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Sat, September 23, 2023 | 21:10

'My Garden': Choi Myung-ae's artworks

'My Garden': Choi Myung-ae's artworks

The exhibition "My Garden: Choi Myung-ae" is currently being held at Gallery Joeun in Itaewon, near the Leeum Museum in Seoul. It began on July 13 and will continue until Aug. 5. I had the pleasure of attending the exhibition through a special invitation from the gallery, where I received detailed explanations about Choi's distinctive works directly from the artist herself.

2023-07-27 16:30

Arguing, argument and argumentation

Arguing, argument and argumentation

Disagreements and conflicts are inevitable in a democratic society. Especially in the case of South Korea, which has achieved compressed modernization in a short period of time. Here the situation is especially grave. As an extreme example, the political quarrel over responsibility and countermeasures for recent devastating flood damage has exhausted the entire nation.

2023-07-26 16:30

Love song for Sura

Love song for Sura

By Kim Sun-aeI twice watched the documentary “Sura: A Love Song” (2022). Sura in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, Korea, is the last remaining tidal flat in the Saemangeum reclamation project. Before the reclamation, people could see the magnificent dance of tens of thousands of great knots flying together in Saemangeum, swirling with the wind. Many migratory birds ...

2023-07-25 16:30

Merits of lifelong learning

Merits of lifelong learning

I admire and worship the inspirational epigram of Mahatma Gandhi: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” When I looked back over the past 90-odd years of my life, I realized by chance that I too had been learning as if I would live forever, trying to learn something or anything so eagerly and constantly every day, year after year..

2023-07-24 16:30

Summer gardening

Summer gardening

I had a dream last night. In my dream, my eldest brother let me talk before people. He thought that I could share more efficiently because I have some experience.

2023-07-23 16:30

House Speaker McCarthy's big win on debt

House Speaker McCarthy's big win on debt

By Arthur I. CyrThe agreement at the end of May by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Joe Biden to raise the ceiling on national debt, then confirmed by Congress, is of continuing significance. The deal is a major victory for Congressional Republicans, and for pragmatic good sense. That is no small matter in the highly partisan, o...

2023-07-20 16:30

Nature and ourselves

Nature and ourselves

Some scholars and activists argue that human beings have ruined nature and that it is high time we preserve and conserve our natural environment, particularly for future generations. We have been suffering a lot from environmental degradation. The phenomena of our ravaged natural world, including heat waves, global warming, loss of glaciers and sea level rise, seem endless. P...

2023-07-19 16:30

Be a blessing

The Dead Sea, a landlocked sea located in the desert in southern Israel, is famously known for its high salinity, which enables people to float due to increased buoyancy. As its name implies, the hypersaline lake is inhospitable for any lifeform to flourish in, leaving the surrounding areas deserted.

2023-07-18 16:30

Angelic people

Have you ever experienced that you are healed and refreshed during sleep? Do you believe in the communal presence of guardian angels among us?

2023-07-17 16:30

A disaster unfolds

A disaster unfolds

The Japanese government's decision to discharge radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea has sparked widespread concern and raised significant questions regarding the potential consequences for the environment and human health.

2023-07-16 16:30

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