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Tue, May 30, 2023 | 14:24

33 years after graduation

33 years after graduation

By Sho Chang-youngThey are now in their early 50s, and I am in my late 60s. We first met at Buan High School in the countryside of North Jeolla Province. I was a fledgling teacher and they were my new students. In an era of rapid population growth, the classrooms were filled with energetic students even in a rural high school. I guided them as their first-grade homeroom teach...

2023-05-29 16:25

Taking a stroll with paper flowers

Taking a stroll with paper flowers

A couple of days ago, I went out to Bukchon Hanok Village in downtown Seoul for an appointment with one of my acquaintances there. It had been a while since I went there. As far as I remember, I have been to Bukchon and its vicinity a couple of times before. But there were not many times that I could really enjoy being there and appreciate its own traditional beauty. Probably...

2023-05-28 16:30

Proud to be Korean

Proud to be Korean

I have to admit that I have long undervalued the genuine value of Korea. Where Korea stands in the world was underestimated by me, a native Korean who has always aspired to my fantasy of living in a foreign country.

2023-05-25 16:30

Henry Kissinger over 100

Henry Kissinger over 100

American political scientist Henry Kissinger will turn 100 on May 27. Since nobody alive has more experience with international affairs as a scholar, a national security adviser, a secretary of state, the recipient of numerous highest awards and then as a consultant and emissary to a number of world leaders and major enterprises, I cannot help remembering my honored free talk...

2023-05-24 15:20

My new cleaning lady

My new cleaning lady

Not so long ago, I read a dystopian story entitled, “Klara and the Sun,” written by the British Nobel Prize-winning writer, Ishiguro. Klara is an android robot powered by the sun, but also called an artificial friend who can read the emotionality of human beings and be friendly with people quite well. Then I only imagined what it would be like to have a robot with such intell...

2023-05-23 16:30

Child maltreatment: Prevalence and consequences

Child maltreatment: Prevalence and consequences

With increasing media coverage and research, child maltreatment has become an important topic of public and political discourse around the globe. Many countries, including South Korea, consider child maltreatment a grave public health and societal problem and have allocated resources to identify and reduce risk factors. Other countries, however, have not yet fully recognized ...

2023-05-22 16:35

My grandson Yunhyeok

My grandson Yunhyeok

Yunhyeok is the only child of my third daughter Jukyeong. I have four grandsons, one each from my three daughters and one from my only son. But, strangely, I seem to have a deeper affection for Yunhyeok and so did my late wife. This was probably because we sort of raised him for a few years after he was born. Both Jukyeong and her husband majored in art in college and had jus...

2023-05-21 16:00

Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla

Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla

A celebratory party in honor of the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom, coming in the year of the 140th anniversary of Korean-U.K. relations, was held on May 3.

2023-05-18 16:30

Why is English hard to learn?

Why is English hard to learn?

There are absolutely no similarities between Korean and English. Indeed, these two languages are worlds apart. So we, Koreans, have to learn English from scratch. All Korean students work long and hard to learn English, but many fail to become proficient. There are several reasons why English is difficult to master, as outlined below.

2023-05-17 16:35

Making a change

Making a change

Can one person make a change? Sure, each of us can change society. As in the book “L'homme qui plantait des arbes” (“The Man Who Planted Trees”) written in 1953 by Jean Giono (1895-1970); one person can do something different and marvelous by being inspired and led by the Holy Spirit.

2023-05-16 16:30

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