President Trump has once again taken another action with his “America First” rhetoric that he has flaunted since the beginning his presidential campaign by placing tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from US allies, including Mexico. Steel imports from EU, Mexico and Canada has gone into effect since June of this year, increasing the taxes […]

Climate Change Ruixuan Liu The global warming problem is something people are worried about all the time. There are two articles about climate change, Krauthammer’s article “Myth of ‘Settled’ Science” and McKibben’s article “A Moral Atmosphere”. Both authors expressed their views in the articles. Are there any similar ideas in these articles? Comparing the “Myth […]

Nancy Liu Having your smartphone nearby takes a toll on your thinking We all notice that almost everyone has a smartphone and they rely on the phone. I was wondering about why people have to use their phone and they cannot live without their cellphone. This article tells us the negative effects of having phone […]

Gyeongju Earthquake S.M.Byun The earthquake occurred on September 12, 2016 near Gyeongju. It was the strongest ever recorded in the country since 1978, measuring 5.4 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred about 50 minutes after a 5.1-magnitude quake hit the city at 7:44 p.m. The epicenter for the first quake was the Naenam Elementary School […]

It is hard to not notice that India is going through a massive social change. Adultery is not a crime any more. Women are permitted to enter the Kerala temple. Gay sex is legalized. The country’s national ID program known as Aadhaar was pruned back to take privacy concerns into consideration. India’s Supreme Court has […]

South Korea joined the UNHCR Refugee Convention in 1992 and became the first Asian country with a refugee law system in 2013. Although this sounded like a big moral feat in theory, the recent controversy over Yemeni refugees entering the nation through Jeju Island shows how Korea still has a long way to go. Turmoil […]