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The Republic of Korea implements a system to disclose the identity of violent crime suspects. Before the ruling on the recognition of guilt or innocence of violent crimes, the identity of the suspects of violent crimes is disclosed through the conditions and procedures set out by the act on special
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심보성 Reporter
2022.11.10 01:29
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Suh Chan-suk, Professor of Department of Sociology, Chung-Ang University 1. The present Identity of Revelation Malicious Crime’s Suspect is criticized for its obscure criteria for publicizing identities. What is your opinion about this criticism?Some criteria do not allow publicizing identities. It
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장유지 Reporter
2022.11.07 23:19
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The delivery fee disclosure service was introduced to ensure the consumer’s right to know and to make delivery platforms compete in lowering delivery prices, and as a result to stabilize the soaring delivery fee. The government discloses commissions of delivery platforms once a month to help consume
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박서희 Reporter
2022.10.08 00:33
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On February 2022, the Korean government launched the ‘delivery fee disclosure system’ to help people catch the soaring delivery fees. The purpose of this system is to induce competition between the three major delivery apps in Korea (Baedal Minjok, Yogiyo, and Coupang Eats) by enabling the compariso
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석정은 Reporter
2022.10.07 23:24
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Since February, a delivery fee disclosure system has been implemented through the Korean National Council of Consumer Organization. Since the government saw delivery fees as the cause of the increase in food service prices, they announced a plan to lower the delivery fees by implementing this system
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서현빈 Reporter
2022.10.05 14:17
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‘Broker’, A South Korean film dealing with crimes related to baby boxes, which was released in June, has enjoyed worldwide box-office success. With the success of the movie, a strong argument, both for and against the installation of baby boxes, was brought to the surface. A baby box is a place wher
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석정은 Reporter
2022.09.03 17:38
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A baby box is a private facility where parents, who are unable to raise their children due to unavoidable circumstances, can anonymously leave their children. Korea's first baby box was established in 2009 by the pastor Lee Jong-rak of the Jusarang Community Church in Gwanak-gu, Seoul to ensure the
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강성주 Reporter
2022.09.03 17:38
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In Korea, most baby boxes are operated by private institutions rather than the government. It is at this point that many perspectives towards the baby boxes differ. One side claiming that baby boxes protect the human rights of children and parents, and the other that it promotes infant abandonment,
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김유희 Reporter
2022.09.03 17:38
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The Moon Jae-in government implemented a policy to completely convert autonomous private high schools and foreign language high schools into regular high schools by 2025. On the contrary, the 20th presidential transition committee, preparing for the transfer of power of President-elect Yoon Seok-yeo
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정예진 Reporter
2022.06.07 00:03
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Lee Seong-ho, Professor of Department of Education, Chung-Ang University1. What is the difference between the Korean high school system compared to other advanced countries?The Korean public school system is very unique. It is even unique among democratic countries. In what sense is unique? Korean s
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신지원 Reporter
2022.06.06 09:07
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On May 3rd, the presidential transition committee announced an “examination of high school system reorganization to diversify educational curriculum in schools and provide various school types” as a national task of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration. Accordingly, many people are paying attention to w
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나수진 Reporter
2022.06.06 09:07
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Recently, the State Council passed a bill to make it mandatory for hospitals and other medical institutions to first register information about the birth of a child. The existing birth notification system requires parents to report the birth to the head of municipality within one month from the date
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신서현 Reporter
2022.05.07 17:11
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On March 17th, 2022, Choi Hye-young of the Democratic Party of Korea held a press conference at the National Assembly to urge the introduction of Universal Birth Registration (UBR). She explained, “This is a measure to supplement the current system in which the state cannot confirm the birth of a ch
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정예진 Reporter
2022.05.07 17:11
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Lee Min-ah, Professor of Department of Sociology, Chung-Ang University 1. Recently, as there have been many incidents related to child abuse, voices about the introduction of Universal Birth Registration (UBR) at medical institutions are growing, what do you think about this?Universal Birth Registra
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송수민 Reporter
2022.05.07 10:57
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Kim Jung-hwan, Professor of School of Energy Systems Engineering, Chung-Ang University Why should Korea achieve "Carbon Neutrality”?In accordance with the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, carbon credit systems are already being implemented worldwide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It doesn't matter whether
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신서현 Reporter
2022.04.04 14:22
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On February 17th, 2022, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy announced that “we are doing our best to drastically reduce coal power generation to achieve 2050 carbon neutrality.” In fact, Korea is implementing various policies to achieve 2050 carbon neutrality, an international trend. However
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정예진 Reporter
2022.04.04 14:22
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The world is finally paying attention to climate change. Climate change causes various adverse effects such as sea-level rise, ocean acidification, and damage to ecosystem diversity, all of which threaten human survival. In this situation, many countries are setting a goal of carbon neutrality. Carb
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나수진 Reporter
2022.04.04 14:22
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The biggest news story in January 2022 was the collapse at Hwajeong I-Park in Seo-gu, Gwangju. The outer wall of the new apartment collapsed while under construction, and the investigation revealed that the cause was poor construction by the construction company. Hence, voices are emerging that the
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나수진 Reporter
2022.03.06 15:34
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On January 24th, the Seoul Housing and Communities Corporation (S.H.) announced that it would strengthen the post-sale system by delaying the sale of houses from the existing 60-80% completion rate to 90%. This comes after a collapse occurred at a new apartment building in Seo-gu, Gwangju, on Januar
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정예진 Reporter
2022.03.06 15:34
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Park Yu-jin, Professor of School of Urban Planning & Real Estate, Chung-Ang University Due to the recent collapse of apartments in Gwangju, there are growing voices about the introduction of the post-sale system, what do you think about this? The recent collapse of Hwajeong I-Park in Gwangju has rai
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송수민 Reporter
2022.03.06 15:34