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Campus News Our New Student Presidents Are Here!

By Lee Junhyung and Lee Yeji

Visit Our Alma Mater Where We Dreamed about Daeil The First and Last School Trip

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By Baek Saeon

By Kim Mingyu

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Korea News Your Phone Can Be a Fatal Bomb Galaxy Note 7 and Samsung’s Recall Let Us Hope Our Society Needs No Good Samaritan Law Collapse of the LOTTE Empire

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By Choi Seoyeon

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By Lee Handong

No Future for Those Who Forgot the Past Remember National Humiliation Day Elite N. Korean Defectors

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By Kim Woojin

By Park Lana

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By Choi Inryeol

Homework on Your Smartphone Is It Really Smart?

Recent Korea’s Unpredictable Climate

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By Kim Sohyeon

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By Cha Subeom

Kim Young-ran Act Finally Comes into Action Nothing Is More Important Than Safety

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By Lee Jiyeon

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By Bae Geunseo

World News Your Size Is Not Your Size

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By Kim Seoyoung

The Lessons the Rio Olympics Have Left Is Sportsmanship Still Alive?

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By Lee Suha

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By Lee Eunji

Delivery Service with Drones Will It Be Possible?

A Savior or a Dictator? Mixed Reception about Duterte Islands of Isolation in the Present-Day Burkini Ban, What Does It Imply?

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By Kang Sunwoo

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By Shin Jihye

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By Ko Jaekwan

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By Son YuJin

The More We Embrace, the More We Enhance G20 Summit A Little Taste of Economy for Everyone!

By Oh Eunjee

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By Park Chaeha

The Last story, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

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By Song Jungyeon

Contribution Do You Know About ‘Algal Bloom Latte’?

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By Lee Chaeyoon

2016 Gyeongju Earthquake Korea Is Not Safe Anymore

True Hero of Our Times, Retrial Specialized Attorney Park Junyoung Sports Diplomacy By Jang Eunseo

Publisher Lee Dowhon / Adviser Woo Sunghee, Ryu Dongyeon

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By Jang Huijeong

By Kim Hyeonseo

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Campus News

Student Vice President Han Dongyeop How do you feel about being elected new student vice president?

First of all, I would like to give a kiss to my fifteen staff for making hard efforts with me. Although being inadequate and slow than any other person, thank you for believing and supporting me.

I would like to thank every school fellow student for voting for me and I will correspond to the student vice president position On August 17, there was an election to elect the 32nd student body president and vice-presidents of Daeil Foreign Language High School.

The newly elected president and vice presidents made pledges for making a better school.

Our New Student Presidents Are Here!

By Lee Junhyung and Lee Yeji

What are your future plans as the student vice president?

I want to make a good relationship with a new school council and cooperate with them to make better school. Also, my election pledges were big and I will work hard to make my pledges come realistic. I will assist the student president and play a role in little things to make the school’s progress.

Having an image as a friendly and playful boy to friends and junior in school, what attitudes do you have as a student vice-president from now on?

Student President Yoo Seungho

I have very friendly and playful image to people, but there is a saying

How do you feel about being elected new student president?

called, “Office changes manners.” I will behave much calmer and more

To begin with, I would like to thank all the people who have helped me

prudent as a student vice-president. Think differently, I think that friendly

throughout the election. Especially, I want to give a nice, warm hug to my

image is also needed for the role of the student vice-president in order to

staff. I can promise you that I will listen to each member of this society.

make school’s atmosphere more cheerful and happier. I would like to use

Also, under the name of the student president, I will do my utmost best

my character adequately in accordance with the situation.

to fulfill the students’ needs.

What are your future plans as the student president?

Student Vice President Nam Woohyeon

As the student president, I look forward to carrying out my election

How do you feel about being elected as the new student president?

pledges as soon as possible. Although there would be hard times waiting

First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all students in

ahead of me, I will do my best to pull them through it.

Daeil. I will try my best to accomplish all the election pledges I have made

I hope that I could communicate with students and become a bridge

before the end of my term as vice president. As the student council is

between them and the school authorities. Furthermore, I believe that I

an association that represents the entire school, I will endeavor to make

could be a counselor for students who need any help.

better environment for the students.

After being the leader of the English magazine club Press, what are your new resolutions based on the experience?

What are your future plans as the student vice president?

I believe that the experience will help me a lot in various ways, such as

not disappoint our school’s students. I hope to cooperate with both the

getting work done, making announcements, arrangements and much

student council and students to ameliorate our school. I intend to take

more. I hope to use this experience as a stepping stone for my place as

part in the school council with full commitment.

the new student president.

In the role of student vice president, I will work hard to perform well and

Now that you are the representative of the freshmen, how are you going to accomplish your assignments as one?

I believe that freshmen are the students who are full of passion and spirit.

As a member, when it comes to fulfilling my commitment, I plan to be as enthusiastic and active as I could be. On the other hand, when treating my dear fellows and seniors, I intend to be very polite and careful.

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Campus News

Visit Our Alma Maters Where We Dreamed about Daeil

By Baek Saeon

On July 22, every freshman in Daeil visited their alma mater after the exam

Most of the students arrived at their school after lunch. Before introducing

was over. All of the students assembled in the playground before they went

Daeil to juniors, they firstly met their teachers and talked about their school

to their school located in different regions. Although they weren’t there yet,

life. They advised them how to endure hardships in high school life. They

they had already been filled with anticipation. In the playground, teachers

said that a person who has fire must bear with smoke and that self- disci-

distributed promotional materials such as posters and brochures to students.

pline determines future. Both of them weren’t even aware of time flying by.

And then, students started to present Daeil to juniors. Compared to last year,

This event is fairly important to both students and our school because it influences choosing its freshmen next year. Thus, the school prepared a lot for the event. The teacher who is in charge of admissions gave an orientation in the morning. She emphasized that the main purpose of visiting our alma

the number of students who are planning on applying to our school will decrease since the government recently announced that the English section of the College Scholastic Ability Test will be evaluated on an absolute grading scale, commencing in 2018.

mater is to promote juniors to come to the admission orientation held on October 15. She also encouraged us to take pride in our school and urged

Writing a cover letter is the question they are asked about most. Many stu-

us to act responsibly on behalf of Daeil. Most importantly, she also said that

dents have difficulties with writing it. After advising how to write a good

we need to help students prepare for foreign language high schools by re-

cover letter, we explained main events of Daeil. They have been interested in

lating our own experiences.

the Daeil Model United Nations and Daeil Hanmadang. Finally, they emphasized that the interview will be the deciding factor in whether passing or not,

There’s one thing we need to be aware of: do not give them inaccurate information. For instance, we must not guess the cut-off line or competition rate compared to previous statistics. Next year, there will be a big change in recruiting students of the department of English. The department of English will be divided into two classes: one is Spanish-English and the other is German-English, due to operational matters.

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and kept their fingers crossed for their success. Though it was short, both juniors and seniors gained a valuable and helpful experience through the event. It is also expected many students to apply for Daeil Foreign Language High School next year.

Campus News

The First and Last School Trip

By Kim Mingyu

All the freshmen went to Jeju island as their school trip. Since they are sup-

As an illustration, each “researcher” whose mind was full of piety started

posed to attend a leadership camp next year, the trip to Jeju is the first and

to consider Jeju as a place for experiencing their interests. Some observed

the last school trip of theirs. Every student packed their bags: fancy clothes,

the folk village attentively to understand residents’ traditional housing cul-

big carriers, etc. in order to enjoy their last school trip as much as possible.

ture, others who were interested in art did their utmost to empathize Lee Jungseop’s soul while visiting the art museum.

On October 12, the first day of their school trip, they weren’t able to cope with their excitement at first. At Gimpo International Airport, they took

People may think that the students had such a banal school trip, and yet

photos and enjoyed some snacks before departure. Even after arriving at

they enjoyed it. The moments of entertaining: such as trying traditional

Jeju International Airport, their excitement seemed to be immortal. At that

food and playing with their friends all night were also given to the students

moment, I swear they were infinite.

of DFLH. However, there is a definite difference between them and other schools: the presence of willingness to know. DFLH students experienced

However, my observation revealed to be wrong after two hours. Upon sit-

both amusement and the true meaning of learning.

ting on a chair and watching a short video, when students visited 4.3 Peace Park, barking dogs suddenly turned into gentle cats. The video of the victims

Originally, the government named the school trip “a small-scale theme trip.”

of merciless massacre was touching enough to calm them down. From the

In addition to the alteration of title, they let us research and give a presenta-

moment, many students noticed that they were in a place filled with victims’

tion about Jeju island related to our own interest. From this trip, students

souls. And they started to regard the trip as something meaningful. As a

wholeheartedly comprehended the true meaning of their school trip. Their

result, all students participated in every activity not for fun but in earnest.

first and last school trip will be remain as a part of their heart with its special difference from previous ones.

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Korea News

Your Phone Can Be a Fatal Bomb Galaxy Note7 and Samsung’s Recall

By Kim Woojin

On August 19, the latest Samsung smart phone, Galaxy Note 7, was released, receiving supporters’ applause and attention. It contains various functions including an ‘iris recognition system,’ and many phone users around the world anticipated to purchasing the new Samsung Galaxy Model.

Unfortunately, at the end of August, one Galaxy Note 7 user uploaded a picture on his SNS which showed an explosion: The phone exploded while it was being charged at night. At first, many people didn’t believe the Samsung phone’s explosion, and considered it as a manipulation. However, users all around the world started uploading pictures

fect Samsung financially, but may also have a negative effect on company’s

of their Galaxy Note 7 overheating and exploding. Many Galaxy Note 7

image. Because of this, Samsung thought that protecting their reputation

models were overheated during their charging time. In serious cases, some

was more important than countering the economical problem. Thus, they

accidents happened while users were holding their phones. Thus, Samsung

decided to recall all purchased Galaxy Note 7 units, which could relieve many

started to investigate the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. Still, however, Samsung

angry consumers, and reassure future consumers for upcoming phones and

repair centers and the main call center have received a large number of acci-

electronics produced. Samsung tended to renew their image and invest in

dent reports, and many models exploded in countries such as the USA and

their future. Customers will believe that Samsung will not make any more

China. Casualties increased and the problem with the Galaxy Note 7 sud-

problems like exploding batteries.

denly became a global issue. Samsung’s stock rate decreased as a result of these problems. Many Note 7 users are afraid about their phones’ possibility of becoming overheated and exploding, and Samsung has been seriously considering how to solve these problems.

Not only was there Samsung’s recall case this year, but there also were other recall cases in Korea. Last year, Volkswagen Korea and BMW Korea’s cars both had problems; the jack-rabbit start problem. This could have been a serious problem, but each company solved this problem by recalling all cars

Because of these growing concerns, Samsung decided to recall all Galaxy

with problem. Also, a few years ago, LG recalled a large number of rice

Note 7 units that had been sold. Samsung said that they would recall ap-

cookers, which evaluated into a successful conclusion. Companies’ recalling

proximately 2,500,000units, and spend more money than they have ever

made consumers trust them more, and in the future, consumers will buy the

spent before. Also, they recommended Note 7 users not to use their phones

company’s products, disregarding the past side effects.

until they received a recall from Samsung, and released a software update that charged only 60 percent of the full battery to prevent the overheating.

Besides this, many airlines and safety authorities made a regulation not to use Galaxy Note 7 aboard airplanes due to the explosion risks. Samsung Electronics, which produced the Galaxy Note 7, posted an official apology message on their homepage. Things looked to be going smoothly, but another incident occurred. The power buttons of the phones were broken, and they continuously turned on and off. Therefore, the governments of many countries banned the importing of the Galaxy Note. It may not only af-

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When a problem happens due to a company, the company is responsible to try to solve these issues as fast as possible by recalling their products and compensating the victims of the company’s mistakes. Samsung’s recall should have been a great deal for consumers who bought the Galaxy Note 7, and this situation should end well, causing no more casualties and financial losses for consumers.

Korea News

Let Us Hope Our Society Needs No Good Samaritan Law

By Choi Seoyeon

On August 16, a taxi driving on the road bumped, and the taxi driver be-

Protection from Liability

came unconscious. The passengers in the taxi calmly opened the trunk, took

(1) Despite the rules of common law, a person described in subsection

their golf bags, and just left. Actually, the taxi driver did NOT become un-

(2) who voluntarily and without reasonable expectation of compensation

conscious, he had already been unconscious because of heart attack. The

or reward provides the services described in that subsection is not liable for

passengers were the only ones that knew the taxi driver was in emergency.

damages that result from the person’s negligence in acting or failing to act

“There were only 10 minutes left before the airport limousine’s leaving…

while providing the services, unless it is established that the damages were

So we had to go…” They said. Then what about the taxi driver’s life? With

caused by the gross negligence of the person.

this as a momentum, The Good Samaritan Law has been emerged again on

Ontario’s Good Samaritan Act, 2001

people’s talk. Should Korea punish them?

The Good Samaritan law protects the social ethics to help our neighbors in According to penal law of Korea, we cannot punish the passengers because

danger. It also reinforces conscience solidarity. On the other hand, it could be

they left the taxi driver. People say it is amoral. People say Korea should

a sort of interference of private law, conscience. Also, it has no clear criteria

legalize The Good Samaritan Law. Then what is The Good Samaritan Law

and it can be non-effective.

exactly?

These days, society is full of selfishness, we easily tend to turn our faces The Good Samaritan law offers legal protection to people who give reason-

away from our neighbors, for instance, the taxi driver. The Good Samaritan

able assistance to those who are, or who they believe to be, injured, ill, in

Law regulates us to help our neighbors. Though, without considering the

peril, or otherwise incapacitated. The protection is intended to reduce by-

law, we should help our neighbors in danger. We do not go into danger by

standers’ hesitation to assist, for fear of being sued or prosecuted for unin-

just calling an ambulance for the taxi driver. Let us hope the future in which

tentional injury or wrongful death. The Good Samaritan law takes its name

people do not dispute about the Good Samaritan Law.

from a parable found in the Bible, attributed to Jesus, commonly referred to as the Parable of the Good Samaritan which is contained in Luke 10:25-37.

It recounts the aid given by a traveler from the area known as Samaria to another traveler of a conflicting religious and ethnic background who had been beaten and robbed by bandits.

Then why did these good Samaritans appear in 20th century? A tragedy happened. It makes us recall the taxi driver. In 1964, New York, a woman named Kitty Genovese was killed by a robber. She was raped, hit and killed.

Though 38 people watched this crime scene, none of them called police or tried to help her. This tragedy evoked US to legalize the Good Samaritan Law. Nowadays, many countries such as Australia, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Israel, the United States and the United Kingdom clarified the Good Samaritan law at their laws.

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Korea News

Collapse of the LOTTE Empire

By Lee Handong

The prosecution of South Korea is investigating a conglomerate LOTTE.

about revealing the share of their branches, but the lineage of LOTTE also

They summoned Sin Dong-bin, the chairman of LOTTE, and interrogated

has abused their authority over the personnel and taken over the control of

Sin Gyuk-ho, the previous chairman of LOTTE. It seems that the investiga-

the whole company. This uncomfortable phenomenon has been repeated

tion regarding the company is enlarging and boosting. Then, why do the

for about a century. Then, how should we treat this tragic of our society?

prosecution especially aim at LOTTE and what do they want to fetch from this investigation? In essence, the prosecution struggling since they were blamed for the failure of the precise investigation on Woo Byung-woo and the power in the Blue House of the president Park Geun-hye. Moreover, the prosecution also had an allegation of embezzling bribery from a big game company named NEXON even though he was a prosecutor at that time.

It is now clear that the prosecution inevitably needed a clever scheme to recover the pride of the prosecution and that they finally chose LOTTE as a perfect target.

The main cause of the controversy in LOTTE is because of the power struggle to become a new chairman of LOTTE. Therefore, it can seemingly be narrowed down to the ludicrous fight of the rich. However, if we ponder at the influence of this incident in Korean society, we should never deal with this incident just as a wit. We, the public who have the right to know the truth in the society, need to scrutinize the truth in conglomerate LOTTE. The recent core of the controversy is the domination structure of LOTTE. The prosecution claim that only 9 branches are enlisted in stock market even though the number of the branches owned by LOTTE is about 110. It means about the rest of 100 branches are not forced to report the structure of their company and stockholders’ share. LOTTE not only showed opaque attitude

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I personally insist that the intervention of the government and the legislative branch is crucial for resolving this controversy. I hope that by outlawing the monopoly of authority in conglomerate and correct the unfair stock market system, the vested 1% no longer dominate the rest 99%.

Korea News

No Future for Those Who Forgot the Past Remember National Humiliation Day

By Park Lana

the results of experiment. But few years later, China opened public trial. In this trial, the criminals were sentenced to thirteen years imprisonment. Their names, faces were revealed and got blames from the world. Although they were punished, those innocent people’s death cannot be forgiven.

Comfort women (military sex slavery) are another example. Japanese wanted to occupy China and to moralize soldiers’ morale, they thought satisfying desires was a the best method. So many young girls were compulsively taken as sex slaveries. When girls were discovered while escaping or when they had illness, they were shot into the hole where other girls were. As time goes by, those girls became grandmother but their deep scars still remain vividly in their mind. Money and time can’t displace their

On August 22, 1910, there was a compulsive merger treaty between Korea and Japan. Instead of prime minister, Lee wan yong and Terauchi Masatake, the commissioner of Chosun passed the treaty. Finally, a week later, the treaty was announced and Korean empire lost sovereignty of a nation.

The period of Japanese occupation began. Japan made various expressions to justify colonization, but we call it a national humiliation occurred in the year of Gyeongsul.

During the Japan Empire period, a number of people were taken away with Japanese. The most representative example is Unit 731 and comfort women (enforced sex slaves). Japanese had done many inhuman atrocities to the people who were taken in Unit 731. Not only Korean but also Chinese were in this unit. Japanese captured and literally froze people to experiment on

wound. The only way to ease pain is Japan’s apologize.

These two examples are the tip of an iceberg. Our country was tortured by Japan. But there aren’t many students who know how much we suffered during that period. They are studying history just for exam. Also, our country tries to veil the annexation day. When you look at the calendar, you can see the Independence Day in August, but there is no sign on 29, August.

Like those victims suffered from Japan finally revealed that they were forced sex slavery after covering those facts, Korea should as well. We shouldn’t conceal the past saying it is shameful. There is no change in the future for those who don’t think about the disgraceful past. We should rectify it for a better future.

which temperature is best to thaw them. Thus, they injected bacteria and did medical testing on living people. According to the record, the amount of test subject was 1500, but when we see statement of confession written

by Suzuki Keiku, he wrote that Japanese killed over 5000 people. The Unit 731 is a brutal unit which prepared for biological warfare. However, this wasn’t an effective strategy. They prepared for almost every situation, but during the war, there were so many variables. Before losing the war, they threw people’s dead body away in river and buried living people to hide their cruel action. However, thanks to America, they avoided war crimes.

They could enjoy living daily life. In return for exemption, America received

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Elite N. Korean Defectors

By Choi Inryeol

On August 2016, a North Korean ambassador to Britain Thae Yongho

defectors. Few years ago, most of the defectors escaped just because of

sought asylum to South Korea. Since he was the second in command of

poverty. However, the defectors of nowadays are escaping not only because

the North Korea’s embassy in London, the impact was tremendously huge.

of poverty but also for other things.

Almost every member of the embassy was replaced. After a month, a North Korean student known as a mathematical genius ran away to the South Korean embassy after his schedule of participating in an International Mathematical Olympiad in Hong Kong. At the incident, many North Koreans who were working in foreign countries tried to escape to South Korea. The questions are what is happening in North Korea and for what reason are the exodus from North Korea becoming an issue?

Based on these results, some experts say that the evasion of Kim Jung-un era has begun. However, I do not fully agree with this opinion. The major premise that the North will eventually collapse is true. However, the time is not now. Even though the North had hard times, they have endured the situation for almost 20 years. Also, they still have know-how to instigate their people. For the most, they have a nuclear weapon that can be used as a method of negotiation. Therefore, Kim Jung-un and his subordinates, who want to keep their regime as long as they can, will provoke the South continuously and use the conflict between the U.S and China.

In this situation, even if the elites started to run out of the North, it is not enough to make a revolutionary change. Therefore, more support from all over the world seems to be needed

In the recent 5 years, the number of defectors has decreased. In order to stabilize the regime, Kim Jung-un, the dictator of North Korea, made numerous policies restricting the citizens. The government of North Korea built more fences on Du-man river, stopping runners. Hundreds of defectors were caught in third-world countries and were returned to the North by force. As a result, the North was able to decrease the number of defectors. However, according to the NK daily, these situations started to change this year.

To begin with, North Korea is facing economic difficulties again. Regarding to the agriculture, the output, which had been stabilized since 2010, is shrinking again. Because of the North Korean nuclear tests, the global society, including China and Russia could not help but to restrain their economy.

As a result, exports of goods such as agricultural supplies to North Korea were banned.

Also, the sanction of South Korea became a powerful method. As the Kaesung industry closed and people stopped going to North Korean restaurants on foreign land, income has shrunk. To make matters worse, the price of raw materials, which have been one of the main exports of North for years, has dropped in 2015.

Also, the young want to enjoy freedom and a better life. This phenomenon is widely spreading throughout the young. Thae Yong-ho and the math genius said that they wanted to give a better life to their children and help them learn better. Also they longed for liberty, and were afraid of the government. This caused a change in the composition of the North Korean

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When the door this hermit nation will open?

Korea News

Homework on Your Smartphone Is It Really Smart?

By Kim Sohyeon

Do you remember a note-book in which you wrote down your homework

On the other hand, professionals suggest we take more realistic actions to

or school supplies? But nowadays, the note is being replaced by ‘Class Chat-

this problem. They say it is more important to teach students how to use

ting Room’ in elementary schools. A parent who was once against buying

smartphones effectively instead of regulating the use of them especially in

her 4th grade son a smartphone is now considering if she will change her

this highly developed information oriented society.

mind because of the school policy. The teacher of her son posts homework and things to prepare on the Kakao Talk. Many teachers say that it is convenient to use chatting rooms in cyber space because parents can confirm the notices and assignments easily.

Professor Kang Youngha from Gongju National University of Education said, “Education utilizing smartphones enables students to communicate with teachers directly, has lots of other benefits, and is an increasing trend in the world. Using smartphones for class and studying does not necessarily lead

Besides, smartphones are also needed to do homework. In many cases,

to an addiction. Above all, however, parents and teachers should teach their

teachers ask students to write book reports or reviews on the “Class Bands”

children how to best use smartphones and train them to keep the promise

(cyber groups) and let them read and comment on one anothers’ assign-

of using time.”

ments in elementary schools.

No one is likely to go against the current trend of the rapid development As smartphones are widely used in elementary schools, some parents have

of smart devices. So, it is high time we put our wisdom to prevent side

voiced negative opinions on their children overusing phones. Children are

effects of using smartphones and to make good use of smartphones for

spending too much time doing their homework, reading others, talking in

our children,

real time, and using SNS on the phone. As a result, children easily tend to be exposed to harmful web sites and smartphone addiction. Also, there is an opinion that students who can’t afford smartphones feel a sense of alienation due to the unilateral use of smartphones at school. And it is reported that as children use smartphones more, they read less books ,which could hinder the development of children’s creativity and intellectual ability.

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Korea News

Recent Korea’s Unpredictable Climate

By Cha Subeom

On October 28, the maximum temperature of Seoul dropped to 24.5℃,

Because of unexpected weather changes on nowadays, Korea is facing

a 5.2 degree drop compared to the day before. The falling temperature

great damage on several parts of the country. Ulleung-do, one of the most

dropped to 19.2℃, on October 31. Due to the sudden drop, many peo-

representative islands of South Korea, was damaged severely by the ty-

ple were forced to take out their long sleeve clothes out of their closets.

phoons. The financial loss is estimated to be more than 10 billion won. Not

However, with no signs of change, the temperature surged. On the fol-

only that the island’s roads were submerged in the overflowing water, but

lowing day, Seoul’s maximum day temperature was 28.6 degrees, and is

also created transportation problems for the islanders. The uprising temper-

still continually rising.

ature is also a problem. Long lasting heat is forcing people to use coolers such as air conditioners unlike before. The use of electricity is increasing at

Many people wonder the cause of this bizarre incident. Such dramatic

the same time, concerning energy companies.

change of temperature cannot be found easily. The reason for this phenomenon is due to the typhoons that had occurred in the North East Sea of Asia.

Then what should we do in order to prevent further loses? For normal

First, the unexpected fall of temperature is due to the number 10 typhoon,

citizens, it would be helpful to be informed about the upcoming climate

Lionrock. This typhoon which had emerged in the East Sea of Japan gave

changes to make preparations. Furthermore, it would be important to avoid

a giant impact on Korea. The typhoon’s moist and hot air mixed with the

using coolers as using too much electricity means more bills. The govern-

relative cool air of Korea and gave unexpected rainfall. The rainfall and the

ment will need to invest public funds on recovering damaged areas and also

wind of the typhoon caused a temporary drop of temperature. However, as

take part in solving the current energy issues. If the phenomenon is dealt

Lionrock faded away, the temperature surged again. Second, the unprece-

right, no harm would occur further.

dented long lasting heat is due to the number 12 typhoon, Namtheun. The high temperature wind it had brought accompanied with strong sunlight, the temperature had surged in an extreme rate. Hot days are currently expected even on the upcoming holidays.

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Korea News

Kim Young-ran Act Finally Comes into Action

By Lee Jiyeon

The necessity of the anti-graft law was claimed by all levels of society. Korea was ranked 27th out of 34 OECD countries in terms of the integrity of government employees, and 45th out of 176 countries. Moreover, Korea didn’t have any stipulation that could punish bribed public officials. Despite these situations, the Kim Young-ran act had many difficulties while pasing through the parliament.

First of all, aside from civil servants and lawmakers, teachers at private schools, journalists and even their spouses should be covered at the bill since the act defines “public officials” broadly.

This made the association of legal professions and journalists to file a constitutional petition insisting that the bill violates constitution.

The Journalists Association of Korea claimed that the law infringes freedom of speech. Furthermore, the Justice Ministry tried to water down the bill through “the principle of excess prohibition” that the harsh punishment would drive capable people to other sectors.

However, the serious corruption inside the Korean society revealed due to the Sewol Ferry Accident made the president request the parliament to make policy discussion regarding the Kim Youngran Act and after countless discussion, the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act was scheduled to be implemented from September 28.

The Kim Young-ran Act, also known as the anti-graft law is going to be implemented from September 28 despite lots of controversies during the

The law will eradicate corruption and burdensome hospitality by punishing

process of legislation. The law actually refers to the Improper Solicitation

bribed civil servants and limiting the

and Graft Act, and it was named Kim Young-ran Act as the bill was first

price of the hospitality, such as 30,000 won for food and 50,000 won for

proposed by Kim Young-ran, the head of the ACRC (Anticorruption and

present. There are many critical views that the bill will encourage clandestine

Civil Rights Commission) in August of 2012 to put public officials accepting

bribe or reception, yet there are also many positive effects that the anti-graft

one million won or more in bribes in jail for up to three years, regardless of

law is the first bill that delivered the reality of corruption to citizens and gave

whether the money was related to an official’s duties or position or whether

the chance to consider the old custom of hospitality which frequently led

favors were given in return.

to bribe. I hope the enactment of Improper Solicitation and Graft Act could improve the transparency throughout the Korean society and the integrity of public officials.

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Korea News

Nothing Is More Important Than Safety

By Bae Geunseo

Korea’s first baseball league was established in 1932, and baseball has be-

Lim Soo Hyeok didn’t receive proper medical treatment, and as a result, he

come the most exoteric sport since then in Korea. Compared to the initial

passed away in spite of his 10 years’ struggle against the disease. Fortu-

situation; which was lack of players and substandard facilities, the baseball

nately, lots of things have changed after the incident, nevertheless, such

league has a much better condition these days. However, despite such de-

advanced systems and manuals are useless if they are not carried into effect.

velopment and popularity, it seems that there still exist numerous problems regarding players’ safety.

No one can deny that the most important thing is the role of the KBO and each team, however, attention and interest from baseball fans are also an

Recently on September 2, one player of the SK Wyverns was injured during

important thing. Try to be free from victory and defeat, and try to pay more

the baseball game in the Gocheok Dome and this player had no choice but

attention to the safety of players. This basis will make a large contribution

to ride on the trainer’s back since he couldn’t get an appropriate first aid.

to the overall advancement in the quality of safety treatment of the Korean

During sport games, there can be big and small accidents, but there also can

baseball league.

be grave mishaps directly related to the lives of athletes.

On August 7, there was a baseball game between the Hanwha Eagles and the NC Dinos in the Daejeon baseball stadium. In this match, one player of the NC Dinos got hit on the head with a ball and fell down. But the real problem was the poor first aid system of the Daejeon baseball stadium. The ambulance nearly missed the prime time and the door of the ambulance did not operate well. Although the player was not hurt severely, there is a reason why we should not overlook this incident. That’s because the second Lim Soo Hyeok incident can occur at anytime.

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World News

Your Size Is Not Your Size

By Kim Seoyoung

ticipation fee. After the inappropriate measurement, the government kept reforming the size table, but it only left the clothes industry in confusion.

After a few decades of the confusing size guidelines, the Department of Commerce withdrew its commercial women’s clothing size standard altogether in 1983.

The retailers started setting their own size, and also started to manipulate the size on clothes by taking advantage of female consumers’ shopping behaviors. To make the long story short, the “vanity sizing” was used as a marketing tool.

Using the general propensity to purchase lower sized clothes, the retailers began to add sizes that were unheard such as sizes from 2 to 0. ConseThe world of clothes is never easy. The size 8 in Zara becomes 6 in Top shop

quently, the size 8 in 1958 became

and 4 in Forever21. Without realizing such difference, we always make the

equivalent to the modern size 00, as Marilyn Monroe who was a size 12 in

same mistake inside a fitting room, bellowing out inside ourselves “Did I

the 1960s could now be a size 6.

gain weight again?” However, it’s not our fault that the size we used to

Now the problem in our sizing table is this: The vanity sizing. The vanity

wear doesn’t fit in other shops. The history of the size matters a lot, and in

sizing could also be an indictment of modern society. The size 4 jeans from

fact, is a major reason of our depression.

1000 different brands vary by 8 1/2 inches, which indicates that the retailers are bending the truth of the size just to accommodate more consumers,

The notion of “labeled size of women’s clothes” was first recognized in the

even if the actual size of the product remains the same.

early 40s. During the American Civil war, men’s uniforms were mass produced according to the men’s sizing standard. The women’s ready-made

Furthermore, vanity sizing makes the consumers put their personal value

clothes appeared short after, and started following the way men’s did.

and self-worth issues on their size. These kind of negative circumstances only lead to higher barriers against women’s rights and appearance-oriented

That was the point when the US government started a study to define the

view-free society.

“average American women,” by surveying 15,000 volunteers. The government eventually came up with a standardized size and started adapting to

The contradiction on lookism exists in our daily lives, even in our clothes.

the clothes industry. However, there was a huge flaw in the survey, for the

The media always exaggerates. about every woman being beautiful in way,

measurement turned out to be generally smaller than the average of US

but oppresses. women’s self-esteem on size at the same time. Logical, if not

women. As the survey was done on a volunteer basis, most of the volun-

standardized, sizing table on women’s clothes would be the initial key to

teers were women of a lower socioeconomic status who needed the par-

changing this brutal attitude of the media and the view of the society itself.

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World News

The Lessons the Rio Olympics Have Left

By Lee Suha

The 2016 Rio Olympic Games were here after much anticipation. Finally,

the Pyeongchang Olympics which has been criticized as “an ineffective,

the 31st summer Olympics came closer to an end on August 20. Beginning

high-expense event.” There were about 111 million of athletes, from 206

77 weeks ago, the opening of the Rio Olympics had received much interest

countries, who participated in 28 different kinds of sports. The number of

even before the Olympic Games started. Even for all that, the indifference of

the athletes participating in the Pyeongchang Olympics is about 65 million

Brazil’s citizens or poor conditions of stadium became one of the significant

from 95 countries, reaching a half of the number of the Rio Olympics, de-

problems, thus it could be said to be either successful or an unsuccessful.

spite, the expected expense is a total of 62.19 million dollars. The new pres-

The opening ceremony gave us a message through the sensible expression

ident of Pyeongchang Olympics, Lee Hee-beom, expressed that “The orig-

using the features of Rio. The opening ceremony cost about 4.88 million

inality is needed rather than great expense…. The Pyeongchang Olympics

dollars while the closing ceremony cost about 1.24 million dollars. Com-

must emulate the originality of Rio’s.”

pared with the previous 2010 Olympics in London, the Rio Olympics made the mood high all the way not using extensive technologies.

However, the poor condition of Rio was taken notice. As tourists at Rio did not have enough places to visit and enjoy, coming up with entertainments

What message did the Rio Olympic leave over Pyeongchang? One of the

which could attract them was definitely needed. Similar to what happened

most impressive parts of this year’s Olympic was that the splendid opening

in Rio, one of concerns of the Pyeongchang Olympics is the lack of lodgings.

and the closing ceremony went off at the lowest expense. Indeed, before the opening, there truly were some prospects that the Rio Olympic would be the worst Olympic. The Brazil government curtailed the expense used for the opening and closing ceremonies from 114 million to 55.9 million dollars due to the financial difficulties that had blown in Brazil. On top of it, the opening ceremony cost only a half of that of the London Olympic; 42 million dollars.

There were many volunteers for the Rio Olympic workers. Unfortunately they were incapable of speaking English fluently. Though it may seem less important, it can deteriorate the status of the country, which means the Pyeongchang Olympics must concern the very detailed parts such as hiring workers more competent at language skills; which is another lesson that Rio provides. In recognition of other problems related to public order, US swimmer, Ryan Lochte was once at the risk of being robbed by a thief that in-

Adversely, the suspicions of the low-cost ceremonies turned out to be need-

truded into the stadium. As a result, some athletes did have some difficulties

less; the ceremonies were appraised to be acceptable to receive all those

returning to their home countries. The upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics

compliments-having spent the lowest expense among Olympics for all time.

in 2018 must supplement these Rio’s plaguing problems, complying good

It showed how they, the Rio could convey meaningful messages and pro-

aspects of the Rio Olympics.

duce great performances at the same time with the low expense, arousing

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World News

Is Sportsmanship Still Alive?

By Lee Eunji

who challenged to win second gold medal in the Olympics, a Russian opponent, and immovable referees. The nightmare had repeated again.

Besides biased judgments, there are two things contaminating sportsmanship - drugs and gambling. 110 Russian athletes were banned from competing at the Rio Olympics. They were involved in the use of prohibited drugs.

Furthermore, some athletes failed to pass drug tests drugs test in the Olympics season. Chinese swimmer, Chen Xinyi failed drugs test and Kyrgyzstan weightlifter Izzat Artykov lost his bronze medal after his doping test.

As for gambling, it lowers the value of sports competition. It ignores passion and endeavor of athletes and evaluates them like stuffs.

Is sportsmanship still alive? These days, justice of judgment and passion for sports seem to be dead. The angel on the ice, the queen of figure skat-

Yes, sportsmanship seemed to be dead. Some news made us sad, disap-

ing, and the living legend. When Kim Yu-na had announced her return to

pointed and angry. However, some athletes showed us why sports have to

the Olympics, many people had predicted she would win gold medal again

exist. Ethiopian runner, Etenesh Diro finished the whole course although her

and rewrite the history. In Sochi, her flawless performances--Send in the

shoe was torn. Nicky Hamblin and Abbey d’agostino helped each other to

Clowns and Adios Nonino Send in the clowns and Adios Nonino - moved

stand up and continued running after an accident. They did not win any

everyone’s heart, except questionable referees. Amid controversy, Adelina

medals, but they touched everyone’s heart.

Sotnikova, a Russian figure skater, took the highest place of the podium and that was the end of the game.

Taekwondo player, Lee Dae hoon congratulated his opponent who defeated him just before.

Contrary to the end of the tainted game, however, a nightmare restarted in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Kim Hyun woo, the London Olympic wrestling gold

Although they did not become gold medalists, they are the true winners of

medalist was frustrated by another doubtful decision. He succeeded to lift

the Olympics. Because they proved that sportsmanship is alive, and what

and invert his opponent, Roman Vlasov. His coaches were sure about that

sportsmanship really is.

his technique would score four points. However, judges declared it scored only two points. According to wrestling rules, if, in performing a hold, the defending wrestler maintains contact with the mat with one of his hands, but is immediately placed in a danger position, the attacking wrestler will receive 4 points. Despite this rule, Kim Hyun-woo had to be content with a bronze medal. After the match against Vlasov, many Koreans thought this case similarities similarity with the controversy in Sochi. A Korean athlete

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World News

Delivery Service with Drones Will It Be Possible?

By Kang Sunwoo

The drone is a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft originally used for military

than what a car runs. Furthermore, since drones run by battery and can be

purpose of reconnaissance. Drones are already used for leisure and could be

charged with alternative energy, it is eco-friendly.

extensively used such as delivery, facility managements, broadcasting and crop-dusting. They are developing in the blink of an eye. It is known that China, the largest marketplace of drone, exported 891,000 units, which increased 427.2% and the amount of export has increased 730.6% over last year.

However, there are several problems brought up. One of the problems is logistics. Using the drones to deliver to many different types of addresses including homes, apartment buildings and commercial properties, each has their own problems to solve for a successful delivery. The biggest hurdle for Amazon may be the privacy and safety. Because the drone uses GPS to

One of the most anticipating drones is the delivery drone. Since Amazon is

find the destination and will almost definitely have a camera to land safely

having a test flight of the drone, “Amazon Prime Air”, everybody is paying

and navigate its surroundings, it is very unlikely that Amazon can invade

attention to this new technology. It gives many advantages to us. First, mak-

one’s privacy. Moreover, there isn’t any map for the drones. Simply saying,

ing a deliver with a delivery drone will cut costs. Although the machine itself

technology and the bill for delivery service is not perfectly ready for com-

is pretty expensive (the minimum price of the machine is at least ten thou-

mercialization.

sand dollars) USA research institute, ARK Invest described that the delivery with the drone will only cost one dollar, limited to small packages. Moreover, drone can hugely reduce costs rather than using ground transportations.”

Along with the effects of reducing price, a drone can also deliver packages quickly, which can conserve time and money. It can avoid traffic jam and arrive at destination in the shortest time because it can fly differently

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We are wondering when the drones will be commercialized, assuming that it will certainly take time. But by looking into our fast changing world, those will be in part of our lives very soon, like how smart phones settled into our lives. The only thing left is legislation and a bit of technology. I hope to see a day, when we can get pizza delivered from the sky.

World News

A Savior or a Dictator?

Mixed Reception about Duterte

By Shin Jihye

Suddenly, there are signs that the Philippines could change. All of those signs were started after the inauguration of new president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. The person who derived all of those changes is other than the president of the Philippines, Duterte.

But his harsh words and works have made a headline every day. One of his shocking moves is blipping off more than 3600 people who were related to the drugs. Owing to those violent moves, he was denounced by the EU and the UN. Moreover, he was threatened to leave UN in response to criticism of approach to drug crime and announced separation from USA. Nonetheless of such violent words and moves, he got quite positive response to Filipino. Then, what makes Filipino crazy about Duterte?

Before Duterte became the president of Philippines, Philippines had tremendous drug problems. Those drug problems made the Philippines corrupted. In downtown, we can easily see drug-crazed people. Therefore, citizen had to tremble with fear of crime. In those situations, Duterte’s compelling policies fascinated the Filipino.

He promised to sweep drugs. Surprisingly, he translated his promise into action. Duterte wanted 6 months to solve drug problems and allowed summary execution to drug dealer. Those strong sanctions touched all citizen’s minds deeply. Before Duterte became the president, not only the police officers, but also nation had hushed up those drug problems. However, Duterte braved it out.

There is an accusation that Duterte inevitably has to encounter. It is “human right issue.” UN remarked that Duterte’s policies did not consider criminal’s human right and did not hesitate to be accused of his strong restrictions. In response to denunciation of UN, Duterte reversely accused of the UN’s incompetence and rather threatened to leave UN. Definitely, his every work is unprecedented. Some say that Duterte will become a dictator and ruin the Philippines. Also, there was a suspicion that Duterte uses his power to eliminate political enemies. Nevertheless, a number of Filipinos say that if such safe lives are parts of dictatorship, we want that Duterte dominates our nation forever.

In my opinion, of course, his policies are restrictive and strong. But we cannot deny the fact that such compelling policies greatly attribute to improving safety level of the Philippines. When I read articles about Duterte, he reminds me of Singaporean Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew. Until now, evaluations of Lee Kuan Yew are quite conflicting. Some evaluate Lee Kuan Yew as a greatest Prime Minister ever. Some say that he was a dictator. Considered those aspects, they resemble each other closely.

We cannot make sudden decision now. What we can only do is just watching his every move with great attention and concern. Will he become a savior or a dictator? Future of the Philippines depends on Duterte.

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World News

Islands of Isolation in the Present-Day

By Ko Jaekwan

In this day and age, there is a new wind of change blowing across the globe.

agreed to accept refugees during the current crisis. Because of this though,

This particular change is slowly starting to isolate us from other countries,

refugees have been trying to get themselves illegally smuggled into the

until the day when we will all be individual islands floating in a sea of soli-

country via boats, many of which are dangerously over-capacity and many

tude. This movement has severely altered the various policies of many coun-

refugees perishing during the perilous voyage. Because of this sudden in-

tries around the world, some of which are more inclined on the “exclusion”

flux in people coming over, the Australian government has set up tougher

of certain groups of people. When I say “exclusion,” I am not only talking

regulations on whom to admit, and currently hundreds of refugees are held

about physical exclusion, but also the exclusion from basic rights and com-

in offshore processing facilities, many already having lost hope on living a

mon humanitarian ideas.

peaceful life.

For example, the radical visions on foreign policies by US presidential candi-

To bring this article to a close, I would like to provide some insight regarding

date Donald Trump have received a lot of media coverage because of how

this social phenomenon. At this point in time, the international society is

absurd they seem. These so-called “goals” of his have ranged from the

very unstable, with the frail balance of our everyday lives being threatened

banning of Muslim-orientated people from immigrating to the ridiculous

by violence, terrorism, political unrest, and so on. Many influential figures

idea of building a wall along the US-Mexico border. Mr. Trump has gained a

of today speak about positive change. Some even go as far as to suggest

surprising amount of support from American citizens despite all of the con-

HOW we can be making such changes, and yet the majority of the world

troversy surrounding him. One cannot help but wonder whether Mr. Trump

remains indifferent. How long will we turn a blind eye to the suffering of

garnered this support because he is actually an eligible candidate, or is he

those around us, and will we continue to ignore the pleas of help from

merely appealing to the more radically racist individuals amongst the people.

our fellow man? The major advancements that we have made as a global

Is the idea of building a wall to separate two countries, then getting the

society have brought with them an entirely new level of responsibility, one

country being separated to pay for construction fees, really a rational idea

that requires us to help each other out. I believe that the world can improve,

in the least? Absolutely not, is what a normal person would say. And yet,

and that it must improve, in order to connect these islands of isolation that

despite all of this negative criticism about him, Donald Trump has still risen

we are currently creating by ourselves.

up as the presidential nominee for the Republican Party. Now, how would such a thing be possible? I believe that this is all because of a growing worry that stirs in the global community.

Another incident that could be tied in with this trend is the recent event in which the United Kingdom left the European Union, known as Brexit. Leaving aside the economic factors that may have influenced such a decision, it doesn’t seem too far-fetched to think that the UK would have made this decision because of the current refugee crisis at hand. The various member-states of the EU have been the main regions to which Syrian refugees have been fleeing, and this has given European nations quite a headache in dealing with the sudden flood of asylum-seekers. The UK however, have mostly avoided taking in refugees, and this mainly owed to the fact that the country itself is isolated by waters and located further away from where refugees are coming from. The Brexit only strengthened this effect, as now Great Britain is more or less free from having to accept refugees into the country.

Continuing with the subject of refugees, another country that has been largely involved is Australia. Australia is one of the few countries that have

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Burkini Ban, What Does It Imply?

By Son YuJin

2. Security secularism Secularism is the belief that religion should not play a role in government, education, or other public parts of society. So, it’s like this: Burkini is a ‘provocation’, a symbol that could recall the terror attack. Thus, since burkini is a kind of public religious expression, it should be banned.

Why do people tackle Muslim women’s clothing in particular? Is the spirit of tolerance in France vanishing, or is it a matter of Muslim itself, like frequent terrorist attacks and Sharia law? How could we divide mainstream culture and minority culture? Even if we divide them in proportion to the population, to what extent should we tolerate the minority culture that does not The aversion of Islamic extremism or “islamophobia” has been increasing in

fit into the mainstream? The problem is thus not simply France’s; it’s rather

France due to IS and its terror attack in Paris. Being acute in every movement

all for the world to all put their heads together and try to reach relatively

of Islam, France has recently banned burkini in a few coastal areas, which

“rational” agreements.

has sparked a huge controversy all over Europe. Burkini is a full-body swim suit that covers all of woman’s body except face, hands, and feet. It was created in 2004 by Lebanese-Australian designer Aheda Zanetti. She said that her invention was about “freedom and happiness,” giving women an option for modest swimwear.

However, the rising issue regarding burkini does not seem to involve happiness. Indeed, a high-end France restaurant owner refused to serve Muslim women, denouncing her as a “terrorist.” He said, “People like you, I don’t want them here, you are imposing yourself here…get out.” Though he apologized when people expressed outrage after seeing the video, this incident has inflamed the dispute a lot. Also, the armed police have forced a woman on a beach in Nice to remove her burkini. Regarding this issue, The LDH said it is a “serious and illegal attack on numerous fundamental rights.” Indeed, as a mean of a protest in banning burkini, a Beach Party Performance was practiced in front of French Embassy.

Well, these are only a few of the numerous incidents of what are happening in France. The banning has now in place in 15 French municipalities. Now, let’s look at the detailed controversies regarding burkini.

1. Hygienic reason One example could be a 23-year-old student being told to leave the pool for a “hygiene reason.” The center’s management explained that her burkini seemed to be made from cotton. Cotton is banned in many swimming pools because of being fraying, which makes the pool being clogged. However, most burkini’s fabrics aren’t different with those of general swimming suits. Indeed, the student insisted her costume was not made of cotton and the decision to make her leave was racist.

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World News

The More We Embrace, the More We Enhance

By Oh Eunjee G20 Summit

The G20 is an international forum for governments and central banks from

structural reform in labor, public welfare, finance, and education. She add

20 major economies. It was founded in 1999 with the aim of studying,

she wants to share good things like Korea’s reform.

reviewing, and promoting high level discussion of policy issues pertaining to

Through this conference, many countries that are members of G20 had a

the promotion of international financial stability. There are 19 countries as

chance to think about the way to overcome economic crysis and try to em-

G20 members; Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India,

brace each other.

Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United states of America, China, and South Africa. And the last member is the European Union. Because the G20 has no permanent staff of its own, its chairmanship rotates annually between nations divided into regional groupings. This year 2016, China holded the chairmanship. It was the first to be hosted by China, only the second in Asia, and has been hailed as a “milestone” in the country’s development and symbolic of its growing importance as a major power.

At the forum, the members adopted “Hangzhou consensus” that main context is about vision of accelerating economic growth, integrating specific policies, promoting market openness and rejecting protectionism to the benefit of all members of the international community.

In terms of the economy of the world, the Hangzhou conference is very important. After financial crisis in 2008, some countries use the fiscal and financial policy. And it did not bring prosperity and inversely it brought some problems. So in this year 2016, China considered these problems and covered the subject about ‘innovation, vitality, interlock, and embrace of constructing world’s economy.

Similarly, president of Korea, Park Geun-hye suggested creative economy for inclusive growth. She said “In unpredictable uncertainty, G20 has to be a guide.” Especially she announce that Korea have been pushed away ahead

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In this chance, we do hope that the world can run together through coming many G20 conferences.

World News

A Little Taste of Economy for Everyone!

By By.Park SonChaeha YuJin

Being a student in a Foreign Lan-

cording to a certain criterion. Therefore, the standard for decision changes

guage High School, there are so

according to what people set as their criteria.

many things to do. We have to earn TEPS score, acquire major certificates (DELE, DELF, HSK, ZD, JLPT, TORFL) and etc. In the etc. section of certificates, we can choose which one we will earn; ToKL, TESAT, AP, or Korean History. As a sophomore, I have seen many of my friends take ToKL and Korean History Exam, but I haven’t seen many students taking TESAT. So this column will introduce TESAT and an interesting part of the test related to psychology.

Psychological This can be experienced when we buy stuff or invest in stocks. Human mind separates loss and gain as if they are in different account. Differentiating how we earned the money and where we are going to spend it, our minds manages these matters separately. For example, we tend to be prodigal toward $100 that we won from lottery than $100 that we earned from hard-work.

TESAT stands for Test of Economic Sense and Thinking. It basically measures one’s economic skills. There are three parts in the test: economic theory, current economic events and circumstantial judgement. However, economic theory is again diverged into microeconomics, macroeconomics, and world economics. It seems very hard and it actually is. But it’s worth it. The concepts are fun and intriguing and the certificate of this test can be logged into a student record even though it isn’t school award. It is certainly tempting.

A small part of the economic theory is about behavioral economics. Now, the economists used to believe that all economic units are reasonable, meaning that they would maximize profit with least cost (a.k.a. do more with less). However, in reality, people often make unreasonable choices and the conventional economics cannot explain this phenomena. The research found out that people - overestimate themselves - put too much importance over experiences of the minority - don’t change their faith easily.

Therefore, fusing psychology and economics, behavioral economics was made. In behavioral economics, there are many theories to explain these characteristics of irrational behaviors of humans.

Prospect Theory People are more sensitive to loss than gain and assess loss and gain according to a certain criterion. Therefore, the standard for decision changes according to what people set as their criteria.

Framing Effect This explains how people’s decisions or judgements can change due to the way a question or statement frame is presented.

This theory is frequently used in marketing today.

Snob Effect While a demand for a subject increases if many people buy the subject, this effect goes the opposite way: demand will decrease if a product’s consumption increases.

Ultimatum game This theory tests how much selfish people can act. For example, there’s a game that person A and person B divide $100. A will allocate the money and B can either accept or reject the offer. If B accepts, both person will receive the money. However, if B rejects, nobody will get anything. It seems beneficial for B to accept whatever the offer is, whether it’s $5 or $20. However, experiments showed that if A offers very small amount, B tended to reject the offer. This is because B thought it was “unfair”. This theory accentuates on “justice”.

Dictator Game

Endowment Effect

This game is a mutated version of the ultimatum game. This time, A al-

This psychological phenomenon is caused when peo-

locates the dollors and B has to take the offer unconditionally. If A is ra-

ple own something or they think that they can posess

tional, we can hypothesize that A will give very little amount or none to B.

something. At that moment, they feel affinity at the

However, in reality, A gave about 40% of $100 to B. The reason for this is

subject and grant value that is over the objective validity.

the fear of possible reprisal. There are so many theories, and you might be overwhelmed, thinking, this is too much. However, you only have to match

Anchoring Effect

the theories and its name. It’s as simple as that. This is a sample question of

People are more sensitive to loss than gain and assess loss and gain ac-

TESAT. It’s a piece of cake.

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다음 신문기사와 가장 밀접한 행동경제학의 용어를 고르면? 역대 두 번째로 많은 로또복권 1등 배당금 242억 원을 받은 당첨자가 당첨금을 모두 탕진하고 억대 사기 행각을 벌여 구속돼 화제다. 서울 강동 경찰서는 김모(52) 씨를 사기 혐의로 구속해 기소 의견으로 검찰에 송치할 예정이라고 23일 밝혔다. 경찰에 따르면 김 씨는 2003년 로또 사상 두 번째로 많은 1등 당 첨금인 242억 원을 받았다. 하지만 김 씨는 당첨금을 유흥비로 탕진하고 무분별하게 주식에 투자했다가 실패, 로또 당첨 5년 만에 당첨금을 모두 탕진한 것으로 조사됐다. ① 스놉 효과 (snob effect)

②보유 효과 (endowment effect)

④ 최후통첩게임 (ultimatum game)

③닻내림 효과 (anchoring effect)

A :③

⑤ 심리적 회계 (mental accounting)

The Last Story, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

By Song Jungyeon On July 30, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which is the eighth story in

the famous Harry Potter to be a burden. Scorpius also suffers from the death

the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented

of his mother, Astoria (surprisingly she is just a muggle) , and the rumors

on stage was published. Different from precious editions, the eighth one is

that he is Voldemort’s son. They became closer and closer after sharing their

a script for the play. Because of the world-famous series, many fans express

pains.

glee of the news. The fans in Korea are waiting for the Korean version, which are scheduled to be published at the end of the year. Fans are also expecting of making the film version of the novel, but Winner Brothers, which has been filming the series, and J.K. Rowling, the writer of the series said that they are not scheduled to make the film. Daniel Redcliff, who has been performed the part of Harry Potter for 11 years, from 2001 to 2011, said he is too young to play the role again, but he will be happy to see the movie released again.

Most of the fans wondered about the main characters’ future. Harry, who saved the magic world from the Dark magician Voldemort, became the head of magical law enhancement and had three child with Ginny Weasley.

Hermione Granger, the Minister of magic, has married Ron Weasley who manages Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes with his brother. They are still the best friends that help each other.

In this edition, the main characters are Albus Severus Potter, the second son of Harry, and Scorpius Malfoy, who is son of Draco Malfoy, and old rival of Harry. They first met at King’s Cross station as his father and his best friends.

Both boys are sorted into Slytherin, which is meant to be dark. Over the first three years at school, Albus is an unpopular student and relationship between him and his father becomes strained as he finds being the son of

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The following summer, Ministry of Magic confiscates the Time-Turner, and Amos Diggory, the father of Cedric Diggory who was unfairly killed by Voldemort, demands that Harry use it to save his son. Albus overhears the conversation and steals the Time-Turner from Hermione, and goes back to the past with his best friend Scorpius to save him. However, by repeating the travel to the past, the shocking consequences happen in the present.

By publishing the last story of the series, the fans all around the world could experience the exciting travel again with magic. As one of the Harry Potter’s fan, I was really happy to meet my favorite character, Severus Snape, and know the future of the characters who have been my friends for a long time.

Contribution

Do You Know About ‘Algal Bloom Latte’?

By Lee Chaeyoon

Especially in the summer, we can see what looks to be green lawn in the

because the dams caused the rivers to stagnate. On the other hand, some

middle of the river. Fish that are in the water are panting for breath, and it is

insist that the illegal discharging of waste water is causing the greening.

hard to notice flowing water. The probable cause for these things is an “al-

Both claims are partially right. However, if this were the main cause of con-

gal bloom.” In fact, algal blooms occur all the time during summer because

tamination, algal blooms couldn’t breed like today at such an alarming rate.

of the muggy weather, but it has overstepped these bounds gradually since 2012. People are unable to make the division between “green paint” and the water with the naked eye. Above all, the Nakdong and the Geum Rivers, which supply drinking water to people, are the most serious places of algal bloom, and both rivers are affected by “poison claw.”

Why are algal blooms so dangerous?

Not only do algal blooms look offensive, but they can also give out malodorous situation. ‘Ecocide,’ which means “destroying the ecosystem intentionally,” is the most serious effect before everything. Because the algae block out sunlight by covering the surface of the water, they reduce the amount of

What is an ‘algal bloom’?

dissolved oxygen, which is an essential factor for life conservation. Therefore,

When rivers and lakes become covered by algae, which is caused by the

almost all underwater creatures perish, and this affects the fishermen who

propagation of plankton, the water turns green. Also, rivers suffering

make their living by fishing in the river. This means that algal blooms cause a

from eutrophication or having slower speeds of flowing water can easily

vicious circle in both social and economic aspects. Also, the rivers covered by

be occupied by algae. Algal blooms breed mainly in stagnant water, the

green algae play the prominent role of supplying drinking water. However,

downstream areas being the most worrying places for all rivers. If it exceeds

algae contaminate the water quality with poisons and as a result, drinking it

to a worrisome degree, the nearby Environmental Office, which is located

would be the same as drinking toxic chemicals.

around each river, issues an algal bloom warning to local residents. For instance, an alarm was raised for several areas of the Nakdong River by the Nakdong Basin Environmental Office.

What are the antipollution measures that we can take?

The most important thing to do is to give periodic attention to algal blooms.

If they were in our memory more often, it would become a stimulant for the

What causes algal blooms?

Many environmentalists allegedly blame that the dams constructed as a part of the Four Major Rivers Project are the biggest factor of algal bloom,

government to choose wiser alternatives. *eutrophication 강, 호수 등의 부영양화 Four Major Rivers Project 4대강 사업

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Contribution

2016 Gyeongju Earthquake Korea Is Not Safe Anymore

By Jang Huijeong

“While having dinner in a restaurant, my legs started shaking. I was so sur-

away. For example, one high school kept their students studying in the build-

prised that I had to run out of the restaurant immediately. When I reached

ing even after the 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the town.

the entrance of my company building, my co-workers were there. I was still frightened to know that all of the high-rise buildings in the vicinity of my workplace were structures vulnerable to becoming damaged in earthquakes. It was really scary.”

This is my dad’s experience on September 12, 2016. He is working in Busan. The Meteorological Agency said that there were two earthquakes with magnitudes of 5.1 and 5.8 that hit near the city of Gyeongju. This had a major impact on the people living in Gyeongju. My dad’s anxiety was noth-

Hence, what direction do we have to take in order to cope with such a natural disaster?

Do not be fooled into believing that Korea is safe from earthquakes and other natural disasters. Also, it is necessary that the government institutions respond quickly with these similar situations. If we pay attention to earthquakes more from now on, we will be at ease just a little bit more from them.

ing compared to theirs. Over 300km to the northwest, the power of the earthquakes was felt, even in the capital city of Seoul. It was the strongest quake ever recorded in the country. These terrifying earthquakes caused a lot of damage to Gyeongju.

Then, what is the extent of the damage?

The total number of reports made to the 119 call center was about 50,000 after people felt the trembling or experienced some of the damage. Along with the loss of human life, some of the reports were about cracks through walls, ruptured water pipes and broken roof tiles. Furthermore, the wireless communications system went down temporarily. For example, KakaoTalk didn’t work at that time, and even the train service was delayed for more than an hour since there were 38 KTX trains that were forced to stop or move slowly because of the incident. In addition, some of the tiles on the roof of Bulguksa fell off, some stone railings of the Dabotap were broken, and the Cheomseongdae was tilted 2cm northwards.

Why were people terrified?

First off, the government didn’t handle the situation well. The Ministry of Public Safety and Security sent an alert message to the inhabitants of Gyongsang-do 9 minutes after the first quake occurred. They didn’t even send one when the second one came around.

Also, the national broadcast channel KBS, which is supposed to air any news related to natural disasters, didn’t play its role either. Instead, KBS televised a drama at 7:44 pm, the time when the first quake occurred. After a while, KBS aired the earthquake special report for only 4 minutes and didn’t tell us any specific details of the news.

Finally, most Koreans haven’t been exposed much to earthquakes, and they don’t realize how serious it can be. They believe that Korea is a safe zone from earthquakes. As illustrated above, people didn’t take precautions right

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지진발생위치 및 진도분포도

Contribution

True Hero of Our Times, Retrial Specialized Attorney Park Junyoung

By Kim Hyeonseo

On the verge of bankruptcy, there is an attorney who asked for help to the people, confessing his hardships of life. A fundraiser started like this and resulted in it raising an unexpectable amount of money, a sum of two hundred million won.

The total number of donators were six thousand people, and it is the first in record to reach the planned amount in only four days.

‘Story funding’ is funded through the storytelling of a person who asks for assistance and participation from the readers. However, it is rare that the funding started from betting one’s life and went as far as turning that person into an attorney. This person, who touched many people’s hearts, is Junyoung Park, the nation’s first attorney specialized in retrials.

Retrialling is the process of requesting reconsiderations of incidents that had been already judged and with their sentences already carried out. The retrial necessitates the acknowledgement of the prosecution and the court that they had made a mistake in investigation and ruling. For these reasons, It is a tough and extraordinary to achieve a changed verdict in retrial processes. Attorney Park has already revealed the truth of many mishandled cases. The more he solved the retrial incidents, the more he was highlighted. Nevertheless, he became a lot more impoverished than before.

There are clients who were falsely accused because they had no power and money. Likewise, the lawyer was not able to help with the retrial and ended up with three hundred million won in debt.

He said that he has been recently confused about how he should use the money. He said he wanted to create an organization that patronized attorneys with public interest groups. There are a bunch of letters with appeals against the judgment in his office. I hope the amount of donation reaches a higher amount and wish this contribution to become a huge help figuring out the truth of victims who were falsely accused.

Sports Diplomacy

By Jang Eunseo

It seems as if sports and diplomacy are far from each other, having no

that improving the relationship with America could make the relationship

correlation. It’s because one of the main diplomacy’s characteristics is the

between Russia equal. Consequently, April 10, 1971 is the day when Ameri-

adjustment of the countries’ relationship (persuasion, compromise, compul-

can Ping-Pong players visited China and this is when the historical Ping-Pong

sion and so on.) Though, many people generalize sports as playing in their

diplomacy started.

own teams and competing with other teams whether it is a team from their country or outside of their country. Obviously these two features don’t seem to go along. However, realistically, there are many cases when sports are used in diplomacy and politics.

This Ping-Pong diplomacy was one of the successful cases when countries that had been on bad terms were able to improve their relationships by sports that doesn’t relate to politics, or diplomacy. Just a little object, or a culture can actually make huge things change, which is the relationship be-

The Ping-Pong Diplomacy:

tween countries in this case. For example, not only sports, but also other

In 1950, because of the reason that China supported North Korea in the

factors such as animals are used in diplomacy. Even though in general, these

Korean war, America regulated China as an aggressor nation and chose

two concepts (sports and diplomacy) don’t correlate with each other. As

to make diplomacy policies that neglect China in the International Society.

you can see, sports can be used in diplomacy to make countries’ connection

However, in January 1969, the Nixon administration tried to communicate

better.

with China’s best leader who was Mao Zedong at that time and he thought

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