In 2018, microplastics were detected in the daily salt that we eat. Plastic that was first invented 113 years ago is still not rotten and is being crushed into small pieces, eventually ending up on our dining tables. Simply put, we eat plastic that is not separated properly. Even though people know

According to the World Meteorological Organization, the Earth's temperature is constantly rising. In addition, the average global temperature from 2015 to 2019 was the highest measured in a five-year period so far. As the temperature has continued to rise, glaciers have melted, and the sea level

Green infrastructure may be an unfamiliar term, but it can be defined as a network of spaces close to nature as an extension of the existing concepts of green space or an ecological network. Simply put, it refers to green resources such as parks and trees that people need to live in balance with the

Christmas is the biggest holiday in December. Let us find out what happens in the United Kingdom (UK) on Christmas through an interview with Professor Antony Miles of The Seowon University who is from the UK.According to the professor, one of the famous Christmas traditions in the UK is exchanging C

As environmental pollution problems become more serious, there are an increasing number of worldwide movements designed to protect the environment. Among them, there is an increasing effort to solve the problem of plastic waste.The Seoul Environmental Union started the ‘Plastic Mill’ project in July

In the movie The Great Gatsby, you can see many fancy and magnificent mansion interiors, such as diamond patterns on the wallpaper and spiral staircases etc. These interiors and similar features in the movie scenes are all related to the ‘Art Déco style’.Art Déco is a design and art style that was p

Korean waves such as K-pop, K-food, and K-beauty, have increased the popularity of Korea all over the world. Just by looking at the Billboard chart, people can see that South Korea’s music bands BTS and BLACKPINK hold high ranking spots for their songs, an indicator of how popular Korean culture is.

In order to identify the movement of people, as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19, there are some places, such as bars and clubs, where people need to check the Quick Response (QR) code to certify the visit or else write down their phone numbers, dates of birth, and names. An important que

On May 25, 2020, a 46-year-old black man named George Floyd, was killed by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, in Minneapolis, USA. The police officer crushed Floyd's neck with his knee until he died as he was being arrested for using counterfeit notes. Floyd kept saying that he could not bre

Three years ago, the United Nations (UN) established World Honeybees Day to prevent further extinction, saying that about 8,000 of the 20,000 species of honeybees in the world are endangered.Many experts say there are many reasons for the threat of extinction. There are several reasons, but the main

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, a number of cases of racism against Koreans in other countries have been reported. According to a news interview, Kang Hyong-sik, the director of the Foreign Ministry’s Overseas Safety Management Planning Division, stated that by May 1, about 18 crimes related to raci

These days, delivery and ordering services through the Internet have become an increasingly important part of our lives. Home delivery services have become especially important since COVID-19 paralyzed economic activity. Many people nowadays are more uncomfortable about going out physically to resta

The destruction of the ozone layer is known as one of the causes of global warming. The ozone is also divided into harmful and beneficial sections. The ozone is good for eradicating germs, fungi, and viruses. However, if the concentration of the ozone exceeds the environmental standard of 0.06 ppm,

Among the various kinds of schools in Denmark, a school type known as a ‘Free School’ has been getting a lot of attention from people. The Free School, an unique form of the education, originated in Denmark with ideological contributions by theologians and linguists N.F.S. Grundtvig and Christen Kol

From July 18th to August 22nd last year, the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism conducted a survey asking about an image that comes to mind when thinking about Korea. According to the survey of 8,000 people from 16 countries, including Korea, ‘K-pop & Singers’ received the most votes with 12.5

Due to the exponential growth of COVID-19 around the world, experts say the world is now in a ‘Pandemic’ stage. The word ‘Pandemic’ was the most popular word around the world in January, February, and March of 2020, which has left many people scared. We might ask, what is the meaning of this word th

The Korean government is working with the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters to deal with COVID-19, as the crisis phase of the infectious disease is getting serious. The Korean government has been involved in the first social distancing campaign from March 22nd to April 5th. It

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

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

The first protest of the recent Hong Kong protests was on March 31, 2019. There were more than 12,000 demonstrators and they were closely watched by 5,200 Hong Kong police officers. In June, more than one million citizens joined the protest however, the police in Hong Kong considered the demonstrati