The Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Yugyeong Jeong The financial crisis occurred on November 21, 1997. This is because the foreign exchange reserves were insufficient. Since there are few resources, Korea needs dollars to buy resources. Without dollars, oil cannot be imported, and without oil, all industries are halted. Eventually, foreign exchange reserves were scarce and the economy became difficult, and […]

Deliveryman Death from Overwork

Hajon Lee The recent death of a deliveryman from overwork has brought great attention to the delivery service sector. There have already been 15 deaths and numbers are continuously increasing. So why are there so many death cases now? The rapid increase in the volume of delivery caused by Covid-19 has increased the work of […]

How Disposable Masks Cause Plastic Pollution

Are we protecting us but not the environment? Lee Sooyeon The fight against plastic pollution is being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the use of disposable masks, gloves and other protective equipment soars. The promotion of mask wearing as a way to slow the spread of COVID-19 has led to an extraordinary increase in […]

The Korean New Deal Fund

Yugyeong Jeong Before explaining the Korean New Deal Fund, the New Deal is an economic revival policy that the United States pursued to overcome the recession caused by the Great Depression. In the United States, production increased after World War I, but because consumption did not follow, inventory was piled up. With the massive crash […]

US Ready for Joe Biden?

Minjun Son US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden won the presidential election on the 7th of November. Candidate Biden won the title of the winner by securing a majority of the electoral corps (270 people) needed to win the presidential election only on this day, the fifth day of the presidential election, after a bloody […]

How the Korean Financial Sector is Changing

Hajon Lee As you probably know I am a financial business major and have dreams of pursuing a career in the sector of finance. I have recently been noticing the changes in the financial sector and also attended a lecture on such topic. So what is finance exactly? Money. That could be an answer. It’s […]

The MZ Generation

Yugyeong Jeong M of the MZ Generation refers to the Millennial Generation from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, while Z refers to the generation from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s. The MZ Generation has become accustomed to the digital environment, so they mainly use mobile. And they pursue the latest trends, unique […]

Electric Kickboard

Hajon Lee If you go around Korea or even in school, you have probably seen those green or purple electric kickboards. It is very efficient and easy to ride when going from one place to another. I am also a user of electric kickboard when I am in a hurry or it is a place […]