“Man makes architecture; architecture makes man. We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.” As Winston Churchill said, we live in a variety of architectures, and are influenced by architecture. It has the power to shape culture, environment, and history beyond life. Let’s find the power of

We can easily find works that are regarded as classics in popular music, but albums that are highly regarded by both media practitioners and critics with different tastes and tendencies are relatively rare. The Queen is Dead by The Smiths, a British band that had a huge impact on Britpop and indie r

It seems that we are now living in the age of hate. There is so much hatred around us that it is hard to find anyone who is not subject to hate. A phrase intensity of the expression is getting stronger through the online medium. Based on the characteristics of anonymity and lack o related to this to

Do Soongsilians think every voice is worth? Can we set a price on our words? Let us look at the meaning of the word ‘Voice’. The first meaning shown in the dictionary is ‘sound from the throat’ and the second meaning is ‘words that figuratively express opinions or arguments’. ST wants to focus on th

Poet Kim Hyeon-seung, a senior in Pyongyang Soongsil and a professor at SSU in Seoul, especially loved autumn among the four seasons and wrote autumnal poetry. It would be nice to call the poet ‘sentimental.’ The dictionary definition of ‘sentimental’ is ‘easy to be influenced by the seasons or the

This room is my spaceship. I looked around the room where the wardrobe and the old dressing table were missing. The bed was sticking to the end of the wall and filling the seats, but it will vanish. o prepare for the move, I looked at the doll key chain that Io fund while cleaning up. The name, Peac

The 21st parliamentary election was held on April 15, 2020. The general election, which had a 66.2% turnout, is the highest ever since the 14th general elections in 1992, with a record of 71.9%. The turnout, which hit a 28-year high, is encouraging. On the other hand, it also means that 33.8%of vote

Due to COVID-19, which is now prevalent worldwide, the number of patients is rapidly increasing. We are also suffering problems associated with every aspect of society. While so many people are seeking treatment for corona virus, what Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, said on TED Talk in 2015 has

According to a recent World Trade Organization (WTO) report, the world trade is expected to plummet by between 13% and 32% in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To be more precise, the best scenario might be the trade falling of 13%. However, the worst case scenario is that, if t

It is very difficult to distinguish what is right or wrong in the current society in which new information is created and shared every day. Fake news is distributed, and public opinion is manipulated. The manipulated public opinion becomes real when it is spread and lures individuals into believing

A fashion trend is a phenomenon that affects the direction of fashion, i.e. a tendency in which fashion is changing. Unlike the 20th century, people these days have different trends and they do not have uniform preferences or easily assimilate into other people’s fashion. However, interest in Newtro

I’m Lee Yu-na, the youngest person to pass the customs broker test. I want to talk to you about my dream to become a customs broker and the kind of job I'm doing. I had a dream when I was in the university. Before I graduated, my mother often told me to find what I wanted to do and to get ready

“Did you hear Sulli killed herself a few days ago?” On Oct. 17, 2019, the hairdresser broke the news to me at a hair salon where I made a first visit to remove the color in my hair. “Sulli became a bit weird lately. I reckon it’s because she went out with the wrong guy.” Later, there was plenty of c

The whole country is in a state of turmoil due to the Coronavirus. Meetings are canceled, and people refrain from going out. Tourism and dining industries are directly hit, and manufacturing, connected to the global production network, is also facing a major challenge. The Virus also affected the ed

We live in a world where the pace of change is fast. Even experts say it’s very difficult to predict the future. The pace of change in the last decade has changed a lot, and the media we’re seeing has changed a lot. Above all, the flow of thinking and the way we treat people have changed a lot. Mayb

Hon-young, Hon-bab, Hon-sul, Hon-shopping, Hon-haeng… These are the words that are used in our society these days, and refer to familiar lifestyles. Hon is the first letter of the Korean word that means ‘alone’. Hon-young means ‘Watching a movie alone’, Hon-bab means ‘Eating alone’, Hon-sul is ‘Drin

Klaus Schwab, the founder of the WEF (World Economic Forum) who first used the term “fourth industrial revolution” in Switzerland in January 2016, called the global economic change to include industries that are not defined in the existing industrial classification, followed by the invention of the

LGBTQ rights are one of the most important issues worldwide. Also in America, changes toward positive responses on same-sex marriage are increasing.Massachusetts was the first U.S. state to license same-sex marriages. In 2003, the Massachusetts supreme judicial court ruled that denying marriage righ

There are many types of entertainment in the Republic of Korea, thus it is often called the “Republic of Media.” Beyond observational types of entertainment, talk shows, and reality shows, the combination of genres is becoming a new trend, out of the original forms of variety shows. For example, the

The hottest keyword early this year is “diary decorating.” Diary decorating means expressing one’s taste, purpose, and disposition in one’s diary. The craze has created a new term, “diary decorator,” which means someone who does the decorating. I would also like to explain about this activity, which