Throughout the long history of mankind, major diseases have always changed people's lives and society. In the past, the Black Death did it, and now COVID-19 is doing it. The infectious disease that started in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China on November 17, 2019 has bullied us so long. Since COVID-19, t

"How old are you?" Koreans ask about age at the first time they meet someone. It is a normal act in South Korea, where people must use honorifics depending on a person’s age. With respect to age calculations, there was a new announcement on December 27, 2022. It was that Korea will use the internati

What is the 2030 Busan World Expo?The World Expo also called the Economic and Cultural Olympics is a venue for introducing the industrial and technological developments of mankind and showing off the competence of the host country. Founded in 1928, the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) is a

At the ‘Colorado State Fair’s Fine Art Competition,’ a work took 1st place in the “Digital Category” on September 3 of 2022. However, this work has been faced with great controversy. This is because it is a work drawn by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The name of the award-winning work is "Space Oper

These days, the world has been rapidly changing due to the dramatic development of technology and globalization. It might be true that we don’t afford to see the stars in the sky and the flowers in the field since we are living a hectic life which makes us just look ahead. However, even in this radi

Until recently, we dreamed of embracing a ‘You Only Live Once (YOLO)’ mentality to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime life without regret. But these days, the key word ‘God-saeng Life’ is popular on various social media services such as Instagram and YouTube, focusing on the MZ generation. What is ‘God-saen

At the 2022 Red Cross Gala: Chairman Shin Hee-young (back row, fourth from the left), Vice Chairwoman Jang Ye-soon (back row, third from the left), Vice Chairman Yoon Sung-ho (back row, third from the right), President Park Jae Kyu (front row, center), with representatives from the Institute for Far

These days, game character industries such as Pok mon, Cookie Run, and MapleStory are more popular than ever. The reason for this surge in popularity might be sweeter than could imagine: the stickers that come packaged with the bread. The enthusiasm to get sticker bread is so hot that it sometimes c

Process of the Growth and Popularity of BTSBTS, who made their debut on June 13, 2013 and swept all the rookie awards at home and abroad, has grown into one of Korea's leading music groups. They have created a global BTS boom and are called 21st century pop icons. They have topped the world's leadin

The main purpose of the Korea-Japan Undersea Tunnel Plan Korea-Japan Undersea Tunnel Plan is to connect Tsushima Island and Iki Island in Japan as intermediate stops on the Korean Peninsula and connect them to the Kyushu region of Japan. In previous history, Japan occupied the Korean Peninsula and T

Two years have passed since the outbreak of the COVID-19. After the Black Death from 1347 to 1351 and the Spanish flu from 1918 to 1920, infectious diseases were unlikely to appear, but even today, the COVID-19 is threatening our daily lives. Although modern science and medicine are incomparably adv

As of February 24, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has become a hot controversial issue around the world. For this column, we will see two things: the reason why Russia invaded Ukraine, and the influence of the war on the whole World and South Korea as well as between the two countries. Kyungnam Times

World Environment Day is June 5th, and it is annually celebrated by holding various events in order to foster people's awareness of environmental preservation and make its practice a daily life. It was enacted at the United Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden in June 1972. S

COVID-19 is changing a significant part of our lives and making the surge of delivery and telecommuting essential. All of these changes are due to the rapid acceleration of digitalization. Let’s find out what changes are coming. The Korean government is moving rapidly to digital transform in a chang

These days, the term the MZ Generation appears quite often on the news and the Internet. It is a generic compound of the Millennial Generation who were born from the early 1980s to early 2000s and the Z Generation from the mid-1990s to early 2000s. People in the MZ Generation have a strong influence

Kim Sun-hyang, Chairman of Universityof North Korean Studies (UNKS), recentlywon the Kim Dal-jin Literature Awardfor her poetry collection Golden Rose:Verse Diary II . Due to her influenceon society as a woman leader andher literary achievement as a scholar,Woman Chosun conducted a new year’sintervi

Recently, robotics has developed rapidly and is creating many issues. The existing robots were limited to industrial use. However, nowadays, research and development of robots are actively underway not only in industries but also in new applications such as medical care, disasters, and housework. Al

To celebrate World Human Rights Day, I would like to recommend “Hidden Figures,” a movie about human rights that we can look back on and reflect. This film deals with the true story of the three African-American women who worked at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the early 19

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights The idea that all humans have equal dignity and rights began with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Throughout the two World Wars, people had to witness savage war crimes such as the genocide of Jews and the human experimentation. While these wars w

The Outbreak of the 9/11 Terror On September 11, 2001, four civil aircrafts were hijacked by Al-Qaida terrorists. Two of the planes collided into the World Trade Center, and another one crashed into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. The 9/11 terror attack was