The seemingly diplomatic and affable events that have taken place between South Korea, North Korea, and the United States have shocked the world. The unclosable gap between the two Koreas seemed to be patching as a series of conferences between the three nations took place. However, behind the apparently warm gestures from North Korea,…
Author: Keebum Kim
[Editor’s Column]Demystifying Your Belief on the Concierge
As a rising senior excited to close the last chapter in his high school, I stood between a few paths the beginning of this summer. This is the last summer of high school; how do I make the most out of it? Some around me were adamant scholars; having finished 10 months of…
[Editor’s Column] Running for the Children
Saturday, May 29th – a small group of students, teachers, and parents gathered around a small park in Bundang, South Korea. Clad in all sorts of athletic T-shirts and shorts, the participants of Fun Run for Nyaka began stretching. As the whistle blew, dust started flying with every step of the runners. Some…
Evaluating Trump’s Actions Towards North Korea
When I began drafting this article, I was focused on evaluating the public’s rather positive opinion towards Kim Jong-Un’s seemingly ‘affable’ openness towards conversing with South Korea as well as its critical opinion towards Donald Trump administration’s ‘undiplomatic move.’ But soon, President Trump commented, according to The Telegraph, that America and North Korea “are…
On Midnight’s Children: A Book Review
First impression: fear. As if the seemingly harmless cover image was only a facade, the thickness of the book made me shake my head. 600 pages of pure words – not for the willowy-minded, indeed. As I began perusing through the first few pages of the novel, I was plunged into deeper shock; an army…
[Editor’s Column] #KoreaToo
It was as if Korea had turned upside-down. In January this year, when a female prosecutor Seo Ji-Hyeon decided to publicize her experience of sexual assault, as well as the ongoing custom of muffling the cries of such victims, the citizens of South Korea fell into a shock. Many were shocked that such vulgar and…
Controversy Occurs Following A Celebrity’s Death
As if a part of a cruel joke, as the fireplaces grow warmer and the festive season came nearer, Korea seemed to be swept into a series of cold and unfortunate news. One of the happenings that perhaps most shook the nation was the death of a popular KPOP singer, Jonghyun of a popular boy…
Message to Juniors: How to Deal with the Approaching Senior Year
As if taking my first SAT is not enough, my academic life remains vulnerable to the constant bombardment of assignments, assessments, and of course, another round of Stupendously Annoying Tests. Yet as I take sleepy steps up to my first period class, I notice a senior frantically running down a flight of stairs into his…
Gun Violence and the Need for Stricter Policy
Blasting music filled the air. People were enjoying their time. And another tragedy occurred. October 1st, 2017. A gunman, safely and slyly nested in his hotel room, fired a deadly volley of metal Reapers into an unassuming crowd at a country music concert in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to New York Times, Stephen Paddock, with…
Time To Be Equal
“What does feminism mean to you?” I asked. “Feminism to me is inequality,” said one 17-year-old male student, who is a current junior in an international school in Korea. “To me, this whole ideology of feminism began with some good intention, but soon took a long turn when a few participants attempted to utilize it…