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Twitch’s departure: S. Korea’s high network fees and what it means for Internet access
Twitch’s departure: S. Korea’s high network fees and what it means for Internet access
Choe Sung-min
In February, Twitch, the leading global platform in live-streaming, announced the shutdown of its business in Korea. While Korean streamers may still stream, they can no longer profit from their st...
Make politics environment-friendly: dealing with street banners
Make politics environment-friendly: dealing with street banners
Kim Mi-jin
The general election is over, leaving winners and losers, but also loads of wasted street banners. These banners are highly effective media to get messages across to us; with their striking colors ...
April, “the cruellest month”
April, “the cruellest month”
Kim Hae-soo
By being one of the most beautiful months, April fools us with her cruelty. While the blooming spots of pink, yellow, red, and white flourish; while the sky boasts her best colors; while the excite...
City bus strike derails SNU students' mornings
City bus strike derails SNU students' mornings
Choi Woo-seong
The students and faculty at Seoul National University were left stranded Thursday amid an all-out strike by city bus drivers, which left 97 percent of Seoul’s public buses halted for 11 hours. The...
Cultural perspectives on education: bridging East and West
Cultural perspectives on education: bridging East and West
Cho Eun-seo
For a very long time, the East and the West—essentially Europe and North America—have held divergent approaches to education. With its roots in Confucianism, the East has benefited from vertical ed...
Delivering the Woolly Mammoth from Death: Colossal’s De-Extinction Dilemma
Delivering the Woolly Mammoth from Death: Colossal’s De-Extinction Dilemma
Ki Min-seo
Extinction is an issue that evokes images of a dystopian future: barren landscapes devoid of life, save the constant whirring of industrial factories and machines. Indeed, humans have set our plane...
True Crime as Entertainment: An Ethical Debate
True Crime as Entertainment: An Ethical Debate
Lee Jae-seo
Books, videos, movies, and podcasts; we are now seeing the proliferation of true crime content in a multitude of forms across all media platforms. Due to the accessibility of these detailed stories...
Is Baldur’s Gate 3 the symbol of the indie game uprising?
Is Baldur’s Gate 3 the symbol of the indie game uprising?
Kang Da-yoon
In the last few years, more and more gamers have begun expressing their beliefs that the gaming industry is past its prime, due to the declining quality of releases, rapidly increasing prices, and ...
The Hamilton fandom and the problem of “Queer-ification”
The Hamilton fandom and the problem of “Queer-ification”
Kang Da-yoon
Hamilton is one the most successful and popular Broadway musicals of the past decade. From professional critics to teenagers online, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2015 hit has impressed many and swept throu...
Overworked and underappreciated: the exploitation of animators in Japan
Overworked and underappreciated: the exploitation of animators in Japan
Ki Min-seo
Anime as a storytelling medium has continued to gain popularity in recent times. The mainstream success of titles like Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan, and Demon Slayer has cemented the art form as...
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