Recently, numerous complaints about the extreme violence in an assault scene in the tvN drama My Mister were accepted by the Korean Communications Standards Commission (KCSC). Although the KCSC announced that it would deliberate the scene, the drama production company said that the assault scene was
At the end of March 2018, the entire region of Atlanta, in the United States (US) was attacked by ransomware, and various administrative systems were paralyzed. For 120 hours, all civil complaints from the state had to be resolved using only paper and pen. But, it is not only that: the fear of ranso
Although the cryptocurrency fever among student communities in Korea seems to be dying down, the attention of the world is still focused on cryptocurrencies. The cryptocurrency regulation was even dealt at the G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in March 2018, and even some c
On April 5th, a Samsung Securities employee made the mistake of typing 2.8 billion “shares” for stock dividends instead of 2.8 billion “won,” resulting in the circulation of 112 trillion won worth of unauthorized stocks. Details of the Incident Friday, April 6th, was a day when Samsung Securities de
Television (TV) has been an essential part of our lives for a very long time; a number of TV owners are paying the public broadcasting license fee. Since 1981, the public broadcasting license fee has been fixed at around 2,500, but even with this fixed license fee, the public broadcasting stations
In October 2017, an employee for Hanssem, a large furniture enterprise in Korea, disclosed the fact that her boss sexually assaulted her. The employee, however, was then threatened to be sued for defamation, and her salary was docked as well because of her disclosure. As such, defamation law in Kore
Bitcoin was certainly one of the hottest issues in Korea at the beginning of 2018. There was an enormous interest in “virtual currency” within the students’ community due to its relative ease of accessibility and its unpredictable price fluctuations. As a movement for huge change is detected within
President Moon Jae-in and the Blue House, the Presidential Office of Korea, announced that a presidential proposal for a constitutional amendment was billed on March 26th, 2018.Constitutional Amendments in Korea The Constitution of Korea has gone through nine amendments during the past 70 years sinc
Numerous dog bite incidents, some of which have even resulted in death, have recently been reported, arousing people’s concern about dogs. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), announced that ‘Safety Measures for Dog Owners’ will be newly enforced from March. Controversy, howe
Since last February, the international “#MeToo” movement has spread to Korea, and victims of sexual harassment have started to share their stories in hopes of exposing the magnitude of the problem to the public. #MeToo MovementThe #MeToo movement is a social media campaign with the purpose of exposi
Christmas is coming at the end of this semester. It is not merely the happiest time to prepare for the upcoming year with family, friends, or lovers, but also the warmest time when people actively participate in charities for neighbors in need. Among these charities, there is a helping hand for the
On October 5th, 2017, the New York Times shook the world with a story detailing decades of allegations of sexual violence against famous American film producer Harvey Weinstein. Ever since the first report, there have been more than 100 victims who have exposed Weinstein’s crimes, and a series of al