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An ivory tower is a metaphorical location used to describe a comfortable position in life, which often implies seclusion of a person from the practicalities, difficulties, and realities of the world in pursuit of his passion and desires. It is a term widely associated with academia, as they enjoy re
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Sean Tristan De Guzman Senior Staff Reporter
2023.12.19 00:37
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It can be hard to admit that you’re a privileged person. Privilege, after all, comes in many forms. Some people have privilege based on how they look. Others enjoy privilege from the family or country they happen to be born into. There is privilege based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, and
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Cris Jericho Goh Cruz Senior Staff Reporter
2023.12.19 00:37
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I walk into the supermarket with my nose perhaps a bit too firm and my cheeks a bit too pink, completely startled by the regular holiday rush hour of perhaps too many people and yet so happy to see this overwhelmingness again. I listen to the squeaking of my shoes as I step on the melted snowflakes
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Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2023.12.19 00:37
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On a late night in my room with a sleep-deprived head, I looked out the window only to be startled by what appeared to be a platoon of seven planes floating through the sky in unsettling unison. I was mesmerized by the executed coordination but was shaken awake by a mindless thought that the planes
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Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2023.12.19 00:37
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xA lot is going wrong in the world today. We are still in the middle of a climate paralysis, where we know what’s wrong, but there’s no great way to fix it. Some of the great Asian economies that were expected to inherit the 21st Century — Japan, South Korea, and China — all appear to have contracti
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Alazar Teka Gemechu Junior 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
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Kyu-Ri Kim 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
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Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2023.11.15 21:42
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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
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Francis Erluph Barro Cabanting Junior Staff Report
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
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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
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Sean Tristan De Guzman Senior Staff Reporter
2023.10.13 21:19
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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
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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
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Sung-Bin Park Junior 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
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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
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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
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Andrei Kim Staff Reporter
2023.09.25 16:42
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Coined in the 1970s and literally meaning “healing at a distance”, the term “telemedicine” represents an idea that first evolved in the early 20th century when Willem Einthoven, a Dutch Nobel laureate in medicine, measured the heart activity of a patient staying in a hospital a mile away from him. S
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Fuad Samadov Staff Reporter
2023.06.12 07:06
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The spring season in Korea brings with itself warm temperatures, pleasant weather, and a lot of outdoor activities. The better the weather gets, the more time we leverage to enjoy spending time outdoors. Spring is when music festivals, concerts, hikes, trips to other cities, and night-outs become fr
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Fuad Samadov Staff Reporter
2023.06.12 07:06
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With its glitz, glamor, and global reach, the K-pop industry has long attracted fans worldwide. However, it is no secret that a darker reality has persisted beneath the dazzling performances and infectious music — the abuse of young and prominent stars. In a momentous stride towards rectifying this
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Jan Brey Espia
2023.06.12 07:05
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After a week of hard work, the weekend is a much needed refuge — free of stress and worries — even if only for a brief moment. While some prefer to go outside and bask in the sun, I prefer to stay inside and enjoy the comforts of my shows. Millions of people around the world undoubtedly share the sa
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Benedict Fabia Head of Society Division
2023.05.21 16:23
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Shortly after the second-biggest dispersal of highly classified intelligence documents since Edward Snowden, the alleged leaker of US operations was arrested and charged in the federal court. The leak, which includes sensitive information about the Russia-Ukraine war and the monitoring of the commun
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Eugene Jeong Junior Staff Reporter
2023.05.21 16:23