It has been three years since the outbreak of COVID-19 at the end of 2019 and the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared it as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. After the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Korean government adjusted and implemented various levels of social distancing

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI that specializes in conversation. The name "Chat" is short for "chatting," while "GPT" stands for "Generative Pre-trained Transformer." The free version of GPT-3.5 was released in November 2022, while the paid version, GPT-4, was rele

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

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

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

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

Recently, the abnormal climate has become a serious threat across the globe; reason being global warming. Global warming means that the global average surface temperature rises, and the greenhouse effect occurs when carbon dioxide increases through fossil fuel emissions, or anything related. If the

In 1960, large-scale demonstrations took place in Masan, due to the rigged election of Rhee Syng-man's dictatorship. The March 15th Rally (3·15 Rally) began and triggered the April 19 Revolution, which lead to the resignation of former President Rhee. This marked the first successful democratic move

As COVID-19 prolongs, many people have been getting exhausted. The social distancing level is especially important because the actions we take towards COVID-19 change depending on the level. One of the most discussed issues lately is whether the government should extend social distancing measures to

Due to COVID-19, KU has been using a mix of online and offline courses since the first semester. In the first semester, KU conducted classes at a rate of 15.49% for offline classes and 84.51% for online classes. Now in the second semester, you can see that the ratio of offline classes has increased

A lot of young people take the civil service examination in Korea as such Korea is called the republic of civil servants. According to JOBKOREA and Albamon, more than half of the youth in Korea prepare for the civil service examination, with 47.5 percent of college students, 58.7 percent of job seek

Have you ever eaten lunch in the school cafeteria at KU? What are your favorite menus among pork cutlets, ramen, and fried rice? It is a place to sell meals to students who have no big income and are burdened with food expenses outside of school. The menus change every day, so students can eat a var

Last year was gloomy due to online malicious comments. Two young female celebrities left the world by suicide. It has been alleged that there were negative comments behind their extreme choices. In addition, there are insulting and unethical comments in every article, regardless of political issues,

The Boycott Japan campaign is one of the most easily accessible issues these days. Japan excluded Korea from the White List and declared a trade war on July 1, 2019. Accordingly, many upset Koreans started to not buy Japanese products and canceled trips to Japan. By the way, do you know why this sit

What kinds of part-time jobs have you ever done? In my case, I have worked at a family restaurant and private educational institution. Like this, there are many kinds of part-time jobs such as serving food, tutoring, and working at cafés, convenience stores, PC rooms, and movie theaters. These can b

Do you know the TV program, Retrieve Study King? In this program, casts introduces their own tips of study. These may be helpful for you to improve the efficiency of study. However, it can cause the opposite effect if you just imitate without considering your study habits. This shows the importance