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This winter, the drama ¡®SKY Castle¡¯, which was broadcast on JTBC, recorded the highest viewing rate ever. This drama became hugely popular. The topic of this drama was the overheated education system. In some ways, people could feel bored with this topic. How did this drama find success? The drama showed some families who tried to solidify their status by secretly hiring university admissions coordinators for their kids to enter Seoul Medical School. | |
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¡®Trend Korea¡¯ is a book series where professors of each field research and write the upcoming trends of Korea for the Consumption Trend Analysis Center of Seoul National University. The CBT figured out the future trends of Korea through ¡®Trend Korea¡¯. The keywords that ¡®Trend Korea¡¯ has suggested since 2007 consist of 10 letters relating to each year¡¯s animal. The keyword of 2019, the Year of the Swine, is Piggy Dream. | |
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¡®Gapjil¡¯ is a Korean word that means abusing power against inferior people. The shocking abuse of power by the group chairman Yang Jin-ho has become public knowledge and has raised criticism of such abuse again. There have been many cases of abusing power, but the case of Yang Jin-ho was especially severe. Therefore, it shocked people more than previous cases of power abuse. | |
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Everybody has probably sung ¡®Pick Me¡¯ at least once. Produce created three successful K-pop groups. Produce 101, which was season 1, produced I.O.I., and season 2 produced the boy group Wanna One. Also, Produce 48, the third season, was a TV program that collaborated with the Japanese girl group AKB 48. It eventually produced the girl group IZ*ONE. While various survival audition programs have been broadcast, some viewers got tired of similar survival audition programs. Nevertheless, many viewers are waiting for the next season of Produce. | |
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Nowadays, our society has a growing affinity for cats. More people are raising cats than ever before, and cats stand out conspicuously in our modern lifestyle. Students can see cats walking around CBNU, and they can see a lot of cat-related books listed in the bookstores. Also, Webtoon, YouTube, and other related content providers are showing ways of raising cats and sharing subscribers¡¯ stories to readers. Even on social networks like Instagram, the number of cat videos has increased, and the number of cat owners has increased as well. | |
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The entertainment programs respond to trends quickly. When people search for the keywords ¡®entertainment program,¡¯ they can see information about the programs that are due to be shown, ones that are on air, and ones that were cancelled. Sometimes, people find some programs that ended after searching. There have been many programs that ended within the last three months. In this age of excessive entertainment, entertainment programs with citizen cast members are gaining popularity and becoming a trend. The entertainment programs with citizen cast members aren¡¯t just entertaining programs. | |
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People are afraid of scary things, but people want to experience various horror activities. It is an ironic phenomenon, so the CBT looked into the psychological and physical reasons why people take different attitudes about fear. osts and horror movies. Horror stories poured from the films and TV shows this summer. The reason for this is the high demand for horror stories that people find enjoyable. They watch horror movies while covering their eyes and grasping the hands of a friend. Also, people go on dizzy amusement park rides with fear. | |
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As technology has developed and income levels have risen, the ways that people enjoy fear have improved in many ways. In the past, people were able to experience fear only through films, comic books or novels, but now people can enjoy fear more realistically by creating their own horror event or creating an environment where people can experience horror. | |
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These days, most people use more than one SNS service such as Facebook, Instagram or Kakao-story. According to a survey by the Ministry of Science and ICT, more than 80% of Koreans are using SNS and more than 90% of young people in their twenties are using SNS. The increasing usage of SNS affects product advertisements. Products in various fields are publicized on SNS. Some of them get thousands of ¡°Likes¡± on SNS and are well-known to people. | |
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A customer who visits a café might be asked, ¡°Would you like to drink that here?¡± Since Aug. 1, 2018, under a directive from the Ministry of Environment, cafes all around the nation must not serve a disposal plastic cup to a customer who drinks inside the store. Following a law about saving resources and boosting recycling, the government will impose a maximum 2 million won fine if a store serves plastic cups to in-door customers. | |
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As the North-South Korean summit was held on April 27, more and more people are taking a positive view of North Korea. Many people began to feel positive when they saw Kim Jong-un at the summit. On the other hand, there are some concerns that it is too early to judge Kim Jong-un by his behavior at the summit, and we have to take heed of this situation. What did CBNU students think about the change in the relationship between North and South Korea? In addition, how did the media outlets affect people¡¯s views? | |
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Fine dust is a dust in which its radius is less than 10§ (micrometer, 1§ = 1/1000mm), and it is known as PM (Particulate Matter)10. Usually, it is emitted from car exhaust or factory chimneys, and it also refers to a dust of very small size, like China¡¯s yellow dust or severe smog. Additionally, we call dust with a radius of less than 2.5§ as ultra-fine particles, and since 2011, Korea has been measuring ultra-fine particles. | |
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In the past, the program ¡®We Got Married¡¯ was famous. However, nowadays, there is a popular TV program, ¡®I Live By Myself¡¯, that shows the lives of people living alone. Times are changing, and also the trends in broadcasting are changing. Readers may not be used to the term ¡®unmarried people¡¯. What is the definition of ¡®unmarried people¡¯? In the past, people who were not married were called singles. Recently, the increase of unmarried people is because of the appearance of ¡®celibates¡¯. | |
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On March 10, a speech was given during a campaign to support an election in Moon Township, Pennsylvania in the United States. On that day, before going to a speech, Trump said, ¡°I think North Korea will do very well. I can trust the North¡¯s intention, and my decision is not impetuous. I can now say Kim Jong-un wants peace, and it is time to do so.¡± He uploaded four tweets about North Korea and drew many people¡¯s attention. | |
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Recently, accidental fires have occurred repeatedly. On December 21, 2017, there was a big fire in Jecheon. Shortly afterward, a big fire happened in Sejong Hospital located in Gyeongnam. It started in the ceiling of the nurses¡¯ fitting room. It caused forty-eight deaths, and everyone was saddened by the news. It is urgent to find out the causes and seek ways to prevent future fires. | |
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Based on the writings of International Business Machines Corporation(IBM) Institute for Business Value, ¡®Generation Z will reach 27% of the population with an estimated population of 2.6 billion in 2020, with annual consumption of about $44 billion in 2014.¡¯ Generation Y have been popular up to now, but there is a tendency to pay closer attention to Generation Z for the future. | |
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Recently, as the dog of a famous star bit and killed the owner of a famous Korean restaurant, incidents of dog bites have become a serious social issue. In Korea, where over 20% of the households raise dogs, accidents where people get hurt or die from dog bites are increasing. According to the Korea Consumer Agency, there were only 245 accidents in 2011, but last year, the number quadrupled to 1,019 accidents. | |
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Recently, a sexual assault by a superior in Hanssem Company made the headlines and became a hot topic. In November, a text was posted on a community site that included the words, ¡°I suffered from a hidden camera, sexual assault and rape in my company for four days after I entered a company.¡± News of this incident spread quickly after the woman accused her assailant. | |
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Last August 30th, there was a big issue on the official website of the Blue House when someone demanded a revision to the law to allow women to participate in the transition of mandatory military service. The petition closed on September 14, and about 120,000 people signed it. Through the petition, the conflicts between males and females escalated, and a number of petitions regarding gender equality were posted by each side. | |
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¾öÄ«, ½Ã°, ¶òÀÛ, Ä¿¿±´Ù, and ´ó´óÀÌ. How many new words do you know among these five? These words are newly-coined words which are particularly prevalent in teens and twentysomethings¡¯ daily lives. ¡®¾öÄ«¡¯ and ¡®½Ã°¡¯ mean ¡®mother¡¯s card¡¯ and ¡®catching one¡¯s eyes¡¯ respectively. They are abbreviations. ¶òÀÛ and Ä¿¿±´Ù are called ¾ß¹ÎÁ¤À½, which are pretty much the same as ¸íÀÛ(masterpiece) and ±Í¿±´Ù(cute). | |
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