A little girl is desperately looking for the last drop of water from empty bottles and cans that are scattered on the street. There is a shack, a crudely built house near the girl, and a boy wearing a ripped t-shirt is walking out from the shack. A blue, plastic vinyl sheet is the only thing that pr
The recent strike of the Korean Railway Workers’ Union, which started on September 27, has not yet reached a consensus. As the strike extends, the disagreement between employers and the labor union is becoming more pronounced. Although a strike should be valued as one of the basic rights of laborers
The Promotion Committee for Utilization of the International Exposition Yeosu Korea held the first parliamentary debate for the present condition of and countermeasures to “ocean desertification” in the National Assembly on November 25. The reason the committee has put “ocean desertication” on
On October 21, a gunfight broke out in the Opaesan Tunnel, causing the death of a police officer. Some crime experts analyzed that the perpetrator of this incident is a Korean “lone wolf,” who acted as a quiet neighbor to the public but secretly prepared for terrorist attacks towards society. Moreov
This year, movies dealing with Korean history such as Operation Chromite and The Last Princess have been released, and achieved 7.05 million and 5.6 million audience members, respectively. These box office hits might be largely owed to film companies’ patriotic marketing. Meanwhile, according to a r
In December, various kinds of award ceremonies are held around the world. Among them, the most eye-catching ceremony is the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. With the ceremony approaching, the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to singer Bob Dylan is currently a hot potato. Some insist that this se
An activist farmer, Baek Nam-gi, passed away on September 25. After his death, there have been numerous controversies surrounding his death, and the issue became a hot potato in the Korean political scene. While the public discusses more about his death, there are only a few discussing why farmer Ba
This year, in Korea, the movie Come to See Me was released. This movie plainly shows the reality of compulsory psychiatric hospitalization and the devastated life of the victim. Scenes depicting cruel violence and suspicious administration of drugs toward the main character following her compulsory
Recently, a seagull was found dead at a shore in Germany. Researchers dissected its body and found several plastic fragments. These fragments were mainly classified as “microbeads,” which have recently been prohibited in cosmetic products by the Korean government starting from 2017. Although still u
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