Reading global news, it would appear as though society is full of hate, terror, and violence. There does not appear to be any hope. Many cases around the world reflect this reality. Last March in New Zealand, there was a shooting, killing 51 people in a mosque. The assailant targeted Muslims. In Aug

People are starting to see more and more self-checkouts in shops. Self-checkouts cater to customers rather than an employee. Many big scale markets including E-Mart and Lotte Mart have started to set up self-checkouts. Because of their convenience, more and more customers are using them, and stores

To some Sookmyungians, summer is the time to relax. However, for The Sookmyung Times, summer is a time of ‘training’, which has continued for many years. Every cub reporter is required to write articles for each section of SMT, namely SOCIETY, WOMAN, and CULTURE. After continuous feedback from edito

Self-regulated private high schools are schools that self-determine curricula and manage students’ academic progress. They pursue more diversified and individualistic curriculums. However, there has been discussion of prohibiting the operation of autonomous private high schools. Some of these school

Cheongpa Market is an active online secondhand market for Sookmyungians. A lot of Sookmyungians use this bulletin board in Everytime App to buy books, clothes, household items, cosmetics, and other needed items. It is popular among students because it offers a variety of good quality items at reason

On April 11, 2019, the Constitutional Court of Korea declared the current law banning abortion during the early part of pregnancy as unconstitutional with the rationale that it violates self-determination. As a result, the decision ended the ban on abortion, which has existed for 66 years. I remembe

Whenever I doubt my work and role as Editor-in-Chief, I watch the movie Spotlight (2015), which covers the story of the spotlight team in The Boston Globe. The team revealed the shocking truth about sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church and started to investigate this triggered by ‘Geoghan C

Starting October 2018, a trial of CCTV cameras in operating rooms was conducted over a 3-month period at Anseong Hospital in Gyeonggi Province for the first time in Korea. The hospital asked patients to give informed consent to allow the hospital to record their surgeries, and it has been confirmed

“I don’t know if you’re doing well, but you are still growing.” My parents used to say this to me whenever I felt distressed about my mistakes. A year ago, I was a mere SMT cub reporter, a first year student who feared making mistakes on my SMT articles and university studies. As a cub reporter, I t

Unfair investigation of illegal filming crimes, discrimination at work, harmful substances in sanitary pads, male raiders at women’s university, hateful comments to actors working on a film based on a feminism novel, and female victims murdered by ex-husbands, ex-boyfriends or other males. The list

In July, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced ‘Comprehensive Countermeasures for National Obesity Management’. These countermeasures include the regulation of ‘Mokbang’, which has left many upset. Unlike broadcastings that present recipes, mokbang literally focuses on the eating. Despite con

French scholar Blaise Pascal once said, “Little things console us because little things afflict us.” This old quote reminds me of the word “sohwakhaeng”. “Sohwakhaeng” means small but certain happiness that people feel in daily life. The word is originated from Murakami Haruki’s essay

In 2002, Jeju Island introduced a new policy that allows foreigners to stay for 30 days without a visa in order to encourage tourism. Furthermore, legislation related to the Refugee Act in 2012, entitles asylum seekers to stay in Korea until a decision is made on their refugee status. Accordingly, s