The annual New York Times Asia-Pacific Writing Competition challenges international students to express their opinions on news stories and current affairs. This year’s competition theme is Our World: 2050, where students need to write a 500-word essay about wh... More »
Bangtan Sonyundan, also referred to as BTS or Bangtan boys, has become one of the worlds biggest K-pop acts, but with this comes a great amount of stress and pressure from their fans and company. Always being put in the spotlight can become overwhelming over t... More »
Over the past few years, the Chinese government has started to notice the enormous garbage problem in the country and has planned to implement new policies rectifying this issue. China has implemented a new residue system in “102 residential communities, 17 ci... More »
On June 22, 2019, Pewdiepie (a well-known Youtube creator) started a Minecraft series that is still going on today. That very next day, Minecraft had a trending spike on the internet. The spike started gradually increasing till this day. Some people say that h... More »
Over the past decade, movie and television show remakes and reboots have become a regular presence in the film industry. All-time favorite screenplays have regularly been turned into fascinating stories linked to the original version, usually encompassing a mo... More »
Boba tea, also known as the bubble tea, became really popular in Asia during the last couple of years and has currently developed a strong market in the US and some European countries as well. At the moment, boba tea is very trendy worldwide and has been influ... More »
On August 2, Japan announced that South Korea is officially removed from Japan’s White List—a list of countries given preferential treatment on trade. Due to this decision, Japan will be restricting exports of three major chemicals that are essential for Korea... More »
Aladdin is a 2019 movie remake directed by Guy Ritchie retelling the original 1992 animated classic of the same name. It tells the story of a street thief named Aladdin (Mena Massoud) bumps into Princess Jasmine (Naomi Scott) of Agrabah. In order to try and wi... More »
Welcome to Dr. Chen’s exclusive tips on how to stay in shape over the summer. Students will soon be able to relax and enjoy their summer vacation and many of you, I assume, already have your summer vacation planned out–whether it be staying in Guangzhou, trave... More »
Movies have been a major part of pop culture since the 1800s and are still influencing many people today. The most notable home of the filmmaking industry is Hollywood. However, the public has been speculating whether or not it has been running out of ideas, d... More »
This is a collaboration piece of Ben K. and Carmen C. School of Performing Arts, Seoul (SOPA) is by far, the most popular and well-known performing arts high-school in Korea. This school is known for their famous alumni in the K-Pop industry: Sehun of EXO, Mar... More »
Seung Ri, or Lee Seung Hyun (이승현), was a member of a popular boy group called BIGBANG. After receiving over 187 music awards including “Album of the Year,” “Artists of the Year,” and “Song of the Year,” BIGBANG was dubbed as a legend of K-POP (source). Current... More »