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Taking a trip is one of the things which comes to mind when people feel tired and exhausted. This is because it can give them a boost again by escaping from their repetitive routines. However, the protracted COVID-19 situation has made overseas travel’ an out-of-date idea, while the demand for domestic travel skyrocketed. People who used to travel abroad are now fervently turning their eyes to domestic destinations. In addition, the overall trend of travel has been changing. According to data from the travel company, Yanolja, in August, recent popular keywords in leisure and cultural activities form the acronym ‘SUPER’ which stands for ‘Supreme’, ‘Untact’, ‘Private’, ‘Experience’, ‘Rebound.’ | |
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K-Pop is a popular Korean music genre that is currently gaining popularity overseas. People can meet K-Pop around the world, including on the U.S. Billboard chart and are fascinating Japanese Oricon chart. Korean Idols made their debut into an interesting universe and have various concepts and narratives that fascinate people. Idol performances are even highly praised as a kind of art and are receiving a lot of attention. As a result, Korean idols are entering the world via overseas performance tours and TV programs as well as concerts and fan meetings at home. | |
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In 2021, COVID-19 has changed and regulated many of the things that mankind took for granted and freely enjoyed before. Not being able to go abroad, to travel or study, is probably the harshest change that people face in this new reality. In fact, it is quite easy to find people whose plans had been ruined and there are many others eager to go abroad. This situation applies to not only local people but also billions of people all around the world. Maybe because of this, a Korean theme park had been built in Malaya Park, 260km southeast from Jakarta. | |
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A reason AI (Artificial Intelligence) recently became prominent is a famous Go (Baduk) player, Lee Sedol and his AI counterpart, AlphaGo. AI is now pushing back the frontiers of art. Representatively in 2018, the portrait painted by AI Obvious, was sold for 490 million won. This occurrence, that an AI painting was sold at a much higher price than Andy Warhol’s paintings shocked people at the time. Also, in 2019, human artist ‘Doomin’ and robot ‘AI Imagine’ collaborated to create artwork. It is evident that AI is increasingly used as a new genre in the art world. | |
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Many people are spending a lot of time in the house because of COVID-19, so they feel depression in daily life which unexpectedly changed, to the point where the word ‘Corona Blue’ which combines COVID-19 and blue were made. So that people make things hum in life and appease melancholy by giving new changes in the house through self-interior, tips for self-interior which becomes trendy will be introduced. I can get some tips from Choi Jong-myung, a professor of the Dept. of Clothing & Textiles at CBNU, and Park Ji-min, a professor of the Dept. of Residential Environment at CBNU and a head of Heights Design. | |
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This year, which was difficult because of the COVID-19, is already coming to its end. Recently, at Halloween, some people gathered in the streets such as in ‘Itaewon’ and ‘Hongdae’ without following the quarantine guidelines and it caused many people to frown upon them. On November 7, as the quarantine guidelines have been changed to the first stage of social distancing, we wanted to to find out how people and companies around us are preparing and planning for enjoying Christmas, one of the year-end events. -Ed. | |
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COVID-19 has been greatly affecting our everyday lives thus the term ‘post corona era’ is now widely used. Since the time people spend at home has been drastically increased, so-called ‘Stay at home plays’ appeared. The trendiest activities are definitely cooking tricky dishes with challenging and complicated recipes. In this article, CBT would like to introduce some of these challenging recipes and COVID-19 Daily Stay-at-Home Contest. | |
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Cafes are changing to suit the needs of their customers, as ‘after-dinner desserts’ has become a natural custom and the popularity of cafes has increased day by day and the age range of visitors has diversified. Therefore, if you look at the shops in the downtown area, you can see various kinds of cafes, such as tarot cafes, cartoon cafes, and room cafes. So what is the definition of an original cafe? The definition of a cafe, generally known to people, is a restaurant where you can have a light meal or drink tea. | |
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The issue that aroused the most changes in 2020 is COVID-19. Accordingly, the aspect of cultural life, which people enjoyed freely, also has been changing. Various cultural events and festivals have been cancelled or held online in the social distancing period. Let’s check out what interesting events and festivals people can enjoy from the safety of their own homes. | |
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As technologies using A.I. are developing, deep fake videos made by deep learning technology are becoming a social issue. CBNU students might have seen one on Youtube. Let’s go check what deepfake is and why it’s an issue right now. -Ed. | |
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Recently, movies that spotlight social issues have been gaining huge popularity from the public. Movies about problems not only provide fun and excitement but also encourage the audience to recognize social problems and show what might happen in reality. CBT researched the characteristics of these movies and some of the leading social problem movies. | |
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Have you heard the term Millennials before? The term showed up in the book named Generations, Future of The United States, which was written by Neil Howe and William M. Straus, for the first time in 1991, and it refers to the generation that was born between the early 1980s and early 2000s. For the November issue, CBT investigated Korean Millennials and the conflict between Korean Millennials and the older generations. | |
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Various traditional festivals, like Rio Carnival in Brazil, La Tomatina in Spain, and Oktoberfest in Germany, are held worldwide. In Korea, there are festivals like the Danoje Festival and the First Full Moon Festival. However, in the Japanese colonial period, Japan tried to erase Korean culture and the festivals were not allowed. After National Liberation Day in 1945, Korea couldn’t afford to hold festivals owing to the Korean War and the faltering economy. Now, people are trying to restore Korean traditions and culture, and traditional festivals have come back increasingly. | |
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Lots of college students who are preparing for the next semester are looking back on their vacation. Some students may have studied things they had no time for during the past semester, others may have traveled domestically or abroad, and others may have spent their time watching Netflix and enjoying the air-conditioning in bed to escape the scorching hot summer. In this article, CBT will cover Over the Top (OTT), which refers to online services where people can pick from a variety of interesting TV programs to watch. Why has it become so popular? Which OTT programs suits which people? Let’s find out. | |
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Airbnb, Uber, Facebook, Apple, Alibaba. What do these companies have in common? These companies are platform businesses. Airbnb surpassed Marriott’s profits. Uber exceeded BMW’s market value despite having only one-tenth of the employees. The perfect product helped with Apple’s success, but Apple outdid Blackberry’s and Nokia’s sales volumes only after introducing its app store. The upturns of companies using a platform don’t only apply to overseas companies. There are many platform companies in Korea in IT, finance, marketing, and distribution. | |
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There is a saying, “What goes around comes around.’’ Recently, restoration is in fashion. However, this restoration is different from before when people were just feeling nostalgic. The younger generations, who have not experienced past things, created a new culture by enjoying retro in a different way. This phenomenon is called ‘new-tro’. (This term was introduced in the book ‘Trend Korea 2019’.) It is a portmanteau of ‘new’ and ‘retro’, and it refers to restoration with a new look and function. | |
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Many adults are now living in troubled times with many worries such as job preparation, relationships, living expenses, and providing for the elderly. However, many people are not sufficiently primed to prepare for these concerns. They are called ‘kidults’ in modern society. In this article, we are going to find out what things have comforted or are now comforting kidults. -Ed. | |
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The North-South Korean have had 5 times summit including the latest summit which happened in Semptember 18th to 20th. Recently, interest of South Korean in North Korea gets higher exchange between the North and South Korean being activated. The Korean Peninsula has been divided into south and north for a long time. After North and South Korea which were Koreans before, were separated and times passes, cross-culture arises. Then, What is North Korean culture different ours? | |
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On October 31st of every year, people who enjoy Halloween wear different costumes, and many people enjoy seeing them. In particular, the number of people wearing outfits by making costumes themselves is increasing. They even look more like the characters nowadays. Let’s find out why this trend is popular on Halloween day and what kinds of traditions there are. | |
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A metropolis was suffering on a tropical night. On August 1st, Seoul observed the highest temperature in 111 years, since the Korea Meteorological Administration started keeping records. Japan has also been having a heat wave. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the highest temperature recorded on July 23rd was 41.1˚C in the Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture. The murderous heat from global warming is sweeping Korea and Japan. | |
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