http://www.heraldinsight.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=737Pros and Cons of Exchange Programs (Exchange Program Article 2 of 3)Foreign exchange programs allow students to study in a different environment, experience a foreign country’s history, culture and make new friends of various cultural bac
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses and associations were forced to find ways to maintain their services or organizations. I am a volunteer for “Give. Inspire. Volunteer. Educate.” (G.I.V.E.), which is a non-profit organization in California with volunteers aged from junior high to high sc
During the last week before the new academic year, my family and I visited Ganghwado for a much-needed “refresher” vacation. Ganghwado is well known as the site of many important events in Korean history, from ancient to modern times, as evident from its famous Buddhist temples and churches. In 2019
Thanks to today’s broadcasting-friendly environment, more people can easily launch their own personal broadcasting channels. The advancement of the Internet and smartphones has also contributed to the rapid development of these platforms. The personal platforms that are possible today give individua
This year, my school allowed students to choose from four countries for a volunteer abroad opportunity: Spain, South Africa, Ecuador, and Guatemala. Among these, the country that captured my attention was Guatemala. I understood that Guatemala is a relatively young country with a culture quite unfam
A year ago, I attended an afterschool academy (QD Academy) in Dallas, Texas to join the Girls Who Code (GWC) club. I am proud to have been a member of the GWC - a club that aims to serve as a “pipeline” for cultivating future female engineers. Every week, I had to come up with my own project ideas.
Where is the number one vacation spot for Koreans? Many conditions, such as picturesque scenery, delicious food, and close distance, must be met in order to be crowned as the top vacation spot. Among many vacation destinations, Guam is where all these conditions are satisfied. After a 4 hour and 15
http://www.heraldtomorrow.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=739My Unforgettable Experience in an Exchange Program (Exchange Program Article 1 of 3)The coronavirus pandemic has had especially negative impacts on exchange programs. I was participating in an exchange program, but I could not complete i
Life in the modern era has changed drastically. Whenever we assume that we could control a situation, another unexpected outbreak would disrupt our everyday life. It is definitely a time of significance that challenges people both physically and mentally. As people are under quarantine for months, l
You might have heard some of your friends talk about their personality types using four letters and wondered what those mysterious letters mean. What your friends were referring to is their personality type based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which is commonly known as MBTI. Well, what is the
After nearly six months of virtual school and distance learning, international schools in South Korea have finally returned to in-person schooling for the 2020-2021 school year. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and spike in infections in Daegu in February, all international schools in Korea had to sh
In late-February, COVID-19 started to spread in Northern Italy, leading the Italian prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, to immediately impose a quarantine on a few municipalities in the region. Despite this, daily cases of COVID-19 surpassed 1,000 on March 7. It became evident that the government had ac
As students across the nation went into the summer break of 2020, the question of whether they will be back to school again in the coming fall semester remained unclear. The entire global community had come to a screeching halt as the outbreak of novel coronavirus quickly escalated into a worldwide
Over the course of this summer, I worked as an intern at Transparency International Korea. Transparency International is a worldwide organization with 100 national chapters that promotes transparency and advocates against corruption in government, politics, business, and society. The office I worked
Exchange programs allow students to experience the cultures and curricula of foreign countries. After applying for an exchange program, students must wait until they are assigned to a host family, and the students don’t know where they will be staying until a host family chooses them. After they are
Locals in Tuvalu watch as their homes are slowly engulfed by rising sea levels, great fires sweep across Australia, and casualties from draughts, hurricanes, and heatwaves rise incessantly: the world we know is changing before our eyes. These are the direct consequences of the rapid rise of anthropo
Korean is one of the most fascinating languages in the world and with the global attention of K-Pop, more and more people are interested in learning the Korean language, ‘Hangul’. Even here in the city of Barcelona, 12 hours away from South Korea, there is a Korean school where people can take Hangu
“We are in this together- and we will get through this together.” COVID-19 is a global challenge that goes far beyond the implications of the pandemic for health and wellbeing. Aside from the suffering caused by the virus itself, the pandemic has exposed complex global interdependencies that highlig
From March 2020, COVID-19 started to spread all over the world. In the beginning, there were only a few cases of COVID-19 in Texas and I was completely unaware of the gravity of the situation. However, the number of people infected in the United States increased rapidly with time and soon masks, han
Daehak-ro (or “University Street” in Korean), a street in Hyehwa, Seoul, was literally a street with many universities. With a high concentration of students, the street attracted numerous theaters for movies, music, musicals, and plays, making it a center of Korean arts and culture. Among the many