New Semester Blues

At the start of the new semester every year, many students are bound to have expectations, excitement, anxiety, and anxiety about their new school life. Most college students feel a burden throughout their school life along with the opening of the semester. To sum up these symptoms in one word, it's called "college student new semester blues.” The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea defined the new semester blues as a maladaptive pattern in the new environment and a symptom of not having a harmonious relationship with the new environment. As the new semester begins every year, it me

What kind of country is Korea? why does it take the first place if it gets K?

Korea is a world-renowned country and is drawing attention from the international community. Based on its technological innovation and cultural popularity, Korea is showing rapid development and solidifying its position as a leader in various fields such as industry, culture, and international politics. Korea's technological innovation is acting as an important engine for national economic development. Through the emergence of world-famous IT companies and the global popularity of K-content, Korea has achieved excellence, are leading the global semiconductor industry, the NetworkIn particular,

Shortform content turns people into popcorn brains?!

Concerns about the rising popularity of shortform content and brain concentration problems are also being raised. Shortform content refers to content that can be consumed without investing a long time. This is usually provided in the form of short videos, GIFs, images, text, etc. that are less than 60 seconds. These contents are commonly used on social media, mobile applications, websites, etc. Due to recent advances in digital technology, short-form content that delivers a lot of information in a short time and consumes quickly is the trend. According to a 2021 Statista survey, 52% of all use

The Age of Artificial Intelligence, AI Chatbot

Ethics and Rules of Artificial Intelligence

The development of artificial intelligence (AI) last year was surprising. AI specializing in conversation gives very high-quality answers to difficult questions, and sensuous works of art have been created that are hard to believe AI drew. People began to say that the era of full-fledged AI has begun. Chat GPT received the most attention. It is an interactive AI announced in November by Open AI, an American AI research company. It learns and combines vast amounts of information on the Internet by itself and answers users' questions in a conversational format. It is possible to ask about philos

Simultaneous labor shortage and job shortage

Now, can’t even remember how many years ago it started, and there are still a lot of job seekers in their 20s and 30s, and it's really hard to get into work. It can't tell when the news that it's too difficult to get a job will stop. However, one of the words that often appear in economic news these days is 'staff shortage'. In other words, the news of "no place to work" and "no one to work" are pouring in together. Why is this happening? First of all, the overall unemployment rate in Korea is exceptionally low. According to the data released by the National Statistical Office, the unemploymen

Are You Suffering from Climate Depression, too

Climate depression is getting worse around the world. What is it?

These days, more and more people feel helpless looking at the weather. Looking at the ever-changing weather, you feel negative emotions such as depression, helplessness, and sadness. This is a more complicated feeling, not just a gloomy feeling because of the bad weather. This is called climate depression and it is one of the real-life depressive disorders also called climate anxiety, climate sadness, and ecological anxiety. It's chronic stress. In addition, anxiety about global warming is one of the symptoms. This includes insecurity about countries reeling from climate change. In some cases,

K-Content’s potential, where does it come from?

This article finds out the status quo, phenomenon, and reason for the growing Korean Wave in the world. One article in Billboard shows the necessity to mention BTS in regard to K-Pop. ‘Every Time BTS Has Set a Guinness World Record - The group has a total of 25 world record titles under their belt -- and counting’. There are lots of reasons for the success of BTS. Some author analyzes the success by breaking through social marketing without relying on existing media. The other focuses on the successful strategy which establishes a global fandom network ‘ARMY’ based on the melody, choreography,

Climatus College, Climate Change Communication Platform for MZ Generation

We are now in an unprecedented era of the climate crisis. Everyone knows the seriousness, but lots of people do not know how to act. For those people, this article introduces ‘Climatus College’, which is a climate change communication platform for the MZ (Millennials& Generation Z) generation. [Climatus College] Climatus College is a compound word of the two words of “Homo Climatus” and “College”. The word “Climatus” means "Homo Climatus" for humans who adapt to changing climates, and the word “College” means that citizens can realize the learning necessary for life. As one of the projects

How much do we know about microplastics?

[The process of making microplastics] As the production and consumption of disposable products increase, the seriousness of environmental pollution caused by plastic waste is increasing. If such plastic is less than 5mm in size, it is called microplastic. There are many other problems that arise from its small size. We are too insensitive to the use of these plastics. Especially in the case of microplastics, people almost don't care more because they are invisible. Microplastics also occur when washing clothes made of synthetic fibers, and they also occur when automobile tires are worn out. St