The Namhansanseong (Namhan Mountain Fortress) World Heritage Center has opened to fully manage and conserve Namhansanseong from this November. Prior to this inauguration, reports on poor and late responses to management have been frequently raised since the management system of Namhansanseong was di
The Busan medical corruption incident swept the medical field this October. Five hospitals and 14 medical instrument enterprises were charged with bribery, and 10-20% of total profits were found to have been spent as medical corruption. As a result, 47 doctors and pharmaceutical company employees we
Cheongdam-dong investment genius Lee Hee-jin is a well-known self-made millionaire and quasi-investment advisor who occasionally appeared on television since 2011. On September 2016, he was taken into custody under charges of fraud and violation of financial acts. He assembled 24 billion by ensuri
It was April 11, 1960 when the corpse of Ju-yeol Kim, an ordinary 17-year-old boy, with a can of tear gas stuck onto his face, was found floating on the coastal waters of Masan, Korea. The event was a direct cause of the April Revolution against the autocratic government of South Korea, which was a
For many years, space hotels have been a constant topic in science fiction movies depicting life in the near future. With the appearance of Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), space hotels may not end as just fiction, but instead become a reality in future generations. When Kate Rubins, a Nat
Seoul, the capital of Korea, is where half of the entire Korean population is concentrated. The high population density has been increased by the populations who moved from the countryside to Seoul. Not only has the move of population increased the tax revenue of the capital area administration, but
Last summer, the “waterpark hidden camera” incident took all of Korea by surprise, while more recently, a member of the national swimming team was found to have installed a hidden camera in the female dressing room in the Jincheon Korean National Training Center. It is obvious that secretly filming
Have you ever learned sign language? Or do you have an acquaintance whose main communication method is sign language? Most people consider sign language to be a communication method only for the hearing-impaired or people with speech disorders. Sign language, however can be a passage of communicatio
If you want a fried egg for your breakfast, you should first put cooking oil on the frying pan, gently rotating it to cover the whole area. If you want doenjang stew, a typical Korean dinner made with fermented soybean paste, you should put doenjang in a pot with water to boil it. Basic ingredients
Last month, the central government of the United States (US) has officially announced a guideline for the testing and deployment of self-driving vehicles. It is meaningful in that it was the first effort to integrate different legislations from state to state, which had inhibited the development of
On August 24, the Korean government was to decide whether to allow Google to take the Korean map data out of the country. The government, however, put off the decision until November 23. As Information Technology (IT) mainly depends on the map data, not only Google, but various global corporations a
On August 24, 2016, a 25-year-old man in a vegetative state woke up for the first time through specialized ultrasound brain stimulation in the Medical Department of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the United States (US). Simple movements and basic conversation were possible on the th
The majority of university students prepare for employment, and they try to acquire as many licenses as possible for their future jobs. Retired elders also try to earn licenses for employment after leaving from previous jobs due to age. Despite these efforts, there is a high number of licenses that
Last year, the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) was introduced in South Korea. It was expected to reduce greenhouse gases greatly, but a year after its introduction, the system is exposing numerous problems. Especially after the managing department switched from the Ministry of Environment to the Minis
It has been confirmed that the perpetrator of a car accident in Haeundae District, which resulted in 17 casualties, had epilepsy, a medical disorder that inhibits one’s driving. What is not understandable is that the driver had been able to obtain and renew his license, despite having such a disorde
On July 28, 2016, the Constitutional Court passed the Anti-Corruption and Bribery Prohibition Act, more commonly known as the Kim Young-ran Act, and its execution was scheduled to start from September 28. As arguments for and against the act have been ongoing intensely, the need for accurate underst
As different types of family have emerged and replaced nuclear families, single households have become increasingly more common. Although many of such single households are people who chose to live by themselves, there are some people who are forced to live alone, whether due to economic problems or
To celebrate World Environment Day on June 5, the Sungkyun Times (SKT) will look at a new active green policy called “climate bond,” or more commonly “green bond,” which replaces the already known eco-friendly policies such as the emission trading scheme and the carbon tax. Green bonds have already
Recently, an innocent woman was killed at the heart of the Gangnam Subway Station district. The murderer stated that he has been ignored by women, and the murder was motivated simply because the victim was a female. Many people define this case as an actual emergence of a deep-rooted hatred for the
The case of child abuse that resulted in the death of a seven-year-old child named Shin Won-young, which was reported earlier this year, shocked the Korean society. The abuse started in 2003, perpetrated by the victim’s stepmother who habitually abused and ultimately caused his death in February of