The administration of the Republic of Korea discusses a plan to reorganize the current overtime rules. With the plan (if passed by the National Assembly), employers and employees would negotiate whether they will be allowed to work up to 69 hours in a week. As the details of the plan is expected to

Human life itself can be said to consis of continuous consumption activities. Consumption activities that support modern people‘s lives are impossible without the role of finance through spending money. The basic economic theory classifies companies, individuals, and governments as subjects of consu

Everyone agrees that the use of foreign languages is becoming increasingly frequent in the global era. In particular, the demand for English, which is at the peak of the language ecosystem, is increasing exponentially. How can we learn foreign languages effectively in the reality where the demand fo

The post-1997 Korean crisis, immediately followed by the IMF intervention, fatally undermined the communitarian structure of Korea. The IMF capitalized on Korea’s weakness to destroy what remained of its statist structure and replaced it with a market-driven neoliberal system. In the article entitle

The word “gaslighting” often appears in our society these days. Gaslighting is a psychological term, which refers to the act of reinforcing dominance over others by cleverly manipulating the minds and circumstances of others to make them doubt themselves. The word is derived from the situation in wh

I remember contributing an article to the Soongsil Times on the theme of Soongsil and AI (Artificial Intelligence) upon the request of a reporter during my Ph.D. course, majoring in artificial intelligence, in 2006. Fifteen years has passed since. During that time, AI was a new technology and a hot

Heavy silence and silence have been around for years on campus, which should be filled with laughter and vitality. The whole human race is struggling due to COVID-19, but it is especially sad to see students who have not been able to come to classes on campus after being admitted to college. However

People dream about starting a business at least once in their lives. Some can start a start-up themselves, join an early startup team, or work in a company’s new business department. Still, others might start a small business, like frying chicken or cooking something else. If we think about this tre

“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

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

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

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

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

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

Movember? Don’t you mean, ‘November’? Nope. Mo(ustaches) in (No)vember, gives us ‘Movember’, which is a global event to encourage men to grow (bad) moustaches each November to raise money for men’s health. Many men in Western cultures don’t go to the doctor to check their health, and especially avoi

About “IT doesn’t matter” In a world connecting to the Internet these days, Nicholas Carr, who is famous for the book, The Shallows, said a long time ago, “IT (Information technology) doesn’t matter.” Do you agree with what he said? To summarize his point, “Having a car doesn’t make a difference if

When I was about two or three years old, I was at a beach with my family, and I was playing in the sand where shallow waters gently lapped when a wave came suddenly and nearly washed me away. My mother, who was sitting a few meters away, dashed into the water and was able to save me, though she lost

Most people who start to fall in love want their love to last long or forever. Unfortunately, many people have an unexpected breakup while continuing their relationship with their partners. In this article, I would like to look at the topic of love and separation from a mechanical point of view. We

In Korea, history of Western music goes together with Christianity. SSU is the first national Christian university. In this regard, SSU is not only the cradle of Western music disseminated to Korea but also the first university that learned and experienced it systematically. This is demonstrated by individuals who greatly influenced musical world of Korea: Ahn Eak-tai, composer of the Korean natio