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The reality of migrant workers seen through the musical <Hadestown> Many internationally licensed musicals have recently appeared in Korea, some dealing with contemporary social issues. In this article, we will discuss the meaning of Hadestown, a musical about migrant workers.  In the musical Hadestown, the character of Eurydice is introduced. She cannot escape her poverty and is approached by Hades, the owner of an underground mine. He offers her the option to ..
Declaration of Principles for Free Speech PREAMBLE The press conveys facts to the public through print and media and makes public opinion. Thus, the press has a powerful influence on society. However, there have been various problems in the past with the press with great power. Typically, in 1960s military dictatorship in Korea, authorities and capitalists suppressed the press and information to reinforce and maintain their power. Under..
Journalism, can this industry still survive in the next generation? It’s time to have a debate Journalists and reporters are people in charge of writing news and reporting information to the public. According to the search, we are able to find diverse kinds of journalists depending on roles and workplaces. For instance, there are newspaper, broadcasting reporter, editorial writer and commentator who comment the news, editor or desk working in editing news and statement, and photo-journali..
The Ice Bucket Challenge: social changes that social media makes Social media is a kind of new online platform. Everyone shares their own opinion and various information as speaker and reader. It is different from traditional media such as newspapers that only the speaker of media transmits information. In social media, new social problems are brought up to the surface and the public tries to solve those problems. One of the examples of trying to solve social..
Rising Trend In Educational Discipline: STEAM The integration and application of gained knowledge across multiple domains is crucial in the knowledge and information society, where numerous things, including big data and AI, have lately gone digital. This is obviously not the same as the pursuit of fixed knowledge that characterizes the industrial age. Furthermore, in an effort to seize Korea's chance to lead the intelligent information soc..
The Role of Media in War In October 2023, the war began as the Palestinian militant group Hamas crossed the separation barrier from Gaza and launched an attack on southern Israel. The attacks on each other continued, and this led to horrible consequences that the lives of many innocent people sacrificed. In addition, the Russian-Ukrainian war is also making terrible situations. The question is, how do we get all this in..
Trash Balloons, and Relationships Between North Korea and South Korea, Is It Okay as It Is? Trash balloons from North Korea have been an issue in South Korea lately. On May 10, an anti-North Korean civilian group released 300,000 North Korean flyers in the name of freedom of expression. Then, on May 26, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced that the North would soon release "a large number of tissues and trash in South Korea" and that "they will experience firsthand what it t..
K-tourism Korea has been struggling with a travel trade deficit for several years. The travel trade balance is the difference between the amount spent by foreign tourists visiting Korea (tourism income) and the amount paid by Korean tourists abroad (tourism expenditure). Since the worsening of this deficit due to COVID-19, the recovery has been slow and not substantial.    In 2023, one-third of foreign to..