There is a growing movement to respect different genders worldwide. In 2019, Merriam-Webster, the American language dictionary, selected 'They' as the word of the year. In addition to the plural pronoun, the meaning of the term, 'an individual who is neither male nor female', has als

On January 20, 2020, following the first cases of people infected with COVID-19 in Korea, the Korean government and local autonomous entities have been delivering emergency text messages. Through this service, citizens get information such as infection prevention guidelines, the latest status of the

On March 23, 2020, the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a survey of 1,140 unmarried men and 1,324 unmarried women aged 20-44 to find out whether they are currently dating. Among them, 74.2 percent of men and 68.2 percent of women said they were not dating.The majority of the r

A carbon emerged by the fashion industry accounts for a quarter of the carbon all over the world. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, the $ 2.5 trillion fashion industry accounts for about 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. The amount of water used to make clothes is equ

In the most powerful competition at the 92nd National Academy Awards on February 10, 2020, in Korea, 'Parasite' has gained much attention. It has become a global issue, beating other works such as 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood', 'Knives Out', 'Marriage Story', and

The Seowon Skin Research Center (SSRC) is an agency specializing in the safety, efficacy, and overall evaluation of new materials and the various quasi-drugs contained within cosmetics.In recent years, the demand for new materials, functional cosmetics, and quasi-drugs has been increasing. It was in

The fourth industrial revolution is leading to the introduction of many new smart technologies. One form of new technologies is Virtual Reality (VR) meaning it is no longer limited to the world of the science fiction. VR means alternate simulated reality. The interesting thing about this technology

Meteorologically, the spring season is the driest weather among the four seasons, and the wind is stronger than other seasons, making it a good environment for fire breakouts. Plus, there are dangerously high chances of fires because of the many festivals in this season.Nevertheless, Seowon Universi

Every fourth week of June is Take Your Dog to Work Day, also known as TYDTWD. It is a campaign that promotes workers to bring their pets to their companies. For the purpose of raising funds, in 1998, the British animal welfare charity came up with this idea. In 1999, U.S. Pet Sitters International c

Eight months ago, on the British Men’s YouTube channel, a video was uploaded under the title, Is YouTube Deleting Comments? In March of this year, this channel posted another video titled Why YouTube Is Hiding Our Comments, accusing YouTube of manipulating Korean comments. If you type in a search, Y

With the outbreak of COVID-19 in February, people around the world were terrified. In fact, over 100,000 people had died up to that point, and countless people were indirectly and directly damaged. Movies that seemed to predict this tragic situation have become popular again online. Two films in par

When spring comes, the weather gets warmer, and pollen starts to flutter. During spring, we can see people around us sniffling because of allergies and the change of the season. We often describe this as having ‘rhinitis’. In fact, according to statistics from the Health Insurance Review and Assessm

On September 11, 2019, there was an accident involving nine-year-old Kim Min-sik who was killed by a car at a crosswalk installed in front of Onyang Middle School in Asan, South Chungcheong Province. Death in a child protection zone constitutes one of the major traffic accident violations in Korea,

On September 2nd of last year in Sarabah, near the Gold Coast of Australia, a wildfire quickly spread as it began to swallow Australia. This Australian forest fire burned an area of more than 10 million hectares, 100 times the area size of Seoul, and about 2,500 buildings burnt to the ground. Global

Disney+ is an Over the Top Service (OTT) launched by Walt Disney Company in 2019. OTT is a service that provides various media contents such as broadcasting programs, movies, and education, etc. through the Internet. On November 12, 2019, Disney+ was officially launched in the United States, Canada,

Hello everybody! My name is Tony Miles and I teach English as a Professor here at Seowon University and I am also a recent addition to The Seowon News team where I help to edit the section of the newspaper you are now reading.I have been teaching at Universities in Korea for a number of years, but t

As the new year begins, several changes will be introduced to various areas of a life in Korea. This article will introduce some changes that may well be of use to students at Seowon University. 1. Increase of the Minimum WageThe minimum wage is a wage that is provided to workers to guarantee a mini

The world-renowned musical Cats was released as a movie on December 2, 2019, but it was a box-office failure as it had a loss of about $70 million. Why did the movie Cats fail as a movie? Many believe the reason was due to Unpleasant Valley, a psychological theory that describes how when a person se

From January 7th to February 5th, 2020, a short-term overseas education service group of 20 Seowon University Students traveled to East Timor. The service group was run by the Ministry of Education National Institute for International Education. 20 of East Timor volunteers have spent six months. Pri

YouTube is the world’s largest video site, where Google began its official service in November of 2005. It is a huge medium that more than 3 million people visit each day to watch more than 1 billion hours. Also, more than 500 hours of videos are uploaded per minute. The term ‘YouTube Algorithm’ is