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

In June 2019, Iran shot down a U.S. military drone for violating Iran’s airspace. At that time, National Security Adviser John Bolton urged President Donald Trump to retaliate by approving an operation to remove Solaymani, a commander of the Kuds Army of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, with Secreta

Many people visit Southeast Asia for vacation, study and other reasons. Many Seowon University students have studied in Malaysia through an English program of the International Interchange Center. Except for when they are in class, they are free to go and do whatever they want. Therefore, many stude

When is the beginning of democracy in Korea? After June 10th democratic struggle in 1987, we can vote presidents ourselves as the democratic way. To inquire the story of June 10th democratic struggle, The Seowon News interviewed professor, Kim Ji-hyeong of history education.-Seowon News: We knew abo

Students all over the world are protesting for governments to help slow down climate change. If you search the official homepage of FridayForFuture at https://www.fridaysforfuture.org, the website shows locations of protests all around the world. In Korea, on March 15th, a strike for climate change

February 11th, 2019, the Korean government implemented the https blocking policy. This policy is for security and blocking access to harmful websites. This policy has good intentions, however, there are problems and concerns.There are 895 gambling and pornographic websites that the Korean government

Driving saves time.Unfortunately, some drivers drink alcohol and don’t want to spend more time getting home. When they drive through the Seowon-dong neighborhood, it is dangerous for Seowon University students walking at night.However, walking in Seowon-dong will get a little safer. On December 18th

These days, Korean teenagers are suffering from extensive preparation for university entrance examinations, and university students are having lots of troubles getting a job after graduation. Now, think about college students’ life in the 1960s and 1980s in Korea. That might be totally different fro

Korea's economic growth rate is steadily declining and it is predicted that the trend will not change in 2019. However, despite the difficult the economy, more people are consuming. In particular, the sales of luxury items and premium goods in department stores are increasing. What is the strate

“We come to work, but there is no going home,” one SOCAR employee said. SOCAR is a leading car sharing company in Korea. They made headlines about how the unemployment rate of SOCAR had risen by 70%. According to data from the company analyst Credit Job (based on data of national pension and employm

This year on July 17, a 4-year-old girl died in a school bus at a daycare center in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, where the temperature inside the car soared to 47 degrees Celsius. Also, the similar accidents occurred in other cities.Recently, after frequent accidents involving children on school

On September 2nd, a court ruled that it was fair to dismiss a teacher who paid a bribe to get his daughter a job as a private school teacher. This case is called corruption which is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. This corruption is caused by a behavior that goes against one's mor

Now, there is only one month left in 2018. In 2018, there have been new changes throughout the world. This resulted in a different culture from the past. Also, some habits that were considered bad are now gone. Let's talk about some of the changes in the world in 2018.First, there were many chan

Lookism - Looks are supremeAt an elementary school, one student suddenly spits out her food. “I’m overweight. I want to be skinny,” says the student. What makes the young kid think like this?Lookism is prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person’s appearance. Also, appearance affects soci

CNN news used an acronym to designate some countries that have incurred a financial crisis and political danger to EU in June, 2018. The term PHIGS describes the financial crisis and political danger of Poland, Hungary, Italy, Greece and Spain. A similar term was used in 2011. At that time, CNN used

"Sweep Tech Not Tents,” shouted protestors. Recently there have been incidents where residents organized demonstrators to block roads and attack commuter buses in Silicon Valley, America. It is derived from ‘Tech-lash’. What is ‘tech-lash’ and and why is this happening?Tech-lash is the compound word

Extreme weather continues to strike the earth. As of August 16th, 2018 a heat wave had continued for 29.2 days. It is a new Korean record. The longest heat wave recorded before then lasted for 25.5 days in 1994. This year, the city of Hongcheon, Gangwon Province set the Korean heat record on August

Recently, a firefighter who was riding in an ambulance, was hit by the patient and died because of a brain hemorrhage. Because these incidents were introduced to the public on TV, people have raised their voices for improving treatment of firefighters.Korean firefighters’ working conditions are alre

On May 14, 2018, in Seattle, Washington, USA, a bill was passed called the employee poll tax. According to authorities, more than 500 large companies in Seattle including Amazon and Starbucks, will pay $275 more in taxes per employee starting next year. The 137.5 million dollars that they will colle