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Eat Clean, Live Clean with Sun the Bud

Eat Clean, Live Clean with Sun the Bud

Youngseo Jhe | Apr 23, 2019

Rating: ★★★★✩ Price: $$ Andrea: ? Youngseo: ? After a long walk up a hill, we were greeted with a classic brunch restaurant. Clean white tiles with a touch of wooden items in its...

Discovering gourmet noodles at Soota Udon Gen

Discovering gourmet noodles at Soota Udon Gen

Youngseo Jhe | Mar 23, 2019

Rating: ★★★★★ Price: $$ Andrea: :) Youngseo: :) :) We pushed the glass doors of the restaurant and were greeted with dark wooden furniture and walls that emphasized a modern Japanese...

Overview: AMIS visits Salzburg, the city of music

Overview: AMIS visits Salzburg, the city of music

Youngseo Jhe | Mar 22, 2019

1st Day (Sightseeing Day) The day after arrival in Austria was reserved for sightseeing and touring. SIS students traveled with those from Chadwick International (CI) across the Austria-Germany border...

A taste of the burglar experience: Room Theft

A taste of the burglar experience: Room Theft

Youngseo Jhe | Jan 30, 2019

Ever since the rise in popularity of escape rooms, Room Theft emerged as an activity seemingly inspired by Room Escape, yet with its own perks. The greatest difference between escape rooms and Room Theft...

Revel in a huoguo feast at Lingling

Revel in a huoguo feast at Lingling

Youngseo Jhe | Oct 19, 2018

By YOUNGSEO JHE, ANDREA KWON Rating: ★★★★✩ Price: $ Andrea:  Youngseo:  A tower of toppings teetered on the table. Thin slices of meat were fanned out on a large plate, ready...

Seeking Japanese culture at Soraya

Seeking Japanese culture at Soraya

Youngseo Jhe | Sep 11, 2018

By YOUNGSEO JHE, ANDREA KWON Opening the heavy door to Soraya, the doorbell chimed in a high clear note. As we entered, we were welcomed into a small traditionally-styled store full of references to...

Experience Italy at Mongone

Experience Italy at Mongone

Youngseo Jhe | May 3, 2018

By YOUNGSEO JHE, ANDREA KWON We arrived in Yeonhui-dong at around 6 p.m., and it was already starting to get dark outside. Walking past all the houses and the densely packed shops, we entered the alleyway...

Toys “R” Us to close down after years in debt

Toys “R” Us to close down after years in debt

Youngseo Jhe | May 3, 2018

Once a magical toy paradise teeming with excited children, Toys “R” Us has now plunged into the state of bankruptcy, owing a total of $7.9 billion to over 100,000 creditors. After seven decades of...

A place for sushi lovers, Eunhaeng-gol

A place for sushi lovers, Eunhaeng-gol

Youngseo Jhe | Feb 23, 2018

By YOUNGSEO JHE, ANDREA KWON Once we opened the door, the warm atmosphere of the restaurant welcomed us. Posters and pictures of sushi lined the walls and signatures and photographs of famous Korean...

Teen language geupsikchae pervades teen culture and media

Teen language geupsikchae pervades teen culture and media

Youngseo Jhe | Dec 7, 2017

Geupsikchae, the Internet slang unique to Korea’s teen demographic, consists of a variety of wordplay, homophones, rhymes, and abbreviations. The term derives its name from the Korean word geupsik, which...

New test makeup policy: steps closer to integrity

New test makeup policy: steps closer to integrity

Youngseo Jhe | Dec 7, 2017

Starting this year, SIS has implemented a new makeup policy in order to prevent deliberate absentees from gaining an advantage on tests. Unless rescheduled in advance, the test must either be taken the...

Candlelight vigils upheld in the spirit of social reform

Candlelight vigils upheld in the spirit of social reform

Youngseo Jhe | Nov 23, 2017

On Oct. 29, 2016, 30,000 people met up in Gwanghwamun Square to support the impeachment of former president Park Geun-hye. Less than two months after the first candlelight vigil, 2.3 million protesters...