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The Fake Around Us

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  written by 10801 Kang Seo Rin Today, we live in a society that is full of media. Every day we use social networking systems (SNS), watch the news, read newspapers or online articles. Although the information often helps us to know what we don’t know or gives us the correct information. However, that is not always the case.  Some of the articles give us the wrong information like articles that tell about rumors of celebrities. In Korea, this problem often occurs. We usually call incorrect information fake news. Furthermore, fake news is what makes people confused. It can cause other social problems.  What Is the Problem? Fake news is a false or inaccurate story spreading on the internet, media, or SNS. However, fake news is that most people don’t know whether this information was true or not. For now, technology that is related to fake news is high-developed. Also, the spreading speed of fake news is much faster than before. It is very difficult for people (especially students) to fig

Unexpected Reaction to Historical Drama Distortions

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                                                       written by 10616 Lee Na Yoon Recently Kumasa of Joseon has been controversial. The drama Joseon Kumasa aired from March 22, 2021 to March 23, 2021, was canceled after two episodes due to its historical distortion. Evil spirits trying to conquer Joseon by using human desire, so people who protect their subjects against their invasion. It is an exorcism, fantasy action of Korea. Why is this drama a controversy? Kumasa of Joseon has distortion of history There are scenes that are controversial. One of them is the Chinese traditional house which has Chinese mooncakes, pidan on the table. Another is when the Chungnyeong prince become Sejong the Great. The prince is giving drinks to a Vatican priest who is standing up. This problem is that Joseon’s gisaeng house is not suppose to be Chinese. We do not eat Chinese mooncakes. Instead we eat brass chafing dish, braised jumbo shrimps, and gujeolpan. Since Chungyeong is the prince, the pries

Switching Vaccine

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written by 10722 Jung Do Young Terrible Case The vaccine’s distributions are going smoothly all around the world except for in Brazil. Because there are people that only think about themselves. On February 19 th , 2021, U.K. publication The Sun published about the Brazilian vaccine being given out. It shows there are still problems with providing vaccines and people who are acting only in their own interests. People need to realize that they can always be conned. What Was It? In the Twitter video, you can see an old woman going to get the vaccine. But, the medical staff didn't press the piston that injects the vaccine. She only pressed the needle into the skin.                                 Her family knew it was weird, so they began filming  and reported it to the police. The video that her family filmed was spread in a flash. Locals got angry at the medical staff.  Police said the medical staff gave the vaccine to acquaintances. Because medical staff received a lot of money i