There are many students who want to study abroad or become an exchange student. If you too are interested, here are some tips for you.1. Exchange Student ProgramsFor a one year duration, four students will be chosen to study at Beihua University, China, and four students will be chosen to study at S

Looking into the palm of your hand, can you see what will happen in the future? The answer will vary from person to person. Some believe and others do not. We have a shamanistic culture where many people visit a shaman to find solutions to difficult problems. This is a tradition that has been handed

In 2012 the United States president is Barak Obama announced the ‘DACA’ as an administrative order. It means Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Meaning deferred deportation, so that young people who were illegally entering the United States following illegal immigrant parents could go to school

On February 9, 2018, the 23th Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang 2018 will be held. The Winter Olympic Games will be held in Korea for the first time in 30 years after the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988. In addition, it is the first Olympics as a winter Olympics. Let's look at the Olympic Winter G

There is a common thing among Bill Gates the Microsoft founder, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg the Facebook CEO and Drew Houston of Dropbox. Their common thing is that they made IT services and products that many people use. Also, there is another common thing. These are people who had been learning coding

After the Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) has been taken, the time of a students' worries, choices, irritability and newness will have come to a close. Although they may worry about the future, they are generally excited about what they will study in a new environment of a university, who they wil

Have you ever heard of the term ‘Ugly Korean?’ This is a coined word that emerged after the liberalization of travelling abroad in 1989. It refers to some Korean tourists who violate propriety in other countries. The standards of culture in Korea has risen but according to a 2012 American study, Kor

According to a UN World population report released in June of 2017, the world’s population of 7.6 billion is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. In addition, the UN predicted that the food problem of humanity will be bigger problem not long after. While looking for a solution of the food crisis i

According to the statistics of Korea, one in four households is one. Single-person households are called single-parent households with one parent, siblings, and children living alone. In Korea, one out of the four households, which corresponds to one person, has two main backgrounds.First, because o

Have you ever heard about the ‘Nudge effect’? Nudge effect is used in ‘Nudge’ of Richard H. Thaler’s book and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. Originally, it was used as an English word like 'poke with the elbow’, but this books’ writer Thaler and Sunstein defined nudge as the smooth inte

My dog does not bite.-On 30 August 2017, a 53-year-old woman who ran a big restaurant “Hanilkwan” was bitten while inside of an elevator, by a French bulldog owned by a famous singer in Korea. One week later, she died. The cause of death was the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. However, the dog did

Today, donation is established in our society as a culture. When Christmas gets closer every year, we might see a Salvation Army pot or another charity pot somewhere on the street. Many citizens open up donation events like preparing kimchi for the winter, fixing houses, and sharing briquettes for n

Ship accidents have been reported frequently in recent years. About 10% of marine vessel accidents are caused by marine litter, which is gradually increasing. Why has the sea of the earth become a huge waste disposal site?Emissions of garbage by ship operations increased due to frequent long distanc

There are about 200 countries on the planet but are they all marked on the map? Unfortunately, this is not necessarily the case. Three of these nations are located on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. They are Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia.These are independent states today, but they were c

According to the job portal Job Korea, 70% of Korean employees work overtime and 85.5% of employees do business by text messaging after working hours.Likewise, many employees in Korea work overtime and later get together after leaving the office. Also, in severe cases, some employees must return aft

"We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before."This statement was issued by the World Economic Forum

What do you think about women? Recently, the Korean movie VIP has been criticized because of how it portrayed women as sexual objects. Consequently people have declared a boycott for this movie. Another thing that has drawn criticism for how women are generalized is the song That Girl, sung by Jung

In 2017, the Philippine government officially announced that they adopted the Korean language as a second foreign language at middle and high schools in the Philippines. The Philippine government also announced that ten pilot schools will be selected in the capital city of Manila and will soon begin

The 4th of October was Chuseok which is a big and important holiday for Koreans. What comes to mind when you think of ‘Chuseok?’ Images such as visiting relatives, eating good food, and visiting ancestral graves pop up into your head. The day reminds us to be grateful for our ancestors after the har

Culture about marriage is changing. The number of single people is rising and the divorce rate for elderly couples is growing these days. There are many people who prefer to live alone. The term Sotsukon is being heard more often in such situations. It is popular in dramas and among celebrities.What