As the 7th local election will be held on June 13th, campaigning through viral marketing, a marketing method focused on spreading information through “word of mouth,” is expected to be used by many candidates. In addition, a viral marketing company has actually mentioned that currently there are a l
The renowned British medical journal The Lancet, in its May issue, announced a breakthrough in the development of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), which is an illicit drug also known as ecstasy, as the very first cure for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), drawing attention from patients an
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
From May 1st, a quota system, which were agreed during the KOR-US FTA renegotiation, will be enforced to limit exports of Korean steel, focusing the attention of society on the KOR-US FTA renegotiation which took place from March 15th to 16th. Since the outcome of renegotiation will have a direct im
The eruption of an illegal oil well in Aceh, Indonesia, burned down nearby houses and resulted in the death count of over 20 people, on April 25th.Oil Well Eruption in Aceh Aceh is the northern-most province of Indonesia, located on the island of Sumatra. On April 25th, an oil well explosion in Peur
As reported on April 26th, archeologists in Peru have discovered more than 140 children killed ritually in a single event 550 years ago, which may have been the largest child sacrifice in history.Discovery of the Sacrifice The remains of 140 ritually-sacrificed children were found in Trujillo, a nor
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
Nowadays, it is hard to imagine life without computers. It is not only desktops, but also laptops and smartphones that people use daily, that are high-performance computers. The same goes for government agencies and nations, too. Now, quantum computers have appeared and have begun to change the perc
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
The third inter-Korean summit is scheduled at the end of April, and a North Korea-United States (US) summit is also expected to take place for the first time in succesion. 2018 Inter-Korean Summit News of the 2018 inter-Korean summit was initially reported on March 6th when the special delegation of
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
Since the early 20th century, countries such as the United States (US), Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland have been working to improve the status of women who have not had the opportunity to protect their rights for a long time in history. To commemorate these efforts and protect the rights
It is particularly difficult to secure donated blood in the winter because the amount of blood donation decreases significantly compared to other seasons. This winter, in particular, the cold snap and the flu struck society simultaneously, and consequently the stocks of blood in Korea fell sharply t
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
The Syrian government’s assault on East Ghouta has accumulated over 300 civilian casualties in four days since its initial bombardment on February 18th, 2018. East Ghouta, SyriaThe Syrian Civil War has continued to result in deaths of unrelated civilians in East Ghouta. Located near Damascus, Syria’
Staff and students of Majory Stoneman Douglas High School suffered from a school shooting resulting in 17 casualties and 15 injuries on February 14th, 2018. Massacre at Majory Stoneman Douglas High SchoolNikolas Cruz, a former student of the Majory Stoneman Douglas High School who was expelled for d