What would you do if you have only three months left to live because of a disease or disability? While it is scary to consider, it is natural for us all to die since human life is finite. However, the characters in the book and the movie that SMT will introduce here ponder the meaning of life throug

October 31, Day of the Dead arrives! Jack-O-lanterns line the streets, and little rascals roaming about pranking others. The black cats’ eyes sparkle, skeletons dangle on trees, ghosts pass through people, and witches fly through the skies on brooms with glee. At Halloween everything spooky and cree

Have you ever entered the imaginary world? In our imagination, animals can talk and fictional creatures flourish. Because our imagination creates a world so different from reality, people come alive with excitement and fun entering that new world. Books and movies take you to these new worlds. They

Have you ever imagined being a psychic or using supernatural power? It’s likely that most of you have, at least once in your life. People also fantasize that there may even exist a school for students possessing psychic powers. Others even dream that they are suddenly going to be endowed with some s

"Again?" That was one of the words I would most often hear while at SMT. I was addicted to SF and fantasy films, so my articles used to center on those themes. I underwent countless days of anguish, before living the famous greeting spoken first by Mr. Spock in Star Trek, 'Live Long and Prospe

This coming May 18, marks the 30th year since the Gwangju pro-democracy movement. It showed the spirit of resistance and compromise that was needed to recover true democracy stained by an oppressive dictatorship. It was from that moment that the entire nation united against injustice. A history of c

Have you wondered what it would be like to live the life of a cartoon character going to school? Imagine also if while you attended school, you fell into a sweet romantic love story. This SMT reporter’s university days had become mundane and routine. She had no love story nor were there any exciting

Oh Kim Youbin / Cub Reporter / smt_kyb@sookmyung.ac.krHello, this is Kim Youbin, new SMT cub reporter. Let me begin by saying how glad I am to meet you as a reporter of The Sookmyung Times. Although I am new, I promise to learn and grow through SMT. Based on that learning, I plan to write articles r

There are lots of books and movies that center on a charming heroic character. These stories, however, almost always have powerful unappealing villains against whom the hero battles. Although villains are evil and remembered as the “bad guys” in the stories, sometimes their charm catches the attenti

The severe cold has gone, winter has passed away, and now spring is about to come. March 2016, two years ago from now, I applied as a cub-reporter of the Sookmyung Times. I can still remember the moment when I had an interview in order to be part of the Sookmyung Times. I was a bit nervous but I thi

A tweet by Eric Nam claims phrases like “Thank You” and “I Love You” are meaningless unless spoken. Since joining The Sookmyung Times, I too, have been guilty of making those phrases meaningless. Throughout my two year span with SMT, I’ve met so many people, but rarely outwardly expressed my gratitu

Snow is falling Carols are playing everywhere. One of the world’s biggest winter event is right around the corner―Christmas is coming! Even though you are an adult, don’t worry. You can still enjoy the special season with a special Christmas present named ‘magical Event’. SMT reporters welcome you t

On 14 September, New £10 note entered circulation. It is the second currency in England to be printed on polymer plastic and it is the second to feature a woman on a bill of currency. The lady on the note is Jane Austen, one of the most beloved authors of all times. She died roughly 200 years

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

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

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

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

“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