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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 st...

                                                       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...

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 sta...

written by 10308 Kim Chaewon In the final article of this five-part series, the Opinion section of the  PRESS  took an investigated look at how Japan's economy was dealing with the pandemic. Japan On September 16 th , the number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Japan was more than 70,000, and the number of new confirmed cases in a day was more than 500. People in their 20s and 30s were the age group for infection. The number of confirmed cases per day reportedly exceeded 500 due to a recent increase in the number of new confirmed cases. Japan’s second-quarter economic growth has fallen tremendously (the annual rate was -27.8%), which was the worst that it has ever been before. It decreased by 7.8% from the previous quarter. The main factors which support Japan’s economy were individual consumption, but it decreased astonishingly (-8.2%). This is because the Japanese government’s emergency declaration was issued across the country between April and May to prevent the spread of C...

written by 0817 Jeong Daeun In part four of this five-part series, the Opinion section of the PRESS took an investigated look at how Italy response to the pandemic became one of the largest closures in history and the reopening of their schools. Italy Italy is known to have a very high mortality rate as well as confirmed cases for COVID-19. Italy has a whopping 12.6 fatality rate compared to China’s 5.4. How is Italy coping with COVID-19? On March 8 th ,  Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte expanded quarantine in all parts of Lombardia and northern Italy. The prime minister also extended quarantine inspections to all parts of Italy the next day. The movement of more than 60 million people was limited. This quarantine is one of the largest closures in human history. Premier Conte ordered the suspension of almost all commercial activities except for supermarkets and pharmacies on March 11t h to stop people from spreading COVID-19. The Italian government reaffirmed its plan to r...

written by 20228 Hwang Uikyu In part three of this five-part series, the Opinion section of the PRESS took an investigated look at how the United States' delayed response to the pandemic early on cost them precious time. The United States Currently, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the United States stands at 6.42 million. The reality is that about 40,000 people are confirmed every day, with the death toll standing at 192,000. About a quarter of the world’s total confirmed COVID-19 population is from the states alone. In other words, the United States’ response is important. This nation has more cases than China, the region from which COVID-19 originated from. The first confirmed case in the U.S. occurred on January 30 th  in Seattle, Washington. Due to the lack of initial preventative federal action, it has since become the most confirmed country in the world. So what did the U.S. initially do in the early stages? President Donald Trump reassured the public that COVID-1...