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#RaisingAwareness: Stuff or Fluff?

#RaisingAwareness: Stuff or Fluff?

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Apr 17, 2023

If you visit Twitter, it is common to see trending hashtags such as “#standwithukraine,” “#savetheplanet,” and “#protectthechildren” on the front page. These hashtags are also found in the...

Indian government censors textbooks

Indian government censors textbooks

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Apr 17, 2023

In India, as students return to school in June at the start of the new school year, they will find an altered version of their textbooks that better fits Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist...

Ken Liu shares his wisdom with SIS

Ken Liu shares his wisdom with SIS

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Apr 3, 2023

On March 23, famous short story author Ken Liu visited SIS through Zoom to talk about his career journey and his passion for writing. A-day English students were all invited to listen in. The majority...

South Koreas 69-hour work week: a big step backwards

South Korea’s 69-hour work week: a big step backwards

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Apr 3, 2023

In early March, the South Korean government headed by the Conservative Party and President Yoon Seok-yeol announced a new policy of increasing the weekly maximum working hour limit from 52 hours to 69....

UYSC x Chess Club hosts chess tournament

UYSC x Chess Club hosts chess tournament

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Mar 17, 2023

Taking advantage of chess’s growing popularity in SIS, the United Youth Service Club (UYSC) and Chess Club collaborated to host a bracket-style chess tournament from March 13th to 16th. 32 students from...

South Korea hits record low birthrate

South Korea hits record low birthrate

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Mar 15, 2023

South Korea recently revealed that they have broken its record of 0.84 births per woman in 2021 with 0.78. The global average number of births per woman is 2.3, with 2.0 being the threshold rate for a...

Tiger’s Den cafe implements environmentally friendly stamp system

Tiger’s Den cafe implements environmentally friendly stamp system

Paul Moon and Kevin Kim, Reporter | Mar 15, 2023

Kevin Kim is a guest writer from Writing 11 Starting from March 15, the Tiger’s Den cafe in the cafeteria is implementing a new initiative to reduce the amount of single-use plastic cups being consumed...

Non-GMO Foods: Stuff or Fluff?

Non-GMO Foods: Stuff or Fluff?

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Mar 15, 2023

Non-genetically modified organisms (Non-GMO) foods and drinks are a huge industry. Non-GMO is any organism that has not been genetically altered through modern genetic engineering techniques. The non-GMO...

Largest chemical disaster in history afflicts East Palestine Ohio

Largest chemical disaster in history afflicts East Palestine Ohio

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Feb 28, 2023

A freight train owned by Norfolk Southern, containing extremely toxic chemicals, derailed in a fiery accident on Friday, Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. A total of 11 tank cars containing extremely hazardous...

Chess craze checkmates SIS

Chess craze checkmates SIS

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Feb 28, 2023

Recently, one leisure activity has dominated the SIS halls and classrooms: chess. Many students play daily and even during class, a trend that began in the second semester. The popularity of chess is consistent...

US shoots down alleged Chinese spy balloon

US shoots down alleged Chinese spy balloon

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Feb 10, 2023

An alleged Chinese spy balloon, which Beijing claims is a weather balloon that flew off-course, was shot down over US territory in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4. The Langley...

SIS ventures into the Science Bee

SIS ventures into the Science Bee

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Feb 8, 2023

SIS participated for the first time in the International Academic Competitions’ Science Bee on Sunday, Feb. 5. Five members of the Science Club—Paul Moon (11), Yuna Park (11), Tobias Choy (11), Cecilia...