president Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden was widely criticized for being a low point in American politics. Overall, the 90-minute debate was filled with insults and interruptions rather than productive policy debate
Debate
Hanbit Lee Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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The world is waiting on a coronavirus vaccine in order to return to normal life. Until a vaccine is available, the only ways to curtail the virus transmission are through social distancing, exhaustive contact tracing and quarantine measures, and regulated curfews and lockdowns. These strategies have
Opinion
Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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On September 27, an exchange of military attacks erupted between former Soviet republics Armenia and Azerbaijan, resulting in at least 23 fatalities and an intensified state of emergency in both countries. The clashes occurred over the landlocked region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a highly-contested territ
Editorial
Sean Tristan De Guzman Head of International Divis
2020.10.18 02:18
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As the new semester kicks in, universities once again welcome their students back in remote fashion. Students and professors are more prepared than they were at the beginning of the year, amidst all the mid-semester adjustments in course regulation, grading criteria, and university policies. For int
Spotlight
Sean Tristan De Guzman Head of International Divis
2020.09.25 19:46
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With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many international students are currently unable to return to campus due to stricter regulations. One may argue that freshmen have it worse; they are deprived of the chance to integrate into the place they will call home for the coming four years. However, th
Spotlight
Hae-Rim Kim Junior Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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This year marks 75 years since the establishment of the United Nations (UN), the organization created after the Second World War with the goal of preventing another disastrous global war. Signed in 1945, the UN charter sought to promote international peace and security, social progress and better st
International
Hanbit Lee Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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The ongoing coronavirus crisis has led to the emergence of several unconventional social behaviors. While many of these are harmless and even amusing — such as the rise in binge shopping or the sudden interest of many in home baking — others have brought grave consequences. The latter include the sw
Editorial
Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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Why Koreans Need to be AlliesBy Seowon Choi Junior Staff ReporterAs Koreans, we may question whether the protests for the death of George Floyd are relevant to us. We may ask why we should even care, when Black people did not particularly stand up against racism towards Asians at the height of the c
Spotlight
S.W. Choi and S.T. De Guzman
2020.06.23 01:47
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Recently, all attention has been on the heart-wrenching murder of George Floyd under the hands of a Minneapolis ex-police officer. Videos of the officer kneeling on the neck of the unarmed black man for more than eight minutes — even after he was dead — circulated on social media, spurring outrage f
Editorial
Berhane Weldegebriel Staff Reporter
2020.06.23 01:47
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Hong Kong’s decades-long democracy is reaching a tragic end. The Chinese parliament has approved new security laws for Hong Kong, banning “treason, secession, sedition, and subversion” in the city. Critics say that the law will enable prosecution for political crimes, and ultimately erode the “one c
International
Dong Min Kim Staff Reporter
2020.06.23 01:47