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Tue, November 29, 2022 | 00:29

A need to know

The Scholastic, Inc. booklet, “101 Things You Need To Know,” was authored by a staff team. The cultural booklet is geared toward elementary students, who do not need and would not grasp delineation when it comes to the accuracy of actual factual truths. Probably every country has such a publication.

2022-10-04 16:39

Marching together

Marching together

On Sept. 23, I went to Yongsan Station Square to attend the Global Climate Strike. Youth 4 Climate Action organized the demonstration there, demanding the following three things.

2022-10-03 13:44

Trimming grass on graves and 'hyo' (filial piety)

Trimming grass on graves and 'hyo' (filial piety)

Chuseok, in a nutshell, is a festivity of the full moon, a gathering of family members, a homage to parents with gifts, the preparation of a sumptuous feast and the performance of ancestral rites at home with the feast before it is served among family members. First and foremost, it's a common courtesy to visit and trim the grass of ancestral graves before the holiday.

2022-10-02 15:05

Angst for the memories

Angst for the memories

I arrived in South Korea for the first time on July 23, 2004, at the tender age of 31. I had no idea of the adventures that awaited me for the next five or so years as I lived in the Land of the Morning Calm as an expat.

2022-09-29 16:56

Julia Kristeva, women and myself

Julia Kristeva, women and myself

In philosopher, psychoanalyst and feminist Julia Kristeva's work, when the infant becomes a subject, it desires its former comfortable place, which is nothing but the mother's body. Kristeva calls this process “sublimation.” Ironically, the mother is an object of banishing as well as sublimation. This aspect shows the very paradoxical side of the mother and, thus, of woman.

2022-09-28 16:48

Fantastic royal funeral

Fantastic royal funeral

Owing to my interest in watching the once-in-a-century pomp and magnificent ceremonial proceedings of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, I set a new personal record - watching BBC consecutively for over seven hours from 10:50 a.m. through 6 p.m. GMT on Sept. 19.

2022-09-27 14:49

Stalking is no trivial misdemeanor

Stalking is no trivial misdemeanor

At 9 on a Friday night, Christina walks around a platform of Stockholm station whistling. She's finished work and is going to have her 28th birthday party with her family. Full of expectations, she gives a broad smile to the passengers.

2022-09-26 15:23

Korea - good and bad news

Korea - good and bad news

Korea is in the news on several fronts, with even more noteworthy developments than usual.

2022-09-25 17:00

Our deplorable school environment

Our deplorable school environment

Some years back, most local governments passed ordinances guaranteeing student rights in education, religion and private life. In particular, our government no longer permits any corporal punishment in schools and proscribes extreme scolding and shouting as they infringe on student rights. Most liberal teachers and parents applauded the legislation.

2022-09-22 15:00

What's wrong with my age?

What's wrong with my age?

I am celebrating the last turn of my 50s. I am now 59 years old and I am going to be in my 60s next year. At such a turning point, I was called to be a missionary and leave for another country.

2022-09-21 14:59

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