Dystopia, also called anti-utopia, is the darkest, most negative future world that one could imagine. It is the direct opposite of an ideal and perfect world. In a dystopia, today’s problems are much more prominent. One can imagine such a dystopian world when reading the famous line, “Big brother is

Alice had begun to get bored of just lazing about the side of the river bank with nothing to do when she spotted a white rabbit looking at its watch saying “I’m late, I’m late”. Alice follows the rabbit down into a large rabbit hole under a hedge. This is the start of Alice’s adventures. In the seri

Themed cafés can now be found as a complex cultural space. While they offer customers a place for relaxation, they also do much more. There are cafés like sleep therapy café, fishing café, and escape room adventure café. However, the book café is the most co

It’s a rapidly changing world, and the trend is to focus on living in the present. However, it is easy to find the beauty of the past affecting today’s busy hectic modern life. But there is an age that past artists and current photographers are together. To offset an age of massive image overflow on

Synopsis In the 1890s, Sherlock Holmes returns to London in a dream. He is presented with the murder mystery, ‘The Ghost Bride’. A bride who recently committed suicide by shooting herself with a gun is found roaming the streets of London as a ghost. The ghost bride kills her husband in front of the

As you enter the dark room, you will see twinkling lights. You will also hear loud pop songs that make you feel as though you were at a club dance party. Every part of the room shines from the neon lights. Can you guess what this place is? It isn’t a party room or a club. It’s a bowling pub! Here yo

Have you ever watched ‘Crime Scene’ the JTBC TV program where contestants guess the murderer? Or have you ever been to a room escape café? These and other similar shows and activities have become quite popular with many people joining them on various media platforms. When did they start to be

April 25th, this is SMT reporter’s birthday, and I wanted to spend time with family or friends. Unfortunately, in 2017, April 25th fell during midterm period, so I spent the day studying. Friends, trying to cheer me up, suggested holding a belated birthday party once exams were over, so I went onlin

With all the changes from the development of technology, what part of your life do you think will be the most affected? Many ideas will pop into mind, and it is also likely that most of those ideas will be related to employment. Today, it is often said that artificial intelligence will take away peo

As exams approach, you might be searching for good places to get rid of stress. One such place SMT would like to introduce to you is a place full of lights and digital images. Lights sparkle amongst each other and digital images are lively shown all about the room. It appears as though digital art v

“Death” sparks negative images such as sadness, despair, depression, darkness, and anguish. The reason is, like the phrase ‘Where there is life, there is death, and where death is, there is life’, death is double-faced: one is the look of a fatalistic existence and the other is a monster that arouse

Are you familiar with the word 'Heuk hyeong' or seen it on the internet? It refers to an African-American male and is abbreviated from heuk (black) and hyeong (bro). The word was first used to describe and express surprise at an African-American male's height and muscular body or their t

What dwells in men? What is not given to men? What do men live by? God sends the angel Michael down to Earth to find answers to these three questions. However, these very same questions are the ones Leo Tolstoy invites his readers to explore in his book. While the answers to these questions might se

Take a breath, and recall your childhood. Do days of delight at the market pop to mind? For SMT reporter, eating hot dogs and tteok-bokki at traditional markets come to mind recalling her warm childhood memories. Did you know that in the vicinity of Sookmyung Women’s University there’s a place that

This simple line appears on your smart phone screen: "A Pikachu appeared!" The Pikachu appears to be right there in front of you. Pokémon Go is a location-based augmented reality mobile game developed by Niantic that finally landed in Korea on January 24, 2017. As expected, Koreans have gon

Have you ever gotten into an argument with friends when you were convinced you were right and they were wrong and you kept insisting, claiming that if asked, everyone nearby would agree with you? The book Vegetarian teaches us that no one is perfect because everybody is unique. ‘Han Gang’, author of

Carol, a lady with red lipstick and red nails, drops by a toy shop to buy her daughter a Christmas present. She becomes friendly with the salesperson, Therese. When they see each other, they can’t take their eyes off. A day later, Carol invites Therese to her home for dinner. Carol is in the middle

In the Spring of 1718, a great man said, ‘Each brush stroke is so powerful that it seems like it’s alive, and all things painted must appear as they are in nature with stems and leaves wet with dews, bugs flying about, and a human salivating at the sight of a cucumber and watermelon. This painter’s

“A bird fights its way out of its egg shell. The shell is its world. Anyone who desires birth must destroy a world.” These are well-known ideas by Hesse Hermann in his book ‘Demian’. The book was first published under Emil Sinclair, the name of the main character because Hesse Hermann, already famou

A vast universe, shining stars, and an exciting adventure in a strange new world…. Many of us dream of being a Jedi knight, wielding a lightsaber. Lucky for us Star Wars fans, another piece of the story was recently released. Disney decided to make a new Star Wars sequel trilogy and spin-off