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Public Petition Posted to Abolish Teachers’ Day Publisher was a Current Teacher Almost 4,200 People Agreed Written by 10514 Oh Juyeon On May 2, 2019, a public petition was posted in order to replace Teachers’ Day with Education Day. The petition for the abolition of Teachers’ Day had also been posted in May 2018. In the petition this year, it says that the guideline of students giving presents may cause confusion and insists that Education Day should be held on February 21, which King Gojong officially recognized Paichai Hakdang (배재 학당) as the first modern school. According to National Archives of Korea, Teachers’ Day was established in March 1973, and the original purpose was to foster the social climate of respect towards teachers and to raise awareness of public recognition of teachers’ rights. Part of the rule of Teachers’ Day, however, has been changed since Improper Solicitation and Graft Act (Kim Young-ran Law) was enacted. It only allows student representative

To Limit the Top written by 20106 Kim Haemin What is the biggest problem with Korean politics which abuse of authority and irregularities for budgetary use? The law is not complete in sanctioning corruption within the political system. In order to prevent this, it was recently re-suggested to create a department called the Criminal Investigation Department of High Public Officials (CIDHPO) by Kwon Eun-hee, a member of the opposition party.  This will be an independent agency that focuses on investigating and indicting irregularities involving high-ranking government officials and their families. Its purpose is to prevent the prosecution from becoming politically powerful.  It maintains independence by transferring of investigative rights and prosecutorial rights that the prosecution had monopolized. Therefore, it can be more effective when it comes to investigating corruption within the prosecution or corruptive figures that could also affect the prosecution's investigati

The Terminal is Getting Closer       written by 20118 Lee Yu Kyung The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported that U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping were likely to hold a summit in Washington in June. Also on April 24, 2019, President Trump said President Xi Jinping will visit Washington soon, though he did not specify when. The problem that the two countries have deals with the trade between each other which began after the Trump administration took office in 2017 with protectionism through the withdrawal of TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership), renegotiation of NAFTA(North American Free Trade Agreement)  and  FTA (Free Trade Agreement). From 2018 onwards, a full-scale trade war between the United States and China began. China's trade deficit with the U.S. accounted for 47.1 percent of the total. In response, the U.S. has declared that it will root out China's unfair trade practices, including its alleged illegal subsidies, overpro

Rene Magritte Break One's Thoughts written by 20424 Choi Sohi When I was looking into surrealism art as a school art project, I saw some unusual paintings that made me have questions. The paintings were a little different from the famous artists' paintings like Vincent Gogh‘s and Claude Monet's but had mysterious feelings. These pictures were drawn by Rene Magritte.     Surrealism happened in France, during the 1920s. It is art that expresses the fantasy and subconsciousness through free imagination. Surrealism is quite different from impressionism, which began in the late 19th century; surrealism expressed the dream world, while impressionism expressed the visible world. After World War II, people thought rationality was the cause of the war. Impressionism changed into surrealism since as people criticized about impressionism as only thinking importance of appearance. To express the surrealism, many new techniques were created: depaysement, collage, frottage, dec