Until just a few months ago, Noonsong fell into despair sitting in front of her desk. She had enrolled at a craft academy in order to learn a new hobby, but the craft academy canceled all classes due to the social distancing policy. Noonsong was embarrassed by the unexpected situation, but Noonsong’

Autofiction Versus a Victim's Life1)Kim Bonggon, a LGBTQ writer, utilizes the queer narration by writing 'autofiction'. 'Autofiction' is a coined term from 'auto', meaning oneself in Greek etymology, and 'fiction'. On July 10, however, a female victim said she suffered damages from the novel Such a

The market is empty. There are no groceries or necessities on the shelves. All the supermarkets are in the same boat. Shops have run out of food and daily necessaries like tissue. Lots of people in many countries are hoarding groceries and daily necessities due to the lockdowns to curve the spread o

Trot music is usually heard at express highway rest stops, local product festivals, and on the show . However, nowadays, it’s easy to hear Trot music on TV. People are singing along with the Trot singers, and even selecting a Trot song at singing rooms. Trot music is often heard from sp

Into the E-Sports World1)Where do countless spectators gather, scream, and cheer? It’s not a concert hall but at the league of E-sports. E-sports, which stands for electronic sports, refers to sports that are played through online video games. According to Article 2 No.1 of the E-Sports Promotion Ac

Imagine you are being on vacation and struggling with boredom. After cleaning up and searching for books that you are not likely to read, you still feel bored. Hoping to fix that, you turn on the TV looking for something fun to watch. Surfing the channels, you come across an audition program and put

Salutations are connected with food in Korea. People can often be heard saying, “Let’s grab a meal together later,” especially when they haven’t seen that person in a long time. For people they have just met or feel uncomfortable around, this phrase is often spoken, “Did you eat?” There is even vulg

“If you like dramas, watch Netflix. If you like movies, watch Watcha Play.” People can hear this comment whenever they are thinking about which OTT service to use. Anyone who has ever watched Netflix will have streamed the drama or all night long and hoped for the

Deciding to eat budae-jjigae, translated would be sausage stew, for dinner, you head to the nearest supermarket to purchase the necessary ingredients: ham, pork, dried red pepper, and onion. Suddenly you wonder ‘What special ingredients could I add to make it even more tasty?’ You consider leveling

“Customer is king”. These words were often heard in the service industry until recently. Workers used to receive training on how to meet consumer demands regardless of their manners. Employees were told to keep smiling to consumers. In addition to workers, consumers used to believe that they deserve

KBO's New Official Ball, Is It Okay?1)The number of home runs hit in the 720 Korean professional baseball league games in 2018 was 1756, which is the largest in Korean baseball history. In detail, five players hit more than 40 home runs, and 34 players had batting averages over 0.300, which is much

In the afternoon on a lazy weekend, Noonsong (translated as Snowflake in English) rolls about in the bed. With the new semester beginning, Noonsong feels pressured and tired, so she turns on the food delivery app. Unable to decide what to eat, she spends her time just looking at the various foods. A

Augmented Reality in the World1)Augmented Reality (AR) is advanced virtual reality technology that mimics the images in the real world by adding virtual images. However, this technique is different from what people already know as virtual reality or VR. The difference between the two technologies is

Let’s suppose you attend the first orientation of a new club. Strangers are sitting next you, and the only thing you know about them is that they are joining the same club. In time, you have time to introduce yourself to each other and provide details such as name, age, major, and so on. However, th

A journey always has a purpose, and this purpose varies from journey to journey such as taking a rest, eating delicious food, doing extreme sports, and so on. Have you ever contemplated going on a dark themed tour? Instead of a joyous activity, how about taking a historic tour in darkness? Although

Will Untact Marketing Lead to Untact Relationships?1)As the world welcomes in a new era called the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”, rapid change can be seen in all sectors and areas of society. One major change is the close-to-home change in local stores, restaurants, cafés, shopping malls, and schoo

Meaningless World Made by the Moo-Mean GenerationLet’s think about vacations. Most of our memories will be of traveling or enjoying a hobby with friends not staying at home. However, more and more people today are finding their own meaning in the meaningless things at home. Some people enjoy looking

People usually say, “There are lots of opportunies for university students to join various club activities and widen their views!” While it is true that there are plenty of clubs promoted on SNS and online communities, today, the number of more unique and various clubs are increasing. Have you ever

In 2017, lots of people took an interest in the culture of cost-effectiveness, and the trend spread rapidly through SNS such as Facebook and Instagram. As a result, people were easily exposed to feeds about cost-effective restaurants and gifts. It was so popular that cost-effectiveness became the to

Before dying, if you have the opportunity to relive one past memory, which one of the millions you have created over the years would you choose? “Wonderful Life”, which was re-released in January, makes people ponder this idea. In 2017, people lived a busy, hard, and routine lifestyle, but 2017 also