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Crisis of Venezuela

On November 16, 2016, Venezuela declared that it would default on loans. Since then, the country has been experiencing hyperinflation and political chaos. Venezuelan currency, the Bolivar (B), has completely lost its value and famine has increased so much that 75% of Venezuelan adults lost an average of 8kg in 2016 alone. Meanwhile, evading responsibilities of the economic crisis, two presidents in Venezuela are making political instability. On January 11, 2019, Nicolas Maduro was reelected as the 61st president. However, during his presidential term since 2012, Venezuela has had serious fin
Sale of Classes in Universities

At the beginning of every university semester, many students have difficulties registering for classes because most Korean Universities use a registering system that has a first-come first-served basis. Therefore, students who gained spots in popular classes try to sell their spots to students who failed to register. Some sellers do this intentionally to make money. This happens every semester and many people bring up some problems in these cases. At the enrollment period, students are active in KMU’s social communities trying to buy and sell spots in classes. Students who want to sell their
2018 G20 Buenos Aires Summit

From November 30 to December 1, 2018, the Group of Twenty (G20) summit was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This was the 13th meeting of the G20 and the main agenda items were about trade, refugees, immigration, environment and climate change. The most important issues were about environment and trade. Through the summit, 19 countries, except the United States of America reconfirmed their participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change. All leaders agreed that the recent trade conflicts have negative effects and settled the need of reforming the WTO (World Trade Organization). Despite t

The Kim Yong-gyun Act

On December 11, 2018, Kim Yong gyun was working at the Taean thermal power plant when he died unfortunately while checking a conveyor belt. When the details of this incident became known, people were not only sad but also outraged by the irresponsible behavior of the power plant. The labor union pointed out the dangerous work environment and asked the company to have workers work in pairs, but the power plant did not implement it because of manpower problems caused by restructuring. The power plant even called the maintenance company before reporting the incident to the police. Even though th

Chapel in Missionary School

Chapel refers to a church or a chapel attached to a large church, school, hospital, or private mansion and refers to the attendance of a service or service held at a university. In other words, it refers to the worship required by a mission school or a seminary to honor students. There is also a mix of traditional craftsmanship and worship services. In this way, there are many pros and cons in that each school learns its own religion through chapel or Christian classes. Pros Even if you don't have a particular religion, all schools founded by religious organizations are called religious school

Stopping Mass Shootings

There have been many mass shootings around the world, and many people have been injured or killed. A mass shooting refers that the act of shooting a gun to kill multiple people, but military actions and incidents related to drugs and gangs are excluded. These events give people a feeling of anxiety. Because of this, people think there needs to be more gun control. There have been numerous mass shootings in several countries around the world. The deadliest shooting was the Garissa University College Attack in Garissa, Kenya, in 2015 where 148 victims died. The next five largest mass shootings i

Death Penalty System

The death penalty has not been used in Korea since December 30th, 1997. According to a public opinion poll in 2015 by Gallup Korea, 63% of people agreed with using the death penalty and 27% of people disagreed. This shows that most Korean people think that the death penalty must be used again. The reason for this is the many cases in which the court didn’t impose the ultimate penalty on very serious criminals. Despite this, some people still think that the death penalty should never be used. Pros As the number of indiscriminate murders has recently increased, the idea of using the death penal

Non-married People

In Korea, there is a word ‘3po sede’. The neologism means the generation that gives up dating, marriage, and children. As the word expresses, Korean youth do not have a good view of marriage. In addition, they don’t think that marriage is necessary. According to the National Statistical Office, the marriage rate decreased to 5.2 marriage per 1000 people. These days, for many reasons, Korean youth has a tendency to stay single. Pros Recently, non-married people are increasing noticeably. In fact, statistics show that annual marriage trends are decreasing year after year, and one out of five m

Acceptance of Refugees in South Korea

More than 60 million refugees have been reported worldwide over the past year, and more than 10,000 applications have been filed in South Korea. According to the Jeju Immigration and Foreign Office, the number of refugees who entered the island without a visa has soared from seven in 2016 and 42 in 2017 to 561 in June 2018. Of these, 549 applied for refugee status. The Jeju entry permit system has allowed foreigners to stay for 30 days without a visa since 2002 for tourism vitalization. However, it has been recently taken advantage of by Yemeni refugees, contrary to our intention. It has becom

Minimum Wage Increase

The government announced that the minimum wage next year will increase to 8,350 won from 6,470 won in 2017. That is a 29.1% increase over two years. It is a drastic increase in only two years. As a result of this announcement, many self-employed people have complained about this change. Raising the minimum wage impacts all parts of Korean society. According to a survey conducted by Statics Korea, temporary employees decreased by 130,000 compared to last year. Also, South Korea has one of the highest rates of self-employed people among OECD countries at 25.5%. This is higher than all other adva

The Ending Point of the Only Divided Nation in the World

Most people around the world have worried about the Korean Peninsula as well as Korean nations because of world peace. Over time, there still remains many conflicts. There was a summit between North and South Korea after 11 years. The peace of the peninsula is one of the biggest events not only for peace of world but also for Korean history. Although the nations thought only the unification can be the answer, nowadays, their opinions are divided. ProOn April 27, there was an inter-Korea summit that ended well. In addition, another summit is planned for this fall. All nations, and of course Kor

EU's New Data Protection

Since the Fourth Industrial Revolution has begun, big data has become very important in our lives. Along with that, personal information protection has become important, too. The European Union recognizes the importance of protection, so they amended the EU rules about information protection. On April 14, 2016, the European Parliament approved the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which has received worldwide attention. It began being enforced on May 25, 2018.The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a set rule about general information protection in the European Union. This is