EXPRESS

                                                                                          written by 10808 Park Su ji In December 2019, the existence of a contagious virus named corona was revealed to the world, and we’ve been living with it for over a year. “Social distancing” makes people’s physical/mental distance keep away from each other, constraining everyday life. Vaccines are developed and these are the hope to overcome the pandemic. What is AstraZeneca? AstraZeneca is a type of virus vector vaccine, which is a kind of vaccine that puts the coronavirus gene into a less-harmful virus and injects into the human body. Its prevention rate is 70.4%, the number of injections is two times, and the price is 3000 won to 5000 won for each dose given.  Distribut...

                                                                                  written by 20105 Kim Sang Eun Searching product details to purchase the product has now become an obsolete way of shopping. These days, we can make a purchase decision by watching videos and communicating with the person in the video.    This is a new version of virtual commerce.    In the new media era, short-form video content aimed at  Generation Z, who is more familiar with videos than pictures, has become a major marketing strategy. Large enterprises such as Google Shopping is also launching new forms of  V-commerce platforms.   Google’s ‘Shop-loop’ Shoploop is an app that sells makeup products. When you open Shoploop, a video of someone using the product suddenly...

                                                                              written by 20526 Joo Min Seo   There’s been a revelation of so many problems in the schools recently involving school violence. Numerous measures have been poured out to eradicate school violence, starting after the 2011 suicide of a middle school student in Daegu.   These revelations point out athletes and entertainers as perpetrators for the 2011 suicide in Daegu. The battle for truth about it has not stopped. Those identified as perpetrators are now in their 20s.  The seriousness of school violence   After the suicide of a middle school student in Daegu in 2011, many school violence measures emerged. These measures included conducting a survey about school violence, deploying scho...

written by 20126 Choi Si Young The Current Situation  The outbreak of COVID-19 has made the education gap a bigger problem. 774.2 million students worldwide had their schools closed during the pandemic which resulted in a long term for virtual learning. What Is the Problem? In this situation, some might think that remote learning fits, and is convenient or better for health issues. However, the fact is that it has been hurting many students’ learning, emotional health and social development.  Educational Professor Tamar Kushnir said “Virtual learning is not as effective as the environment of in-person education. The best way for children to learn is in the real world, learning from play and learning from social interaction. Sitting in front of a screen is not a way to make children learn and keep their attention and children have lost a lot of ground in their learning.”  Currently, social development has had more impact than language development.  “Socialization requ...

  written by 20720 Jeong Da Eun According to the Korea Suicide Prevention Center, the number of teenage suicides nationwide stood at 320 last year, up about 7% from 300 in 2019.  While in 1990 there were, on average across the OECD, 8.5 suicides per 100 000 teenagers (15-19), by 2015 this rate had fallen to 7.4. This is analyzed as a result of the social chaos caused by COVID-19. The virus has been negatively affecting the mental health of teenagers. Because of COVID -19, teenagers can't go out and meet friends. Previously, academic stress was a big factor, but now corona lethargy is the main cause. Why Is the Suicide Rate Increasing? Prior to COVID-19, South Korea had the highest suicide rate among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD) countries.  Among the reasons why teenagers commit suicide, the first is mental causes such as depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, and behavioral disorder. Depression increases the chances...

  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...