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The Three Front Runners of the 2018 World Cup Soccer written by 10125 Min Gyeong Hwan The Russian World Cup is in less than one month. The front runners are showing their faces as well as preparing for the tournament. The three teams that many people expect to win the world cup are Spain, Germany, and France. The first team is Germany, the winner of the previous world-cup. Having one of the best players such as Tony Kroos (28, Real Madrid) and Leroy Sane (22, Manchester city), Germany went to the world cup with the record of winning all ten games during the preliminary round. The coach of the German national team is Joachim Low (57, Germany) who is one of the most successful coaches in the history of German soccer. He started coaching the team in 2006, and has won 94 out of 141 games, which is the record for the German national soccer team. Low’s tatic changes almost every time he faces a new team. But the most well-known tactic is the side-play. This tactic conne...

Start of the Long Football Party in Korea written by 10624 Yun Wonhyeong Finally, the happiest month for Korean football fans came back. On March 1 st , K League 1, the professional football league of Korea, began its eight-month journey. There are twelve teams in K League, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC, Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC, FC Seoul, Incheon United FC, Pohang Steelers FC, Ulsan Hyundai FC, Jeon-nam Dragons FC, Gyeongnam FC, Gangwon FC, Daegu FC, Jeju United FC, and Sangju Sangmu FC. Those teams compete to get the championship trophy at the end of the Korean football season. Right before this season started, K League 1 caught the attention of many fans since the transfer market was very busy. Players were either being traded or re-contracted. New players were becoming professionals. These new players were ready to play for their teams. The biggest story during transfer market period was the transfer of Dejan Damjanovic between Suwon and Seoul. Suwon and Se...

春の水原と旭川 今年 3 月 28 日、水原市 と 旭川市 の８ 回目 の 国際交流 が 終 わりました。 旭川市 は 1989 年 に 水原市 の 最初 の 姉妹都市 になって、 今 まで 水原 と 一緒 にいろんな 仕事 をしてきました。 特 に 2010 年 からお 互 い 青少年団 を 送 って 両方 の 縁組 を 深 め、 未来 を 導 いていく 青少年 たちに 特別 な 縁 を 結 ばせてきました。 青少年代表団 は 書類審査 と 面接 を 通 って、 最後的 に 10 人 で 組 まれることになっています。 今回 の 交流 は 2017 年 の 夏 から 2018 年 の 春 まで 進行 された 8 回目 の 交流 でした。 昨年 の 日程 は７ 月 25 日火曜日 から 7 月 29 日土曜日 、 4 泊 5 日間 の 旅行 でした。 水原 の 青少年 は 旭山動物園 や 色季彩 の 丘、 しろひげの 滝、青 い 池、 ぜるぶの 丘 などの 北海道 の 有名 な 観光名所 に 行 ってきました。 特 に 旭山動物園 は 特別 な 経営戦略 で 起死回生 した 動物園 で、その 話 は 映画 にも 作 られました。その 4 泊 5 日間、旭川 の 家族 たちは 私 たちの 面倒 をみてくれました。８ヶ 月後、旭川 の 青少年 が 水原 に 着 ました。 旭川 の 青少年 は 華城 や 解憂齋、三星 イノベーションミュージアム、 韓国民俗村、景福宮 などを 訪 れました。 3 月 27 日火曜日 には 歓送 の 晩餐 をし、 likey 、고민보다 go 、뿜뿜 に 合 わせてダンスをしながら 楽 しい 時間 を 過 ごしました。 水原 と 旭川 の 青少年 は 再来年 また 合 うことを 約束 をし、 3 月 28 日 に 別 れました。

Please, Let’s Listen to What PyeongChang is Saying It has been seven years since every Korean screamed with joy as the IOC shouted: “PyeongChang is to be the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics.” Since then, the PyeongChang Winter Olympics has been the center of attention in every media form. Now it has finally passed, and most people considered it to have been a success, despite the controversies that surrounded it even before the Olympic Games actually started. However, the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics actually revealed some things that our society needs to solve. First of all, there was the abuse of power not only by the Ministry of Culture-Sports and other sports-related facilities but by politicians as well. Only a week into the Olympic Games , Lee Giheung, head of the Korea Sports Council, displayed heavy-handed conduct of abusing his prominent position and power. He spoke harshly to a volunteer asking him to move to a seat that wasn’t reserved by the IOC. Another ex...

Be aware of the “friendly-looking” filter bubbles! What types of information are you getting? In a flood of information, do you think you are getting all the information you need? It's time that you reconsidered about the information you were consuming, because you might be missing some things that are important. Actually, those who thought about this before realized they were only getting limited amount of information, and were trapped in a cover called the filter bubbles. Filter bubble is an expression first introduced by Eli Pariser in 2011, in his book The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You . It's a term coined to explain about the social issue that algorithms and recommendation engines on the Internet that are shielding people from reality. To put simply, it means that they are offering information only based on the user's interests. You might wonder why this is causing a bad effect since the Internet is noticing the users' ...