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During the South Korea-Japan summit talks in March, Japan's proposed amendment of its peace constitution was discussed. Japan's constitutional revision raises concerns as it could potentially transform Japan into a nation capable of waging war, posing a threat to security in East Asia. In the past,
Korea Chronicle
유지원 Reporter
2023.09.01 10:45
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Following U.S. President Joe Biden's announcement on April 10 that he plans to seek re-election in the 2024 presidential election, the U.S. political world has shifted its focus towards the upcoming election, which pits former President Trump against Joe Biden once again. In particular, the economic
International Desk
변서영 Reporter
2023.08.31 22:17
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“Make Change Happen!"- This is the motto that David Yeung, the visionary founder of the social venture Green Monday, adopted when he first launched his vegetarian campaign. He strove to change society for the better through his belief in ‘vegetarianism.’ His goal as an entrepreneur was to popularize
People-pedia
변서영
2023.08.31 20:12
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This March, “In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal” was released on Netflix. It deals with various pseudo-religions in Korea, raising the public’s interest. Accordingly, the public’s resentment grew, and relevant victims started to come out to speak of their experiences. However, people from those pro
Social & Political Desk
장유지 Reporter
2023.05.30 23:39
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Chat GPT is taking center stage these days. Chat GPT, which was launched in November 2022, has created a blizzard on the internet with its overwhelming performance. Sam Altman, the CAH person of the month, is the CEO of OpenAI, the company that made the now-inevitable chatbot ChatGPT. Let’s get to k
People-pedia
석정은 Reporter
2023.05.30 23:39
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Last March, the British Weekly pointed out that “...Asia risks something even worse: conflict between America and China over Taiwan'' in the article “How to avoid war over Taiwan.” South Korea, in particular, is geographically in the most dangerous position. In addition, a new Cold War between the U
International Desk
석정은 Reporter
2023.05.30 23:39
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In March, Representative Nam In-soon announced a partial revision of the Medical Service Act. According to Medical Observer, a medical media outlet, “A revision to the Medical Service Act, which expands the media subject to Prior Deliberation on Medical Advertisements and strengthens punishment only
Controversial Issues
송연수 Reporter
2023.05.30 23:39
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Sung Minjung, Professor of Department of Advertising & Public Relations, Chung-Ang University 1. According to the announcement of ISAPS[1], in 2021, Korea ranked 5th in the world for the most surgical procedures in cosmetic surgery. Additionally, plastic surgery advertisements are expanding to the I
Controversial Issues
강성주 Reporter
2023.05.30 23:39
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South Korea is often called ‘the plastic surgery capital of the world.’ It is the country with the highest percentage of surgeons in plastic surgery (2.6% as of 2018) among all doctors. Hence, cosmetic surgery advertisements can easily be seen in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, where people come for surgery ‘exp
Controversial Issues
박서희 Reporter
2023.05.30 23:39
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On Memorial Day (Hyunchungil), June 6th, you will see the national flag of Korea (Taegeukgi) hung on the streets, and hear a siren at 10 a.m. for a one minute’s silence in memory of the deceased. Memorial Day means "day to reveal loyalty," and it is a day to honor the loyalty and console the souls o
Korea Chronicle
박서희 Reporter
2023.05.27 23:21
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Among the "Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources" implemented at the end of December 2021, product items corresponding to limited disposable products have been expanded, and disposable products in the food service business and facilities providing meals such as restaurants and ca
Controversial Issues
송연수 Reporter
2023.04.30 21:10
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The MOE originally aimed to reduce plastic disposable usage in a faster pace. But they had to take a step back, postponing the nonreturnable cup deposit system for three years due to the suffering industry's demand. Restrictions on the use of disposables are causing inconvenience to customers and th
Controversial Issues
박서희 Reporter
2023.04.29 02:32
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The total fertility rate[1] announced by Statistics Korea has hit the latest low of 0.78. As of 2022 with 249,000 newborns, South Korea has recorded the lowest fertility rate among all OECD countries for 10 years straight. This is why phrases like "population cliff" and "population crisis" are regul
Social & Political Desk
박서희 Reporter
2023.04.29 02:32
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On June 30th, 2022, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court as the 116th Supreme Court justice and the first black woman to serve on the high court. The nine members of the U.S. Supreme Court serve lifetime appointments on the Court, in accordance with Article II of the Unite
People-pedia
석정은 Reporter
2023.04.29 02:31
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On February 6th, two massive earthquakes hit the border region of southeast Turkey and northwest Syria. These earthquakes have been recorded as one of the worst disasters so far of the 21st century, with a cumulative death toll surpassing 51,000. Above all, the fact that the aftermath of the earthqu
International Desk
석정은 Reporter
2023.04.29 02:31
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“Relieve the emergency martial law right away.” On May 18th, 1980, a pro-democracy movement in Gwangju was conducted against the military regime of Chun Doo-hwan. Before the Chun Doo-hwan regime, Park Chung-hee who had controlled Korea under the Yushin regime via a coup d'état in 1961, was killed by
Korea Chronicle
장유지 Reporter
2023.04.28 10:28
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In September 2020, according to the Ministry of Environment, 14 coffee shops that signed a disposable product reduction agreement with the Ministry of Environment used 1.34567 million disposable cups over the five years. Wasted resources and disposal costs for producing disposable goods are increasi
Controversial Issues
김유희 Reporter
2023.04.28 09:33
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The main issue of revision related to physician-assisted suicide (PAS), which was proposed by Representative Ahn GyuBack (or Rep. Ahn) of the Democratic Party of Korea, is to adopt the Act in order to allow the end of life of terminal patients suffering from unbearable pain. Patients then get a chan
Controversial Issues
송연수 Reporter
2023.03.31 00:14
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Dmitry Muratov who was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize decided to sell his Nobel Peace Prize medal at auction. The medal was sold for $103.5 million (134.1 billion won), and Dmitry donated the entire amount to a charity for Ukrainian refugees. Even at this moment, many people are suffering from t
People-pedia
석정은 Reporter
2023.03.31 00:05
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“Physician-Assisted Suicide” is different from euthanasia in the traditional sense, in that doctors prepare and administer drugs to patients with no hope of resuscitation. This means that the patient chooses to die himself by directly taking or administering a drug prescribed by a doctor. In 2018, w
Controversial Issues
강성주 Reporter
2023.03.31 00:04