"Fighting!!!" A man's shout rings out at the archery stadium of the Tokyo Olympics. Then a player pulls an arrow and shoots. And the commentator says. "It's a gold medal!!!" The Koreans who are watching the broadcast also scream. Four out of six gold medals won by Korea at the Tokyo Olympics came fr

Close your eyes and imagine a warm house with light coming in. Curtains swaying in the wind, warm sunshine, and a twinkling lake are visible out the window. All of these will make the heart flutter. Even more, if the sounds of birds and water are heard in the distance, it'll be a perfect day. There

"Hangul" is the scientific and original Korean alphabet. The greatness of Hangul is well known to the world because among the world's alphabets its creator, date and how it was made is known. In fact, however, there is a long history of anguish and hardship behind Hangul, the use of which we take fo

What kind of music is on your playlist? There will be a variety of genres, ranging from classical music without lyrics to pop music that may have lyrics in foreign languages or K-pop music. When you study, exercise, or have a hard time, you listen to music. We listen to a variety of music according

The masks people wear today are thrown away casually. Toys used to play with are now thrown away because people don't need them, and boxes that come when people order new shoes are thrown away. Food with perfectly good taste and quality is not sold because of its strange appearance, and fashion item

Happy Chuseok! Chuseok is back. It is one of the most important holidays for Koreans. On this day, relatives gather and wear Hanbok. Then, they prepare songpyeon made of new rice and various foods such as fresh fruit and taro soup to show gratitude for the harvest. Among them, songpyeon is one of th

The sea hears our stories, and lets us experience a variety of emotions. People sometimes visit the sea when they are going through a hard time or feel stuffy and they feel joy and hope as they view the rising sun along the horizon or hear the sound of waves crashing against the shore. Especially th

People visit photo studios for various reasons including taking family portraits, to create lasting memories with pets, and to celebrate an anniversary. Nowadays, if people try searching #selfstudio on Instagram. They will encounter about 190,000 posts. The majority of people posting photos with tha

Do you like art? Not many people would be excited and sincerely respond with 'yes'. However, to those of you who are not interested in the arts or simply do not like artwork, you would be familiar with several well-known pieces such as Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe's flowing dress picture over the gr

What memories do people have when they hear 'childhood innocence'? Many will recall the memory of their first love but for many others, they will recall the imaginative world of fairy tales. Life passes quickly, so many people miss their childhood. Like our dreams, hopes, and innocence that are lost

Which cartoon character comes to mind when you think of your childhood? There might be many memorable characters including characters from children's programs, characters from animation films, and characters on display at toy stores. How about going through some daily healing by recalling memorable

There are people who can't sleep at night. There are people who feel good and then suffer from the sudden plunge of emotions at night. There are also people who suffer from depression beyond the normal range who cannot comfortably fall asleep. Lots of people live with mental illnesses and their illn

Have you ever heard of Foodening? Foodening means urban agriculture, and the word was coined from a compound of 'Food' and 'Gardening'. It refers to the growing of vegetables firsthand in order to get trustworthy food. City dwellers use their own land or space in their homes to grow various types of

Another year has passed, and some of SMT will see new faces while others will be saying good-bye. SMT would like to give the opportunity for the 87th reporters leaving to say adieu. They have done their best over the last two years. It's been two years since you joined SMT. How do you feel knowing t

We lived, are living, and will live. Going through life, people have constantly considered the possibility of time travel and wish to make a time machine. People often desire to go back into the past or to go forward into the future in order to make changes to the present. If time travel became a re

With the spread of COVID-19, concert halls that were once filled with screams and shouts have been empty. Many concerts that were scheduled to be held offline were canceled. Singers expressed their apologies and concertgoers who would have enjoyed the performances fell into a deep sense of loss. How

Words like 'snow', 'white', and 'cold' bring up the idea of winter. Winter follows spring, summer, and autumn. It is the season that comes at the end of the year and the season that starts each new year. Winter allows people to finish something old and start something new. They tend to express the f

With the expansion in secondhand trading platforms, more individuals, including millennials, stay-at-home mothers, and office workers, have fallen in love with second-hand transactions. At first, we enjoyed the items, but soon after, we ran short on money, so we decided to take photos of them and pu

Every morning the city begins with the sound of car engines or the sound of bustling people traveling by subway or bus. The lives of urbanites end their day looking at the city's lights that never go out. This life is all too familiar to those living in the city, but even if you have never lived in

"The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one’s prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them to print." This is a famous quote spoken by American journalist Walter Cronkite. Media conveys information about society to the public, and also monitor the world at the same time. However, is the media ind