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                                                                                    written by 20321 Yim Tae Hee With the strong support of Democrats, the Biden administration signed for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill in March. That stimulus package includes direct payments to Americans, financial support for local governments, and additional aid for COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Among those subsidies, raising the federal minimum wage is the most controversial part.  In the U.S., the federal minimum wage is the lower limit, and the states can make an adjustment on it. It usually reflects on the local economic situation of each state. Republicans disagree with it   Since 2009, it has been $7.25 per hour but Democrats are trying to raise it to $15 by 2025. They dra...

     written by 20305 Kim Min Chae Bitcoin’s surge has been continuing since last fall. This is because money that wasn’t able to find an investment destination at an ultra-low interest rate flowed into cryptocurrency due to the COVID-19 crisis. The current situation of Bitcoin The decisive factors for individuals to invest in Bitcoins was that famous companies such as PayPal, Tesla, and Morgan Stanley bought coins or entered related businesses. Individual investors are relieved that it is “at least not a fraud.” Bitcoin’s domestic price surpassed 81 million won and the U.S. market price surpassed 64,000 dollars. It was record breaking again.  It has doubled this year and jumped more than 10 times in a year. Inside and outside the industry, there are simultaneous claims that “the real rise is from now on” and warnings that “it is almost at the top.” Warnings Ho...

                                                                                written by 10223 Choi Jae Hyuk With each passing day, more and more stories of Asian Americans receiving anything ranging from strange looks to verbal abuse to violent beatdowns pop up in social media. Hate crimes against Asians in the U.S. saw a 150% increase in 2020 according to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism. Why could this be happening? Experts believe the spread of COVID-19 and former President Donald Trump’s stance on the pandemic may have been the motivators. China’s failure to report the outbreak of the virus in Wuhan back in December 2019 bought a lot of criticism from the international community. Many politicians and news sources addressed it as the “Chinese virus” or “Wuhan virus”, inc...

                                                                                          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...