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The war in Sudan has reached a critical juncture. After nearly two years of tension, Sudan plunged into civil war following the ousting of President Omar al-Bashir in 2019. The fragile transitional government, a mix of military and civilian leaders, fractured in late 2021, leading to widespread conf
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Muhammad Faizan Zahid Staff Reporter
2024.04.23 22:10
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South Korea's fertility rate has plummeted to a new record low of 0.72 in 2023, continuing a trend that positions it as the country with the world's lowest fertility rate among the members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This dramatic decline, far below the repla
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Muhammad Faizan Zahid Staff Reporter
2024.03.23 00:49
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As seasonal patterns continue to shift swiftly across the globe, scientists have found that warmer summers and moderate winters are making it easier for carriers of pathogenic diseases to spread to new areas and sharply increase the number of people at risk. The scale of the issue makes it a matter
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Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2023.12.19 00:37
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According to White House officials, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden have agreed to meet in mid-November in San Francisco on the occasion of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. The details of the proposed meeting were discussed between Chinese foreign minister
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Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2023.11.19 16:38
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The word “compassion” ultimately comes from the Latin word compati, meaning “to suffer with”. A great many of our great humanitarian values — the care for the sick, the poor, and the disenfranchised, advocating for the voiceless, comforting those in distress — ultimately come from our compassion for
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Alazar Teka Gemechu Junior Staff Reporter
2023.10.13 21:19
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As the global community grapples with the daunting challenge of climate change, we are presented with a myriad of strategies, theories, and movements vying for the title of "solution". One such movement, Just Stop Oil, has garnered significant attention in recent times. However, while the initiative
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Muhammad Faizan Zahid Junior Staff Reporter
2023.09.25 16:41
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Last semester, I was fortunate enough to be selected by KAIST to go on exchange at the University of Toronto in Canada. When I was first thinking about applying, I didn’t have anyone to ask advice from; none of my international seniors had gone on exchange before, especially because the pandemic hal
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Cris Jericho Goh Cruz Staff Reporter
2023.03.27 00:03
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The tech industry was one of the few industries that had massive prospects in the pandemic era, when everyone had to transition their daily work and operations towards online resources and tools. But as the world regains its footing and hints of pre-pandemic ways reemerge, the tech industry now need
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Sean Tristan De Guzman Senior Staff Reporter
2022.12.08 13:44
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On May 14, the international food festival was organized and hosted by the KAIST International Students Association with support from the International Scholar and Student Services, held in front of the Academic Cultural Complex. As a traditionally annual occurrence, hosted for the second time since
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Jun Seong Kim Junior Staff Reporter
2022.06.14 00:19
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On April 4, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, bought roughly 9.2% of Twitter’s stocks, immediately making him one of the company’s largest shareholders. Following this acquisition, Musk released a series of tweets over the course of the month signaling his desire to have a stronger influence in Tw
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Benedict Fabia Staff Reporter
2022.05.23 21:56
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The “Living with COVID-19” campaign is increasingly gaining pace in Korea. Having withstood its fourth wave of infections in July, Korea has introduced new policies in hopes of benefiting from some “breathing space” after months of tight regulations. From November 1 onwards, entry to high-risk venue
Opinion
ChaeYeon Ryu Junior Staff Reporter
2021.11.21 21:18
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The year 2021 brought forth several events that highlighted anthropogenic climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an organ of the UN tasked with establishing the causes and impacts of anthropogenic climate change and proposing strategies to deal with the consequences, r
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Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2021.10.01 19:05
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On April 13, the Japanese government announced the release of over 1 million tons of treated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear station. Since the disaster in 2011, radioactive water that has accumulated at the plant has been treated in a complex filtration system then kept in huge tanks, bu
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Hanbit Lee Head of International Division
2021.05.22 17:37
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In the last week of March, the world received an unexpected reminder of global connectedness and interdependence. The 190-kilometer long Suez Canal, an important waterway that connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, was obstructed after one of the largest container ships on the planet, the 4
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Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2021.04.26 01:24
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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
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Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2020.12.14 13:56
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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
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Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18