It was a dark and rainy night, but the rains could not dampen the people’s excitement. However, at 8 p.m on May 2nd, a concert was about to be held by a legend from an English band that was widely famous in the 1960s. Around 45,000 people gathered at the Jamsil Sports Complex Main Stadium, with unbearable excitement and exceedingly high expectations. The visiting legend was Paul McCartney

  Books come in various shapes and sizes. They could be ancient scriptures made from papyrus, white papers printed by machines, or sets of data found inside smartphones and computers. Books can also contain contents that are not letters, such as doodles, notes, pictures, and illustrations.   However, whatever the books look like, books have always played an important role in human life. They rec

A ccording to the April 3, 2015 issue of The Chosun Ilbo, in a survey by market researcher GFK of 27,000 people in 22 countries, Korea ranked lowest in hours spent cooking per week, knowledge and experience of cooking, and passion for cooking. Recently, however, there have been increasing numbers of chefs on TV and Korean TV shows on cooking, such as Chef & My Fridge and Zipbob Baek Seonsaeng. Acc

“Webtoon” is a compound word derived from “web” and “cartoon.” It refers to comics viewed on theweb. Webtoons have several characteristics. First, anyone can freely draw and upload them on his or herpersonal blog or homepage. Second, anyone can use webtoons for free unless the writer or portalsite requires the readers or users to pay. Third, there is active communication between thewriters

A new year has begun, and many people are planning to do something as their annual goal. There are various activities out there, but why not reading be your goal for this year? ..........................................................EdAccording to the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the number of adults spending their time reading is decreasing every year, but the necessity of reading books is

The cultural contents’ trend is not always the same. It changes over time, according to people’s wants and needs. Unlike in the past, when a lot of viewers sought excitement, contents with the power to heal the viewers are now on track...............Ed.To survive among the numerous contents flooding the media, there has to be a special catch that will attract the consumers. In a certain period,

Launched as the first ever professional league of East Asia in 1983, K LEAGUE is the center of Korean football. ST visited the passionate site and watched the scene as the new season kicks off.Last summer was the worst year to Korean football. Hong Myung-bo’s the Korea national football team was a complete fiasco. The Korea national football team went out of group preliminary. This huge fail

Recently, a lot of people preferred to buy imported snacks due to the price hike of the Korean snacks, and the amount of nitrogen. Furthermore, it is now easier to find an imported snack shop than in the past. This time, the ST introduces some imported snacks after having tasted them.Timtam(Indonesia)The ST highly recommended this to those people who like chocolates and other sweets. Actua

It is a new world out there, and this society is changing rapidly. Thanks to the development of technology, people got much closer to cultural contents, consuming them at a good pace. Such fast consumption brought about the needs of diversifying the contents, leading a number of trends in our society. And this eventually led the public to alter their opinions. Only a decade ago, most Korean dramas

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."- Charles W. Eliot, former president of Harvard UniversityLibrary holds secret of life, wisdom and knowledge, containing books whose significance cannot be denied. It is also a place common for reading books, looking for the researches or studying for exa

The Season for Horror returnsA humid and oppressive summer night is the right time to experience fear. Apparently, monsters from Western literature, such as the slow moving zombies and the blood sucking Dracula, are considered quite good for inducing fear. However, it feels as if they are lacking in something. The Korean people are truly scared of the ghosts from Korea, such as the Virgin Ghost

Issues related to poverty, women's health, children's education, environment, etc are ceaselessly occuring these days. To tackle those global concerns, world leaders have come up with a new project: POST-2015. ST introduces POST-2015 and its current progress.“The Millennium Development Goals have shown that we can make profound differences in people’s lives. The journey we started in the year of

Most of the university students, who are interested in traveling to other countries as exchange students, would say that they wanted to learn foreign languages experience diversity in other countries, rather than focus on their studies. However, there is one person who has achieved all of these. The ST has become acquainted with Yoon Tae-hyun (Economics,07). He spent one semester in Argentina, and

South Korea’s position in Hollywood was quite unfavorable until recently. As the West used to think of China or Japan when it came to the East, a special case where South Korea had to step in did not happen very often, and even ifit did, it was mostly a case with negative aspects. Among the negative images, being a workaholic or a cash cow was the typical stereotype about the South Koreans. At

When you look around, you can find some students with part-time jobs even though they are given allowances by their parents. It seems that lack of money isn’t the only reason for one to take a part-time job. For college students, having a part-time job is beyond earning pocket money; it is a proof of one’s independence. This seems to prove what 73% of the students claimed, that they “will do partt

The importance of personal information became bigger is due to the expansion of the Internet and smart gadgets. In the virtual space, you are represented by your personal information. It is used almost every time when you are trying to do something on-line, such as buying goods, playing games, working on your SNS relationships and etc. Many of our everyday activity takes place in this on-line worl

Bang! Bang! What enters your mind when you hear these sounds? Most people may imagine gunshots or a rhythmic shooting scene in a movie or drama. This summer, ST introduces Soongsil Shooting Club (SSSC) to help its students blow off their stress!SSSC’s shooting training is very systematic. Every new member is required to take a shooting ability test. Then the new member is teamed up with a senior

 There are over 10,000 students who are going to study in SSU this year. Considering the fact that there are nine colleges each with tens of departments, a wide variety of people are gathered together solely in SSU. It would be a pleasurable experience for all of these students to know one another, but unfortunately, that is not possible. In fact, majority of the students do not have any opportu

   Review of Miss Granny Wrinkled face, heavy shoulders, and a smelly body. This movie describes an old woman like this. Imagine that you are a grandmother or grandfather who have grandchildren. Whatwould you want to do most if you went back to your past life? The film, Miss Granny, is a story about a grandmother, Oh Malsoon (by actress Na Moon-hee) who has been changed to a 20-

 “Welcome to Summoner’s Rift.” This line appears a lot in the game”League of Legend” (LOL). It is a rising blue chip in E-Sports in Korea. It is celebrating its 4th birthday in Korea this year. It is not just a game but a brand like StarCraft of the 1990s and the early 2000s. Korean gamers love the game. Last year, Korea’s gaming team SKT K won at World Championship of LOL. So why do peo