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Students get ready to take suneung 2025

Fluctuating difficulty in Suneung 2025 alarms students

Taerin Kim, Reporter | Dec 3, 2024

Anxious test takers across South Korea are awaiting their final result of the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), also known as suneung. Difficulty of the test directly causes the fluctuation for the...

People visit Vladimir Shklyarov’s funeral

Ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov dies at age 39

Zoe Chang, Reporter | Dec 3, 2024

A principal star has ceased in the Ballet industry. On Nov. 16, world-renowned ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov passed at age 39. According to the world-renown Mariinsky Theatre company, Shklyarov had...

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Apple’s first call recording feature debuts with mixed reactions

Stella Ock, Reporter | Nov 13, 2024

17 years after its launch, Apple released iOS 18.1, the beta version of its iPhone operating system, on Oct. 28. The most notable feature of this update is Apple's first official support for call recording...

Andy Kim, next to his wife Tammy Lai and his sons at the election night headquarters

Andy Kim becomes America’s first Korean Senator

Nathan Ahn, Reporter | Nov 13, 2024

Andy Kim, a Democrat from New Jersey, was elected to the US Senate on Tuesday, making him the first Korean American in the Senate. At age 42, Kim will also become one of the youngest members of the Senate...

Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico

The “monster storm” sweeps Florida: Hurricane Milton

Chelsea Kim, Reporter | Nov 1, 2024

Hurricane Milton tore through Florida on Oct. 9-10, causing widespread flooding, flattening homes, and leaving millions without power. The storm, one of the most powerful to hit the state in recent years,...

Footage of the Starship rocket landing in the metal arms

SpaceX successfully recovers fired rocket

Ryan Lee, Reporter | Oct 30, 2024

SpaceX’s latest breakthrough on Oct. 13 marked a significant day in history for aerospace enthusiasts. SpaceX, an aerospace company owned by Elon Musk, successfully caught the booster from the bottom...

Birth rate in South Korea drops

South Korean government’s battle with low birth rate: Is it going in the right direction?

Taerin Kim, Reporter | Oct 30, 2024

While battling the national emergency of a low birth rate over the last few decades, South Korea has been taking new financial measures to prevent the shrinking population. With this problem remaining...

Graphic by Serim Kwon

North Korea destroys key road link to South Korea

Serim Kwon, Reporter | Oct 30, 2024

After Kim Jong Un threatened to cut off all South Korean influence, North Korea detonated parts of two major roads connecting the two countries. The explosion happened on Oct. 15th, only six days after...

Liam Payne’s fans bring flowers in front of the hotel

English pop star Liam Payne dies at 31

Chloe Yoon, Reporter | Oct 30, 2024

Former One Direction member Liam Payne was found dead after falling or potentially jumping from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires on Oct. 16. Payne rose to global stardom in 2010 when he debuted...

Influenza vaccine from University of Pennsylvania laboratory

Are flu vaccines no longer effective?

Subeen Shim, Webmaster/Design Editor | Oct 30, 2024

With the rise of patients visiting doctors for flu vaccines, The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) predicts that the influenza vaccine being used for flu this season will be less effective...

South Korean Author Han Kang

South Korean author Han Kang receives Nobel Prize

Zoe Chang, Reporter | Oct 22, 2024

The Swedish Academy in Stockholm announced that South Korean author Han Kang received the 2024 Nobel Prize for literature on Oct. 10. The Nobel Prize committee stated that she was awarded “for her intense...

Graphic by Yeseo Lee

Telegram Korea establishes new deepfake policy

Yeseo Lee, Reporter | Oct 10, 2024

Chairman Ryu Heelim of the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) announced in a press conference on Sept. 30 that Telegram Korea will be implementing a zero-tolerance policy combatting deepfake...