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  Opinion Is It Better to Study Alone or With Friends? Many students study every day, but everyone has a different way of doing it. Some people like to study alone in a quiet place. Others like to study with friends. I think studying with friends is better because it helps me understand more, stay happy, and not give up easily. When I study with friends, I can ask questions and get help right away. For example, if I don’t understand a math problem,..

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  Opinion Same Hangeul, Different World: The Language Barrier for North Korean Defectors Do you know the movie 'Escape'? The film all about a North Korean soldier's plans to escape, simply because he yearns for basic freedom. As you can see, these days, many media outlets are focusing on North Korean defectors, aiming to re-evaluate how we perceive them. Whenever news about how defectors' social integration challenges or, at times, their heartbreaking attempts to 're-enter North Kor..

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  Opinion Englishization: A Bridge and a Barrier As society came to face the inevitable globalization, being able to speak ‘English’has become one of the most powerful factor. English is the main language that’s used in almost all sections including international meeting, academy, and media. With this change, English is positioned to play a role in deciding the social status and -ability to speak of oneself. A matter of time for English to bec..

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  Opinion Beyond pages: The True Meaning of Reading in the Digital World “So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install a lovely bookshelf on the wall.”said Roald Dahl, a British novelist. To original readers, the advent of electric devices meant a serious disruption towards reading. However, with the advancement of technology, readers or tutors who use electric devices in order to read or learn are constantly incr..

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  Opinion Which Is Correct: My Interpretation or the Author's? When we read literature or appreciate a work of art, one of the most fundamental questions we ask is, "What is the true meaning of this work?" And that question quickly leads to the question, "Which interpretation is more correct: the author's or my own?" This question isn't simply a question of "who is right?" but also a philosophical debate surrounding where meaning is generated. Authorial Int..

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  Opinion How Book Clubs Inspire Teenagers According to research by the National Literacy Trust in 2025, reading is slowly disappearing from teenagers’ daily lives. Many young people spend more time on their smartphones than reading books. As a result, the reading culture is weakening among students. However, book clubs are emerging as a powerful way to bring it back. Book clubs help students not only enjoy reading but also develop their..

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  Opinion Beyond the Screen: How Media Creates Our Reality The framing effect is a phenomenon in which judgment or choice varies depending on how others deliver the same content. It is a cognitive bias phenomenon in which people's interpretation and decision-making vary depending on how the content is presented. In other words, when positive opinions are applied, positive conclusions are more likely to be drawn, and when negative opinions are applied, n..

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  Opinion In the OTT Era, What Are Theaters Really for? Of course, OTT is the trend of the moment with the development of technology, so we cannot deny its efficiency and convenience. But we have to think about how the convenience cannot replace all values. Sharing emotions with people is humanity that developing technology cannot replace, and we canmostly find that humanity in movie theaters. Why don't you stop the movie that was playing on your pho..

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  Opinion Growing with AI in the Classroom: Finding the Balance Between Technology and Thinking "Today, I'll write while practicing writing with ChatGPT" is a phrase heard in high school classrooms these days. Even in classrooms, lessons using artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming more prevalent. Students are using AI to get feedback for writing, find debatable topics, and to repair pr onunciation in foreign language classes. But does this shift actually provide higher quality of learn..

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  Opinion OTT Exclusive Broadcasts Threaten the Public Nature of Sports Recently, various OTT platforms have started getting exclusive rights to broadcast major sports such as the World Cup and Korean professional leagues, leading to many cases where content has shifted to paid services. The Korean professional leagues, which attract significant public attention, were originally free to watch for everyone, but after becoming available only through paid services, the..