Seven students from all over the country are having a heated discussion about their hometowns. “It is not the countryside!” say the students who grew up outside of Seoul. “Whether it is Suncheon or Sunchang, they all sound the same to me,” says another student who has lived in Seoul all his life.Thi
The notion that humans are social animals originated from Aristotle. He believed that it is natural for people to live with others to form relationships. In this regard, not much has changed since his time to now. Relationships are especially crucial for college students, typically in their twenties
A woman comes to Seung-min and asks him to design her new residence. Seung-min soon realizes the woman is Seo-yeon, the person he once secretly fell in love with during his college years. While inside
“The only domestic program dedicated to Gaka, I Am a Ggomsu will broadcast until February 2013 for Gaka will not be able to use a smartphone in a prision.” These daring words were aired on the Podcast program I Am a Ggomsu which aims to denounce Korea’s right wing party, the Grand National Party, and President Lee Myung-bak. The word Gaka is a comical expression for “Mr. President” aimed at cynically ridiculing President Lee publicly on the program.
"If sanity and insanity exist, how shall we know them?" This is the first sentence of the article On Being Sane in Insane Places written by famous American psychologist David Rosenhan. He is
R for Rapunzel and Reality “Look in that mirror. I see a strong, confident, beautiful young lady. Oh look, you are here too,” Mother Gothel, an elderly woman of imponderable age, said to h
“Feel like I had lost my mom,” said Gong Ji-young, the renowned author whowrote several best-seller novels in an interviewwith Hankook Ilbo. Writer Lee Oi-sooexpressed his condolences thro
Is your life as a college student like what you have imagined in high school? Unfortunately most of the students would say “no” to this question. These days, from the moment everyone to en
It has been a year after the 15th President of Korea, Kim Dae-jung(DJ) passed away. DJ’s first memorial service was held in Seoul National Cemetery on August 18. Also in Seoul City Hall Plaza on
Laundry is a chore that everyone does every once in awhile. It is a fact that laundry is a routine for housekeepers. Men who do not normally help their wives’ with housework also had done their
Hollywood SF (Science Fiction) movies have seldom been loved by Koreans. Star Wars ranked third at the box office in the United States, but was a box office failure in Korea. But James Cameron? movie,
On October 26, 2009, it is the 100th anniversary of Ahn Jung-geun’s assassination of Hirobumi Ito, who led Japan’s annexation of Korea. In the memory of Ahn’s patriotism a century ag
For the past year and a half, since Lee Myung-bak has been President of Korea, we have had many “issues” which have caused citizens to develop an interest in politics and express their opi
“He has no self portrait. He is the mirror of others. As he said, to know Klimt as Klimt, we would have to look at his paintings. Then we will find who he is, what he wanted,” is written o
“When did you have sex for the first time? Where did you have it? What is the name of your first sex partner? Did you use a condom?” These are the questions that are asked to audiences bef
Is it an art? Yes, definitely. In the grey, heavy winter days there is no better place like the Deoksugung Seoul Museum of Art (SOA). SOA has held various exhibitions, especially after the solo exhibi
"This play is not allowed to show. It does not make sense. Disapproval! Remove some parts of the script which lead to laughs." "At this difficult period, this pleasant play is in the wr
Na, Do-won Music Critic When I watch old programs on cable TV, strange feelings overwhelm me. Old fashioned clothes, hair styles, and humor bring back feelings of joy and familiarity. It is interestin
1987, Romania. As the subtitles are showing on the screen, the movie starts and gives a hint to the audience about the movie. But the audience does not realize and understand the movie's subject unti
Generation gap, half-millionunemployed; these could be the wordsthat represent the reality of today’syouth.On campus, students mostly areconcerned about what their future jobsand salaries might