FEATURE How to Empathize Without Seeing Each Other NO.365 MAR 2021
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About SMT
The Sookmyung Times (SMT) is the only official En- glish Newspaper at Sookmyung Women's University. Founded in 1973, 2020 marks its 48th anniversary. SMT publishes a hardcopy magazine each March, April, June, September, October, and December and publishes a webzine each May and November. The Sookmyung Times office is located in the Student Union, room 309. 12
03 12 21 COVERSTORY PUBLISHER President Chang Yunkeum Death Sentence for 03 K-Quarantine 28 DIRECTOR Professor Shim Sookyoung LETTER GLOBAL REPORT COPY EDITOR Professor Matilda Krivan Time To Change The World Is Wide, and EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Sang Lim Hyeji 16 You Can Go Anywhere CULTURE SECTION EDITOR Kim Lee Hyunmin 04 FOCUS ON CULTURE SECTION EDITOR Ahn Ha Yura Ready for the New ALUMNAE Semester 30 SOCIETY SECTION EDITOR Jung Kim Hyeseung One Way To Express FORMAL ARTICLE SOCIETY SECTION EDITOR Oh Hwang Junhee Yourself Is in a Drawing 18 WOMAN SECTION EDITOR Kim Han Yujin PEOPLE 32 WOMAN SECTION EDITOR Kwak Lee Shinyoung 06 The Helper: A person ADIEU SMT WOMAN SECTION EDITOR Lee Hwang Hayoung ON CAMPUS who is always with you So Long, Farewell CULTURE SECTION EDITOR Choi Song Bojeong CULTURE SECTION EDITOR Kwon Jung Eunseo 08 21 34 SOCIETY SECTION EDITOR Na Cho Seongah CHEONGPA SMTRACING SOOK PICK TEL 02)710-9152 RUNWAY Sookmyungians Gather Songs for the New Online smtimes.sookmyung.ac.kr A Refreshing Spring Year's Playlist www.facebook.com/thesookmyungtimes With Beautiful Outfits @sookmyungtimes 24 35 DESIGNED BY ROUM 09 EXPERIENCE HEAD TO HEAD Physically Far Away, But KAKAO TALK @ FEATURE 로움 Mentally Close by TEL 010-5343-5357 How to Empathize Without Seeing Each Other 26 SMT CULTURE Would You Like to Find Your Destiny?
CRITICAL VOICE TO CHANGE THE WORLD LETTER
Time To Change This is the first 'The Sookmyung Times' of 2021. An unimaginable year has passed, and a new year has begun. How are you planning on spending the school year? Will you be complacent and go along with the status quo or will you show some fresh innovation? Personally, I would love to stay in the previous year. We might not be able to look ahead this year again, and everything that we planned might be wasted. We might be struggling through difficulties that we would have never imagined. But we can't live in the past. Change always comes unexpectedly. This year, I began the year as new editor-in-chief of The Sookmyung Times. I am neither good at writing nor a talented writer, but I accepted the position because I wanted to push through the struggles and see my new potential through change. Although this issue is my first as editor-in-chief, I will try hard to make The Sookmyung Times excellent. I promise to be more responsible and careful, which will require a lot of effort on my part. These changes are the kind of effort and development I will go through until the end of this year. Sookmyungians, I guess you will also experience a number of changes over the year. While the changes may be unfamiliar and awkward, our lives will continue and there will be a continual series of new changes. It is only through progress towards a new tomorrow that we will grow accustomed to change. I hope change and the drive to face change are the driving forces for you this year. Find the year,a year of challenge, a year of overcoming limitations, and a year that moves you forward in life. "Make your Change by yourself. Change does not happen on its own."
Sang Lim Hyeji / Editor-in-Chief / [email protected]
NO 365 / MAR 2021 3 ALUMNAE
One Way to Express Yourself Is in a Drawing
People communicate with others in various ways. For example, a musician delivers their story through the lyrics of a song and a novelist delivers their story through the written word. There are even those that communicate with others through drawings. The drawings of characters and stories deliver something to others and make them sense various emotions. SMT interviewed cartoon artist Lee Dawoon, who bestows a variety of emotions onto people looking at her cartoons that depict daily life and travel stories.
Choi Song Bojeong / Culture Section Editor / [email protected]
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Before we start the interview, please a fourth-year student at college, and one day, how to edit designs so that they shine and the introduce yourself to our readers. reality hit me. I sat still in my dormitory product is successful. I believe that what I My name is Lee Dawoon and I published worrying about the future. Would my long- learned there helped me a lot in the character cartoons for the Naver Best Challenge and cherished dream of drawing cartoons come industry. I learned about the way to deal with the First League of Daum Webtoon. I am to end before it had even started? I decided some programs and about commercialization currently working under the pseudonym right then and there to challenge myself, which were both definitely helpful. so I took out my tablet and drew a cartoon 'Down' on my @0_713 Instagram account. I One of your most renowned drawing mainly draw cartoons and create emoticons. about my daily life. I thought about where to series is 'Good Day', which depicts And I also try to communicate with my upload my cartoon, but after some thought, I stories of everyday life. What readers through collaborative activities with decided to upload it onto Naver's challenge prompted you to use everyday life various companies. cartoon section. It was my first posting of a cartoon drawing, but it became the most stories as the basis of your work? When did you first dream of popular cartoon of the day. Thanks to the I would love to say I thought it would be becoming a cartoon artist and begin confidence I gained on this day, I have been meaningful to record and share my daily working on that dream? drawing ever since. life, but in all honesty, it was the only thing I dreamt about drawing vaguely since early that came to mind as a fourth-year student You graduated from a College of worrying about life after school. Now as I childhood. And as an elementary school Fine Arts. How has your training at student, I materialized my dream as an look back, I think I made an excellent choice the college helped you as a cartoon to use daily life as a theme. I'm glad people animation writer or a webtoon writer. When artist? I became 20 years old, I bought a cheap who look at my work remember my days and tablet with money that I earned by working I actually majored in industrial design at a share mutual feelings with me about their part-time at an art academy. However, College of Fine Arts, and completed my daily life. I didn't know what I should focus my degree in 2017. The Department of Industrial The series 'Good Day' has been drawing on, and to make matters worse, my Design took me beyond product design, I operating since January 2016. It undergraduate life was busy. Soon I became learned about the overall design industry and
4 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES work? I suppose the absence of income was the hardest. When I first started, I had to take up extra jobs such as working part-time at a café. I had a hard time earning a decent income just from those part-time jobs and having no sense of belonging, so I often thought about employment. Reflecting on things now, there was no need to be so impatient. I'm not sure why I was so afraid of everything at that time. Then, how did you overcome your currently has 186 episodes on the hardship? each next episode. I have only focused on Naver homepage, and this means I was able to keep on with my dream because emotion and daily life, but I would like to the cartoon series has had 186 weeks there were people and things that supported expand my repertoire. If I have a chance, of publication. How did you keep and comforted me. One of my dearest one day I would love to get into stories or coming up with great ideas for the friends is 'Remy', the mouse in the movie cartoons on the subject of romance. I am cartoon over such a long time?
NO 365 / MAR 2021 5 ON CAMPUS
Beginning of HULT PRIZE at Sookmyung
On November 28, 2020, the HULT PRIZE competition was at Sookmyung Women's University. HULT PRIZE is a global startup competition organized by the Hult Prize Foundation and sponsored by the UN. The competition challenges university students from around the world to solve social problems through a business perspective. It is comprised of four steps: individual university competition stage, regionals, semi final stage named 'accelerator', and the final UN stage. A team that has won their university competition stage level qualifies for regionals. The final stage is the UN competition, which has teams from campuses around the world compete against each other. The theme for the 2020 HULT PRIZE was 'Food for Good'. Under the idea of "Transforming food into a vehicle for change", teams should discuss food as both a necessity for life but also as a means for human prosperity. Nam Siyeon, director of the HULT PRIZE Sookmyung competition stage, said, "I appreciate all teams for their hard work throughout the completion and bearing through the harsh 2020 circumstances because of
COVID-19. Furthermore, I hope that the competition continues annually so that more students SCREENSHOT BY LHM have the chance to compete." While the competition is typically held on campus, in 2020 it was held virtually through Zoom. Five teams joined the competition and presented their Kim Lee Hyunmin / Culture Section Editor [email protected] ideas. Judges included Kyu-Dong Kim, professor of Entrepreneurship, Kim Namwook, CEO of KIAA, and Kim Bit-Nuri, a certified management consultant. The competition lasted four hours, and team 'GLA' was awarded top prize for Sookmyung. GLA reminded the audience of the seriousness of food waste and proposed various solutions to manage the problem. One member of GLA said, "We worked hard but never expected to win. It was an excellent opportunity to learn about this and other social issues." GLA has now earned a place in the regional competition.
Effective Ways To Learn With Fellow Sookmyungians
Last semester, Sookmyung Women's University recruited participants for its 'Learning Community Study Group ONE' and 'Learning Community Study Group Hak' programs. The 'Study Group ONE' program is a learning activity in which students in the program selected their own learning goals such as earning certificates or acquiring a language. The 'Study Group Hak' program, on the other hand, had participants help each other with course work. Fellow enrollees in courses helped each other to master the class content. Over the semester, 58 groupings were part of 'Study Group ONE', and 56 student groups joined 'Study Group Hak'. The program required participants to submit an interim report that included video conference photos as proof of activities and completion of a set documentation. The program operated throughout the entire semester. Prior to starting, students were asked to complete a self- evaluation survey that could be used to examine personal growth and development over the semester. At the end of the semester, participation rewards were given to various groups for
outstanding work. The best program group submitted the video clip 'Learning Community' at SCREENSHOT FROM SNOWAY the end of the semester. The conference from the Department of Business Administration, had Announcement of 'Learning Community Study Group ONE&HAK' also joined the 'Learning Community Study Group ONE' program. Students examined data Kwon Jung Eunseo / Culture Section Editor [email protected] for a research project and shared their findings. They also discussed the presentation topics of other groups. After watching the various contest videos submitted to the contest, students discussed the video content and gained information and knowledge about their major. One anonymous group member said, "It was too bad that we couldn't get together to carry out the study face-to-face because of COVID-19, but this program allowed me to learn many things with group members online. It was a meaningful activity." COVID-19 had meant that it is difficult to meet and study together in person, but programs like these provide a platform that allows students to study together.
6 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES NEWS IN SOOKMYUNG
The First Step Towards Being the Best
On December 17, 2020, an event was held to commemorate the 10th anniversary of SMWU's ROTC. In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, only a small number of people, namely SMWU president and ROTC officials, attended the event. Others participated via Zoom. Founded on December 10, 2010, SMWU's ROTC was the first ever female ROTC unit in Korea. Since its foundation, it has been an outstanding unit and has succeeded in producing 8 color bearers and 221 commissioned officers. For example, Captain Park Kieun, a presidential award recipient, and Captain Chung Heekyung, the first female troop commander in charge of a coastal boundary, are both graduates of SMWU's ROTC. SMWU's ROTC took the lead in improving women's awareness and expanding women's activities in the military by raising the proportion of female troops, removing restrictions on position and placement of females in the military, and establishing ROTC units at other women's universities. In other words, SMWU's ROTC unit has made numerous forefront achievements for women, which were praised at its 10th anniversary in 2020. At the event, SMWU looked back on the growth of its ROTC PHOTO BY SBJ over the past decade and offered suggestions for the direction forward. Chang Yunkeum, president of SMWU, and Hong Kyuduk, professor of Department of POLITICAL SCIENCE Choi Song Bojeong / Culture Section Editor [email protected] & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, delivered welcoming and encouraging speeches at the event, and Minister of National Defense Seo Wook and Major General Kang Sunyoung delivered congratulatory speeches that expressed affection for the ROTC unit. Ahn Sunbin, a ROTC cadet participated in the event and had this to say about it: "I am honored to be part of such a historic moment at SMWU. I plan to become a commissioned officer who will make Sookmyung proud. I am even more determined to excel so that I am not doing a disservice to the history of Sookmyung ROTC." She went on to express her aspirations for the future in the interview. SMWU's ROTC will surely continue to outdo itself to ensure the peace and safety of everyone in the world and to make new history in the process.
Be a Local Expert
From January 11 to 14, a local expert from Yongsan gave a special lecture through Snowboard e-class. It was sponsored by the Industrial-Academic and hosted by Sookmyung Women's University Humanities Research Institute. Anyone interested in the subject of the lecture was able to view the e-class. The lecture consisted of an hour-long prerecorded video. The lecturer was Park Heekyung, an alumna of Sookmyung Women's University. She is a graduate of the Department of History and Culture and is currently working as a manager at the Yongsan City Memory Exhibition Center. As an SMU alumna, she mentioned at the beginning of her lecture that she hoped students who viewed the lecture would benefit from learning about the work of local experts. After graduating from university, Park worked in a field unrelated to her major, but she switched to working as a local expert in Yongsan at the recommendation of her professor. She is a resident of Yongsan and has spent her life in the district, so she was interested in the work immediately upon hearing about it. During her lecture, she details her activities as a local expert. In particular, she focused on the "Our Village Healing Sketch Team" SCREENSHOT FROM SNOWAY project, which created local historical and cultural contents. It was her first project as a local Park is explaining an old map of Yongsan. expert. Park is also working as a civil communication space manager at Yongsan Park. This Na Cho Seongah / Society Section Editor [email protected] job dictates she communicate with the citizens of the district about Yongsan Park. As a civil communication space manager, she informs citizens about Yongsan Base and helps citizens imagine the Base renovated into a Park. She said once the COVID-19 situation improves, students visit Yongsan Memory Exhibition Center to see exhibitions on Yongsan's history and the plans for the park, learn more about Yongsan, and enhance personal understanding of local experts. Last, Park hopes that the lecture helps students understand the activities of local experts so that students could expand their career option choices.
NO 365 / MAR 2021 7 CHEONGPA RUNWAY
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Please introduce your personal style to our readers. Please share your new semester fashion tips with our readers. I usually wear denim, but today I felt a skirt would look better as it is I think spring is a season for all types of skirts. Long skirts are good, spring. I'm also wearing a white sleeveless shirt with fancy lace, which but since it's the beginning of a new season, I personally recommend I think it's lovely style. I matched it with this flitz skirt. Because the wearing a cardigan paired with a mini skirt or a tight fitting dress. upper and lower parts are all white, I added a light yellowish green Also, a blouse or a flower-print dress or even a butterfly pattern, cardigan. March may get a bit chilly, so I also prepared this cardigan which are popular these days, can be added to heighten the mood of to keep from being cold. I chose to pair this outfit with basic sneakers spring. A bright-colored cardigan paired with wide pants can make as I'm a student which can give a vintage feeling to this outfit. the wearer appear hip and soft, so it's a look that I often wear myself! Overall, I think the point of the new spring semester, in terms of fashion, is to use bright colored cardigans. 8 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES FEATURE CULTURE
How To Empathize Without Seeing Each Other
Kwon Jung Eunseo / Culture Section Editor / [email protected]
The alarm went off, and someone crawled out from the bed. Waking up with chaotic hair, she stretches on the bed to wake up fully. After a shower, she takes a seat on the sofa and turns on the TV. She feeds her pets and then has breakfast, leftovers from the night before. Her routine does not differ from ordinary people. The panel who watches her actions says, "We are the same! When I'm at home and resting, I do the same thing as you." This is a simulation of TV shows that feature entertainers carrying out their daily routines. Why are people interested in observing the daily lives of celebrities? What has brought about the popularity of observational entertainment shows?
NO 365 / MAR 2021 9 PHOTO FROM FREEPIK Fascination with simplicity and specialty Observational entertainment is attracting the attention of many In other words, 315 of respondents (93.5%) prefer observational viewers. It is an entertainment program that has minimal intervention entertainment. Choi Soobin, a student who often watches observation from a production team and allows others to view the activities of entertainment programs said, "Entertainment shows in which the people on the program through cameras that are set up in places filming crew intervenes or there are predetermined situations are around the person. Namely, the programs document persons' lives, and no longer attractive because the content is not funny even if the it is considered popular entertainment. Unlike typical entertainment cast includes famous persons. Many people prefer observational shows, most of the programs are not centered on a specified theme entertainment now because it is easier for audiences to connect with that matches a planned situation or designed by the production team. the cast of the show in a friendly way." Choi shows the limitations Instead, the filming crew only informs the cast about the subject of the with typical entertainment shows and the preference for observational show and films. Some of these shows feature celebrity families, and entertainment nowadays. Broadcast companies are also currently others center on ordinary people without any famous personalities. airing more and more observational entertainment programs, and the Also, because the shows draw laughter from audiences from activities types are becoming diverse from daily life, to childcare, to travel, common in life, anyone can relate to them. The main difference with and so forth. There are also programs that show daily life from more this entertainment show is the absence of a host. MBC has been varied households like single-person households and married couple focusing on these entertainment programs ever since the boom in homes. Examples of daily observational entertainment shows include observational entertainment. The program captures 2) Same as 1 3) Jo Subin, "Is It Okay To Watch Love-Based Entertainment Programs Such as PHOTO FROM THE SEGYE TIMES 'Heart Signal' and 'Somebody'?", Hankyung Job & Joy, December 23, 2020 10 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES PHOTO FROM CHANNEL A PHOTO FROM YONHAP NEWS Entertainment Awards>. Talking about the program, Kim Kyoseok, lives of a comedian couple. The woman said she was suffering a pop culture critic, stated that "Panels help viewers reflect on the from panic disorder because of her husband's affair and gambling. situation they are viewing in order to better relate to it, so panels will The controversy over the details of the private information made continue in the future."4) In other words, besides feeling individual the ratings rise to about 5%, and her husband and the filming crew empathy for celebrities through observation, viewers can also have were ridiculed after it was aired. Experts are not offering favorable more opportunities to further empathize with the cast through panel comments on the strategy. Jung Dukhyun, a public media critic, said, talks. "Observational entertainment, itself, is the peering into the lives of The second reason why observational entertainment has grown in others. It invades others' privacy, much more than showing a couple's popularity is the change in public character. Audiences have gotten relationship. There is no doubt there will be side effects."6) Experts are tired of variety programs that highlighted laughter and fun from also fully aware of the excessive invasion of privacy in observational infinite competition and winner-takes-all. Columnist Jung Inho entertainment. In order to respect the privacy of celebrities and casts, said, "Viewers always seek new things. Producers say the game it is important to set standards to limit provocative materials. of entertainment has changed. In the past, entertainment shows Observational entertainment programs have received both favorable invited famous persons to host a program that was pre-designed and unfavorable reviews from viewers. However, nowadays, more to match the famous person, but now shows are selecting the right and more viewers are complaining of observational entertainment cast to match the theme of the show."5) As Jung illustrates, interest program fatigue. Entertainment programs limited to the observation in other genres of entertainment has decreased, and observational of life are saturating the market, so they are now all showing similar entertainment has become a hot ticket item to viewers looking for content. One viewer said in a YouTube video, "There are so few new things. Moreover, observational entertainment can be a means to interesting entertainment shows left to watch these days" in response observe others' lives and prevent people from feeling isolated offline to another user commenting that "Most shows are observational as they often establish relationships through SNS. In fact, according entertainment shows, and they are boring." The user who said the show to Lee Donggyu, a professor of Broadcasting & Entertainment at has all become too similar received about 500 likes of agreement. Dongduk Women's University, "The online world has enabled people This shows that TV viewers are unhappy with the excessive number to establish relationships on SNS who would otherwise be isolated of observational entertainment. As a result, many viewers have offline. People overcome isolation by discovering themselves in now turned their attention back to old style entertainment shows. others as they watch their lives unfold on the shows." Along with MBC's 6) Lee Junghyun, ""From Affairs To Sex…" Becoming Severe in the Flood of Couple 4) Park Jihoon, "Popular Entertainment Shows Have a Witty Speaker Called an Observational Entertainment", YONHAP NEWS AGENCY, September 12, 2020 'Emotional Agent'", KUKMINILBO, November 9, 2018 7) Kim Minji, ""There Are Not Many TV Entertainment Shows To Watch These Days." 5) Cho Sungmi, "TV on-Screen Always Shows Observational Entertainment, Why?", Revival of 'Infinite Challenge'", Herald Corporation, January 21, 2021 The PR, September 24, 2018 NO 365 / MAR 2021 11 COVERSTORY SOCIETY 12 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES DEATH SENTENCE FOR K-QUARANTINE Sang Lim Hyeji / Editor-in-Chief / [email protected] One year after COVID-19 was reported in China, the cumulative death toll from the pandemic has exceeded 0.1% of the world's population. Activities in all areas of healthcare, economics, education, and culture have had to be restricted, and this has resulted in a global economic downturn. A large-scale global economic crisis has begun. World governments have banned their citizens from engaging in activities in an attempt to prevent further loss of life and the spread of the disease. New daily changes to policies in each country are being implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and having citizens quarantine is one method. NO 365 / MAR 2021 13 TEST, TRACE, TREAT and communication infrastructure to prevent further infection. Finally, 'Treat' refers After the first reporting of COVID-19 in to mandatory early isolation for infected China in December 2019, Korea announced persons. A dualization system was adopted its first confirmed case in January 2020. to treat patients with minor symptoms at For more information on that refer to the Residential Treatment Centers and patients Coverstory in The Sookmyung Times No. with severe symptoms at Negative Pressure 358. On February 18, patient number 31 was Isolation Rooms. Together, K-Quarantine confirmed to have participated in religious involves smooth supply and production of activities at the church Shincheonji. The quarantine goods, IT and communication number of cases soared, mainly Shincheonji SCREENSHOT FROM LHJ infrastructure, and public awareness. The An announcement on the website believers in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk- of The Korea Society of Infectious Diseases K-Quarantine plan was effective during do Province. In total the number of cases the first wave of the pandemic, and the grew to 6,000. This was the first COVID-19 for instance, the self-employed standard at government continues to promote it. The wave in Korea. In response, the government the 2.5 social distance level was vague. As Governor of Gyeonggi Province, Lee strengthened punishments for people a result, Internet cafés and karaoke shops Jaemyung on his Facebook page on January suspected of having the infectious disease were banned, but board game cafés and 25, 2021 said, "It is undeniable that the who refused to get tested. They could face a escape room cafés could open. Moreover, results of the quarantine plan in Korea prison sentence. The government also closed independently owned cafés were allowed will be praised by all nations in the world down the Shincheonji Church. Obtaining a to open while franchise cafés were not because of its excellence in preventing the list of Shincheonji believers, the government allowed. This resulted in more new cases. spread of the disease." Lee emphasized the quickly set out to test all possible infected One self-employed individual complained results of K-Quarantine. K-Quarantine has people. Because of the effort by the about the standard with "This is a selective also attracted attention from foreign media. government and citizens, the number of distancing, not social distancing. I oppose The Wall Street Journal praised Korea's COVID-19 cases decreased to double digits the government policy." on the portal site quarantine achievements, saying, 'Korea by April 2020. However, in August 2020, the cafe. The person strongly criticized the seems to have found a code corresponding to second wave hit, originating from Sarang government's policy, and the flaws of the COVID-19' In other words, K-Quarantine is Jeil Church. Unlike the outbreak earlier in plan and policies began to appear. recognized as effective on the global stage, the year in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk- The level 2.5 continued through the Chuseok but the reality of K-Quarantine is different. do Province, the number of cases per day holidays, and the number of cases returned exceeded 200, due to a nationwide spread TRUTH OF K-QUARANTINE to double digits only after Chuseok. The of the disease and uncooperative attitudes government immediately eased the standard among infected people. Because of these two Unlike praise from the government and of social distance to level 1 on October 12, situations, the government set restrictions foreign media, the COVID-19 pandemic but on November 1, the number of cases on the number of people allowed to gather response is being criticized by the public. in Korea once again surpassed 100. In together to no more than 10 people in During the first wave, because of the large response, The Korean Society of Infectious order to prevent further spread. As a result, number of infected persons at Shincheonji Diseases and professional academic the number of confirmed cases in Korea Church, the government was viewed as organizations made an announcement on the decreased again. The government called this partly responsible for allowing the virus to website of The Korea Society of Infectious Korean quarantine system, "K-Quarantine." spread. It was seen as not doing enough to Diseases: "Quarantine measures should be K-Quarantine is a three part initiative. The prevent the disease from being imported preemptive and strong. It must also be done first step is 'Test,' which refers to increased into Korea. Following this, the second wave, quickly." They warned the government in COVID-19 testing capability. In Korea, the originating from Sarang Jeil Church, caused documentation, but the government did not testing can be done for up to 40,000 people per more public indignation. Mostly because the consider their recommendation in order day, and the test quickly determines whether wave occurred at a religious place again. to minimize economic damage. In the the individual is infected with COVID-19, Professor Kim Wooju, at the Department end, on December 1, when the number of which prevents the person from spreading it of Infectious Diseases, Korea University cases topped 500, the government finally to others. The second step is 'Trace'. This part Guro Hospital said, "The fundamental decided to move to level 2+α. However, it of the initiative tracks the travel of individuals reason for the re-proliferation of COVID-19 was not very effective, and on December who have tested positive. It uses Korea's IT is the government's quarantine policy 6 when the number of cases exceeded 1) failure." Kim is holding the government 600, the government announced it would accountable for the situation. After the implement level 2.5 of social distancing. first wave, the government did not impose Experts criticized the government's attitude. sanctions on religious organizations or Professor Kim Wooju said, "The quarantine personal meetings, so on August 16, 2020, measures can't catch up to the number of right after the first Sarang Jeil Church case, cases. The social distance level change is the number of cases reached 200 per day. It lagging behind by a step or two."2) That is, the was only then that the government announced government's slow response to the warning a level 2 social distancing policy. However, from the Korean Society of Infectious the number of cases did not decrease, so the Diseases has led to additional waves. government raised the level to 2.5 on August Fault does not all lie with the poor policy 21. Still, there were institutional weaknesses, decisions by the government. In August, when the second wave was hitting the nation, 1) Lee Haein, "An Infectious Disease Expert, "COVID-19 Re-proliferation, Obviously a 2) Park Eunjoo, "Experts Say, "Stay Away, It's a Government Responsibility,"" ChosunMedia, August Week Late...There Needs Level 3", KUKMINILBO, PHOTO FROM GLOBAL GANGNAM-GU An Explain of 3T 19, 2020 December 6, 2020 14 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES not suffered any loss, because no restrictions on movement or suspension of large-scale factory operation. In a supplement to the 2020 Asian economic outlook announced by the ADB on December 10, Taiwan's economic growth rate in 2020 grew 0.9% points from 0.8% in September to 1.7%. In other words, its quarantine initiatives and policies have succeeded, and it has seen economic growth. Koreans, hearing about Taiwan, wanted the government to be held PHOTO FROM YTN PHOTO FROM HANKYOREH accountable for failing to block imported A governor of Gyeonggi Province Lee Jaemyung and Gyonggi University President Kim Ingyu are inspecting the dormitories of the heat of the summer made enforcing cases. Maeilsinbo reported, "The situation Gyonggi University the quarantine harder. Because of the heat, in Korea is miserable compared to Taiwan. people would gather inside buildings. They Unlike Korea, which is suffering from waves caused the current situation. were exposed to the virus that spread in of the pandemic, Taiwan has shown excellent Against this background, the Korean the air from air conditioners, fans, and quarantine results. The Korean government government is continuing its level 2.5 others, so the number of cases rose. Many is only complimenting its K-Quarantine level social distancing, especially in the cases were reported in cafés and reading initiative. That is all it has done over the past metropolitan area from December 2020. 3) rooms that had opened due to relaxed 10 months." This statement clearly shows Although the number of visitors has social distancing at that time. Furthermore, growing anger towards the government for decreased due to the ban on gathering of individuals had grown tired of COVID-19. failing to stop imported cases from arriving more than five people and the suspension The long durations of social distance made and for its other belated responses. of restaurant business after 9 o'clock, the people tired and depressed, and it became The resentment is not subsiding. As the number of visitors is still around 300 per known as the Corona Blue phenomenon. third wave continues, Korea is finding day. This suggests more quarantine measures According to a survey by Saramin conducted itself with a shortage of treatment facilities. are needed. At the moment, the government in April 2020, among 3,725 adults, 2967 of As a result, Gyonggi University and is securing vaccines and plans to inoculate respondents (79.7%) said they were tired of University of Seoul dormitories have been its citizens, the last stage of its quarantine having to keep social distancing regulations. requisitioned as treatment facilities. The plan. However, many people are claiming Corona Blue is problematic because it leads Gyonggi University notified its students to the vaccination is coming too late. It has to rejecting quarantine measures that then vacate their rooms by 4 p.m. on December already begun in countries such as the U.K. leads to group infection. The bigger problem 16, which forced more than 100 students to and the U.S., while Korea delayed vaccine will be when Corona Blue is in full bloom. If leave their dormitory rooms. The student purchases and distribution for safety reasons. people lose their will and become depressed body of University of Seoul expressed its Yoon Taeho, the head of the quarantine due to Corona Blue, it will be difficult to regret to having to notify students to leave department at the Korea Center for Disease acquire additional human resources like so that it could change the dormitory into a Control and Prevention, at a regular briefing nurses or doctors compared to now, and treatment facility, saying, "It is regrettable on January 15 said, "We will first examine the medical field has already found it hard that the school's official announcement was ill-effects of the vaccine in foreign countries to secure staff due to the COVID-19 waves. not made with the collective opinion of all and then design a safe vaccination plan. Unlike when the nation could invest all its stakeholders on campus before designing We are making an effort to first reduce resources into the outbreak in Daegu, there the dormitory a treatment facility." In other the number of cases before starting the will be no way to manage all sick people words, the government that mandated vaccination rollout at the end of February." if the cases become countless. Overall, change of dormitories to treatment facilities The government is trying to ensure safety for there are noticeable weaknesses with the has damaged civilians. The move by the its citizens indicating a cautious choice. Like K-Quarantine initiative. government is even more problematic given this, Korea is approaching the final stage of that the medical association warned the its K-Quarantine initiative. IN THE END government several times about the expected NO MORE MISTAKES Because inaction has increased the number shortage of treatment facilities before this of COVID-19 patients, anger is setting the dormitory change happened. "I proposed The success or failure of the government's tone in society, especially after people heard training programs to increase medical K-Quarantine plan is now at stake. Although about how Taiwan stopped a COVID-19 personnel during the second wave in August. Korea has made it through three waves of outbreak right at the beginning. It is now I don't understand why the government sat the pandemic, it has entered the toughest nearing the end of the COVID-19 outbreak on its hands even though there were clearly final stage of quarantine, the vaccine stage. there. Taiwan was quick to stop all direct opportunities to prepare." said Jeong Kiseok, Considering it will still be some time before professor of Internal Medicine, Division of herd immunity, the government will likely flights to and from China. They also set fines 4) of 150,000 NTD (about 615 million won) Pulmonology at Hallym University. These be unable to ease social distancing levels. for inaccurate quarantine notices, violations facts point out the need for the government Also, the efficacy of the vaccine as well as of self-quarantine, and false statements and to be more responsible. It did not follow the side effects after receiving a vaccination shot omissions of contact information and health opinion of the medical association and it will be the keys to determining the success or conditions. Taiwan did all these in February, failure of K-Quarantine. Therefore, the final Maeilsinbo, "Failed Quarantine, Sluggish the early stages of COVID-19 spread. As a 3) decision on K-Quarantine will be carried out Vaccine Support, What Has the President and His after nationwide vaccination. result, it recorded zero domestic case for 200 Administration Done So Far?", December 15, 2020. days. Moreover, its economic growth rate has 4) Baek Minjung, "Only 12 Beds for Intensive Care Patients in the Seoul Metropolitan Area...Seoul has Begun Mobilized Container Beds," Korea JoongAng Daily, December 9, 2020 NO 365 / MAR 2021 15 FOCUS ON TO DO LIST Ready for the New Semester Gather your class materials and actively participate in the class. Choi Song Bojeong / Culture Section Editor / [email protected] 16 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES NO 365 / MAR 2021 17 PEOPLE PHOTO FROM KPT THE HELPER: A PERSON WHO IS ALWAYS WITH YOU Sang Lim Hyeji / Editor-in-Chief / [email protected] All people need help in life. No one can survive without the help of others. People who help us are called Helpers. They guide and comfort us and even push us towards solutions. They are always your absolute supporters. Then, who can be a good helper? To find the answer, The Sookmyung Times met Kwon Pyongtai, aide to National Assembly member Cho Junghun. KWON PYONG TAI - Ph.D. candidate (Political Science Management) Seoul National University - Columnist for magazines and newspapers - Day laborer at construction sites for 10 years - Aide to National Assembly member Cho Junghun 18 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES PHOTO FROM KPT PHOTO FROM SEOULAND Before we begin the interview, would contracted day laborers. In other words, my solely working day-to-day. After working you please introduce yourself to our personal experience as a day laborer gave me as a day laborer, I saw the harsh reality of readers? insight and vision for a future world in which the workers' lives, and I became even more I entered university in 1987, but by June workers, fulltime staff and day contractors, determined to address the issue of contract 1987, I had become active in the Democratic live harmoniously. employment. Movement. I represented all first year You would like your vision, "A world What has been the most memorable students at Seoul National University at the where staff work harmoniously, experience working at all your time, and ever since, I have continued to be regardless of hiring status type" to different jobs? involved with student and social movements. come true. What are you presently My life has taken various turns over the Let me first tell you that I've worked asa doing to make this vision a reality? years. I once worked as a day laborer at lecturer at university, a columnist, a day different construction sites. Actually, that As a parliamentary aide, I'm helping the laborer, and currently a National Assembly job lasted for about 10 years until my early senator create policies that match the vision. advisor. What comes to mind are my days 40s. Now I am working as Cho Junghun's Because the senator I am working for shares as a day laborer. Before actually working personal aide. Cho is a member of Transition my vision and puts settlement of polarization as a day laborer, I had only superficially Korea working at the National Assembly. first. One of his Seoul mayor campaign been in contact with the issues of contract pledges is to realize this vision. The vision employment from a social science In addition to your current position would require changes to the employment perspective. At that time, it was a simple as aide, you have worked alongside system. Regular fulltime staff would gain question of "How can we solve this problem?" three other members of the National more stability and contract workers would However, since being a day laborer, I Assembly as aides before. What is the gain high incomes. The initiative attempts to have begun to ask more in depth questions most important consideration when solve the problem of contract employment like 'What is living?' which had brought working as an aide? and eliminate discrimination between the change inside me. In particular, I have had The most important thing that I must do as various types of employed staff. That is, to deal with rough people at construction an aide is to match my ideas to that of the it would make the two jobs equal. Since I workplaces, much more aggressive people senator's. In an internal decision, I object cannot work at the Assembly forever, I'm than those who would be working at office and discuss the matter, but I try to match my doing my best to make my vision a reality jobs. I learned how to deal with conflicts and ideas to my teams' thoughts when having before I leave by taking on various tasks and how to show an inner softness. gaining experience at the Assembly. an discussion with other teams. Also, the What difficulties have you greatest ability of an aide is the ability to It is clear that your work as a day encountered as an aide? How did you work fast. That is, I need to be able to carry contractor has had a huge influence overcome them? out tasks quickly. on your vision. Do you have any For me, the hardest part of my work life For 10 years you worked in a experience of setting up your is not the actual work or the difficulty of completely different field. What is vision when you worked as a day a task, but human relationships. Friction your biggest change between the past contractor? will enviably exist between the boss and and present as an aide? Before starting my work as a day laborer at staff. This is also true for people working as aides, contract public servants. So, there As I mentioned before, for 10 years I worked construction sites, I thought foreign workers is fear that we could be fired without prior as a day laborer in the construction industry. were the most ignored people in Korean notice. I also was once fired due to friction The biggest change for me was my idea of society and should be protected. However, and had to challenge difficulties. However, "liberalism" that I had at the time. At the I found there were large numbers of foreign after construction worksite experience, I time, the main force of existing liberal was workers employed at construction sites use my inner softness to resolve conflicts vested interest in society. After experiencing compared to offices. I realized there are few peacefully. I used to battle head-on, but now hard labor, I believe I understand the need jobs for day laborers and how difficult it is I strive to overcome problems by managing to consider both office workers as well as for them to sustain a standard livelihood NO 365 / MAR 2021 19 PHOTO FROM SBS & SBS DIGITAL NEWS LAB PHOTO BY LHJ relationships. you wrote it? of the older generation to solve the In the spring of 2011, the issue of contract unemployment situation. I think we need to Please tell us your happiest or most workers had really started to come to light solve the problem for the younger generation rewarding experience working as an in our society. A reporter from a daily by changing the current employment system aide. newspaper published a book detailing his so that jobs can be increased or eliminated My boss, the senator I work for, ranked first 10-month contract job experiences. The as needed. among the standing committee members research institute's finances were tight at Could you tell us more about in last year's parliamentary inspection. the time, so my salary was cut significantly. your plan for creating an ideal What I was most proud of, though, was the Throughout university, I never had the employment system? collaborative effort by the entire team and the chance to do physical labor, so I decided to senator. Moreover, during an interpellation give it a try as a construction day laborer. It is my hope that all workers are given session with Prime Minister Chung Syekyun Then, I started to get more concerned about the equal chance to succeed in life. And on July 23, 2020, Cho Junghun announced the problem of contract employment. And I opportunity to work is not based on their a public holiday designated on August recorded my days as a day laborer in a work social status. Fulltime staff should be 17, 2020. The online video showing the diary. guaranteed stability, and contract workers announcement has drawn a lot of attention. should be given higher wages because they I was responsible for composing part of You have also been active for forgo stability. Some countries already carry the speech spoken by the senator, and I platform workers. What are you out this type of arrangement at workplaces. also composed a comment on behalf of doing or have done for the workers Not everyone wants fulltime work, and not day laborers that the Prime Minister read. on the platform? everyone wants to be a contract worker, so I The Prime Minister and the senator then Staff such as delivery persons keep track think we can compromise to create a world discussed the issue. I was able to convey the of their work on an app. If they mistakenly that satisfies all types of workers. voice of the people. I am doing my best to delete the app, their work record is deleted Would you like to leave a final few work as an aide, especially when the ideas and there is no way to prove deliveries. words for Sookmyungians? the senator utters are for policy-making or Therefore, I helped the senator compose publicized. In other words, helping him to do and introduce a work career certificate law. I'm sure you are struggling, but later when his job well is the most worthwhile part of Currently I am working on making delivery you look back on this time, you will know being an aide. ride insurance mandatory, considering that that it was the best time of your life, being an they are not properly insured. undergraduate student. Study hard, enjoy a I know that you are a big Facebook variety of experiences, and socialize with as user. Why do you feel it important to Because of the current many people as possible so that your youth communicate frequently with people? unemployment situation, in the year can be full of diverse memories. Rather than flowering up a speech, I write of 2030, more people will face with honestly about my past pain and thoughts. contract worker problems. What do Sometimes, people who follow me on you think needs to be done before Facebook actually contact me. I have made 2030 to prevent these problems? a lot of good new associations through SNS. The world is changing much faster than Facebook also helped me find my current job when I was in my twenties. Many jobs to some extent, and it has allowed me to get will disappear due to the 4th Industrial an "important relationship." Revolution, but new ones will also be You wrote a work diary while created. In all likelihood, workers will not working as a researcher at the stay forever at one single workplace. Like Institute of Social Design. Would you this, it seems that the challenge today is please tell us a bit about it and why to live a life that always adapts to change. Nonetheless, I do feel it is the responsibility 20 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES SMTRACING Sookmyungians Gather Online Na Cho Seongah / Society Section Editor / [email protected] New semester is beginning, but this semester will be online due to COVID-19. A few weeks ago, Noonsong completed her course registration on Sookmyung Portal. After many attempts to sign into the Portal, she was finally able to get on SnowBoard to start her morning lectures. Suddenly, a window appeared checking the server. She failed the inspection, so she was unable to attend class or engage in other course activities. Noonsong was disappointed because she had expected the online learning service at Sookmyung to have improved compared to the previous semester. NO 365 / MAR 2021 21 SCREENSHOT OF SOOKMYUNG PORTAL SYSTEM that have Zoom meetings, a Zoom link is uploaded for students to join. Class materials can be viewed through this service. There is also a bulletin board that students may use if their professor requires its usage for participation marks. The bulletin board is also used as a measure of active participation in remote classes. The third platform is SnoWay service, which has a number of additional programs that Sookmyung offers students. There are diverse school supplemental programs such as counseling services, SCREENSHOT OF SNOWBOARD services that help with major learning and other subjects, and services aimed at easing and making college life richer. Job, guidance, and alumni counseling services are also carried out on this platform. In addition, Sookmyung provides 'Smart Sookmyung', a mobile app service and 'SnoWe', a community site. The online services aim to help students better enjoy online school life. In particular, last year, the online services usage rate increased dramatically as most classes were conducted remotely due to COVID-19. Because of the increased traffic, the server crashed. SnowBoard, the learning management service, went down during an examination, which harmed a large number of students. With the use of online services becoming more and more frequent due to remote learning, SMT asked students their opinions on how to improve the online services. Satisfaction with the Online Services The number of students accessing simultaneously online services has increased due to COVID-19, so it is important to hear their opinion on the services. In the question about 'Have you experienced any inconvenience using online services of Sookmyung?', 72 SCEENSHOT OF SNOWAY out of 91 respondents (79.1 percent) said yes. The majority of the inconveniences mentioned by participants were with Sookmyung Sookmyung is connected Portal and its server. In particular, a number of students said access Sookmyung operates an online learning service that manages to the platform was delayed due to the weak server, especially during students' learning and activities. The managing company operates heavy usage periods such as course enrolment and grade verification the service by providing three major platforms. The first is the periods. In addition, some students said they were unable to sign into Sookmyung Portal System. It is a website that students apply for the system due to login errors that would appear in pop-up windows. classes, check their grades, and get information about tuition fees. In SnowBoard operators acknowledged the frequent server issues and other words, this platform is mostly for academic matters. Students errors at its main challenges. A large number of students would review are able to read course syllabuses on the system in advance before lectures and lecture materials at dawn during exam periods, but last applying for a course and adding it to one's timetable. Grades for semester, many students said they couldn't prepare for the exam well the previous semester for each class are also available for viewing. because of the constant server error. Other students said their exam Course enrolment and later timetable changes are all made on this responses were not accepted on time, so their work was received by system within the relevant period. At the end of the semester, class the professor either delayed or not at all. In addition to the issues evaluations are also done on the Portal System. Written receipts of during online tests, connectivity issues resulted in video lagging tuition fee payments and applications for scholarships are carried out when pre-recorded lectures were viewed on mobile electronics such on the platform as well. Together, this means the Sookmyung Portal as a tablet or on one's PC. SnoWay was cited as having the most Service is essential for all affairs related to students' academics. The frequent login errors whenever a browser other than Internet Explorer second platform at Sookmyung that helps students manage their was used. There were also complaints about the lack of unification learning is SnowBoard. Over the course of the semester, online among the services of SnoWay. Some participants said the services of classes are conducted through SnowBoard. In the case of a recording SnoWay were not easy to use because of their format and structure, lecture, video files are uploaded for students to view, and for classes which made it hard to read and find necessary content. 22 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES PHOTO FROM LOYOLA UNIVERSITY Generally, most of the inconveniences of the online services were Innovation Agency with dedicated staff as well as a distribution related to server problems. With large numbers of students accessing system to expand servers. Once the Digital Information Innovation the systems at the same time, students could suffer delayed access and Agency is established and a distribution system established, access frequent inspections that caused the server to go down. Last year, the will no longer be interrupted during heavy usage times. Furthermore, prolonged COVID-19 pandemic caused online classes to operate for it is hoped that certain services are made available even when other an entire year. Sungkyunkwan University opened a global learning services on the same platform are under inspection. Under order from management system called 'i-Campus' last year to help students the Ministry of Education, the university should operate a remote manage their grades, progress, and attendance all on one integrated education management committee, which includes student members management system. It was also used to conduct various forms of so that their voice is guaranteed when providing online services. remote classes. Sungkyunkwan University is seen as an exemplary Because most school life is now carried out online, schools ought to case for its quick response to infrastructure expansion by expanding listen to students' opinions on online services. its servers in the early days of the pandemic in anticipation of increased remote teaching and learning. At Kwangwoon University, A New Era for the University online lectures are provided through its self-learning management Sookmyung has entered a new era of online classes in which all school system called 'KLAS'. With remote lecturing inevitable due to the activities are conducted online rather than in traditional classes on coronavirus, universities have been making efforts to create an online campus. Every Sookmyungian needs the online services provided at learning environment that ensures student success. Sookmyung. The school needs to provide proper online services for its students so that they can conveniently take classes, check grades, For Better Conditions and get job information without worrying about problems such as the In a time when online classes and gatherings have become the norm, server crashing. students are often heard giving opinions on how to supplement and revitalize their online learning system. First of all, survey participants said they would really like to see server problems addressed. This is important because when large numbers of students try to access the server at the same time, such as during course enrollment, grade checking, and online testing times, collateral damage occurs such as failure to submit test answers. Though the school is attempting to rectify server problems, students are still expressing dissatisfaction. One participant said that the school conducted a sudden inspection at dawn without making a prior announcement, so it interrupted her study plan for the day. The school should provide advanced notice when its plans to do SnowBoard inspections, and it should operate accurate and prompt inspections to prevent service errors. Another participant said she would like up-to-date job information data uploaded on SnoWay and implement a program that linked the data to miscellaneous platforms and comments. She also hoped the system would become more user-friendly. Other comments included the PHOTO FROM FREEPIK absence of notifications, announcements, and pop-up windows, so a number of services and events were missed or overlooked. As such, students have a variety of ideas for supplementing accessibility and increasing convenience of online services. To reduce grievances among students, the school provided feedback help for its online services through the student council Modu last semester. In response to the need to expand SnowBoard servers, the school reportedly spent 3.1 billion won on building online classrooms last semester. In other words, the school is making various efforts to compensate for the unexpected increase in the number of users on its servers and the increased server usage time due to COVID-19. The school is also considering setting up a Digital Information NO 365 / MAR 2021 23 EXPERIENCE PHYSICALLY FAR AWAY, BUT MENTALLY CLOSE BY With the spread of COVID-19, concert halls that were once filled with screams and shouts have been empty. Many concerts that were scheduled to be held offline were canceled. Singers expressed their apologies and concertgoers who would have enjoyed the performances fell into a deep sense of loss. However, people soon started to consider fresh ideas on how to watch performances. They can now be enjoyed online. Concertgoers can now purchase tickets online a day or even just hours before a performance begins. Once a reservation is complete, all one needs is an electronic device such as a laptop or smartphone and a comfy place to enjoy the concert. Further, to better enjoy the concert, prepare some of your favorite food. In "First Row in the Room," people can watch high-definition performances without restriction or anxiety about buying a concert ticket. Kwon Jung Eunseo / Culture Section Editor / [email protected] 24 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES Also, viewers who did not purchase a ticket were able to watch 45 minutes of the show on JTBC, so they could enjoy it briefly. This reporter made the decision to buy a ticket about five hours before the performance began. Using membership discount, this reporter bought a multi-view ticket for 49,000 won. The ticket gave access to the concert on various views, namely the main screen, the three multi-view screens, and PHOTO FROM BIG HIT LABELS PHOTO BY KES the two-view studio screen where the Meet & Greet takes place. Once the payment had The best alternative attending an online concert allows spectators cleared on Weverse Shop, SMT reporter was Information about upcoming online concerts to see high-quality videos of the singers. given access to the performance link on her can be found on a number of websites, the One of the major issues with offline concerts laptop and she joined the online concert. same websites that were used to book offline is the limited viewing due to seating, view Despite online concert limitations, this concert tickets such as INTERPARK and YES of the performers is often obstructed from SMT reporter honestly enjoyed the concert. 24. Interest in online concerts as alternatives various angles. Online concerts have made it The quality of the stage performances were to offline concerts during the COVID-19 possible for the performers and the audience high and flawless in that each singer and the pandemic continues to grow. According to to communicate. A singer is able to feel the songs were done spectacularly. If audiences the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, joy and fulfillment while they are on stage, wished to view something in more detail after analyzing about 14 million SNS posts and concertgoers are able to forget their all they had to do was click the particular related to daily life activities from July 2019 disappointment at not being able to physically screen and zoom in on the item they wished to August 2020, it was found that reference attend a concert in person. Nonetheless, it to see more clearly. The concert allowed to home-viewing increased 23.4% compared is not possible to have as much real time showcased interviews with the singers who to the same period a year previously, communication between the performers had finished their performances or had yet especially in the field of entertainment. The and the audience as that at concerts. That to perform. This reporter had access to the finding suggests more and more people want is, a performer cannot see attendees, and the main concert screen while simultaneously to experience a concert by online. Likewise, audience cannot immediately respond to the enjoying the interviews. Moreover, real-time the number of singers performing online performer's questions. It becomes even more chatting enabled the audience to interact has also increased. SM Entertainment and difficult when a performer has pre-recorded together during the concert. The only major Big Hit Entertainment singers have held a the concert. In other words, online concerts inconvenience was that the concert did not number of online concerts since the spread have both advantages and disadvantages. flow smoothly; i.e., there were connectivity of COVID-19 made face-to-face concerts issues. While watching the online concert, difficult. Details of online concerts that Online concerts and New Year's the computer's server got disconnected and have been hosted by the two agencies can greetings had to reconnect, so it was unable to enjoy the also be found in the FEATURE of The It was great news to hear about online stage performances as much as this reporter Sookmyung Times 362. In addition to these concerts because this SMT reporter rarely would in person. Additionally, the image two agencies, various independent singers succeeded in buying tickets for an offline quality was not maintained well, so this including Na Hoonah and boy band Day6 concert. This SMT reporter bought a ticket reporter had to accept a lower image quality. have also held online concerts. Together, the to a concert that ran from December 31, 2020 Together then, the real disappointment is the increase in online concerts shows that they to January 1, 2021. The online concert was price. Others may disagree, but this reporter have become accepted alternatives to offline "2021 NEW YEAR'S EVE LIVE (NYEL)" felt the price did not reflect the experience. performances. and was being held jointly with Big Hit Because of this, this reporter contemplated The biggest advantage of online concerts labels on Weverse, a Big Hit Entertainment buying additional online concert tickets. is accessibility. As mentioned earlier, community platform. Big Hit Entertainment audiences are no longer restricted to place artists such as BTS and TOMORROW BY If you miss going to concerts and are given the freedom to book tickets TOGETHER performed at the concert. Although online concerts are not without up to just before the concert begins. On There were also other artists from other disadvantages, if you are longing to view your the other hand, offline concerts often result agencies including ENHYPEN and NU'EST. favorite singers on stage, consider buying in disappointment when a ticket-purchaser The concert ran three hours from 9:30 p.m. a ticket to an online performance. Online fails to buy a ticket. These difficulties of to 12:30 a.m. and provided delayed single concerts are now accepted alternatives to attending offline concerts make people view streaming, which allowed audiences offline concerts due to COVID-19, but they know the benefits of online concerts. Also, to re-watch the performance on January 2. will continue to be offered post-pandemic, especially for those who fail to book offline tickets. Online concerts are the foundation for growth during the current era of on-tact, and this SMT reporter recommends anyone interested in concerts to enjoy an online concert at least once. PHOTO BY KES PHOTO BY KES NO 365 / MAR 2021 25 SMT CULTURE Would You Like The Time Traveler's Wife (2006) One day, a woman named Clare appears in front of Henry, a librarian. Clare tells Henry that they are in a close relationship. Henry becomes uncomfortable and to Find embarrassed at her words. However, Henry soon remembers that he is a time traveler due to a genetic disorder. Though he does not want to be a time traveler, he admits he is and believes Clare's words. They soon develop an intimate relationship and get Your married. The marriage is rocky. Henry frequently leaves Clare on his own because of his time travels. Clare is often distraught at the situation. Henry from the future Destiny? tries to fill Clare with joy by providing her with the winning lottery numbers. Still, the relationship doesn't improve. The couple have a child, but the child suffers from the genetic disorder called time deviant disorder. Clare then has a number of miscarriages, so Henry undergoes a vasectomy to end these heart-breaking tragedies. When young Henry, however, visits Clare, they succeed in having a child. Henry travels through time to meet his daughter, Alba. He learns that he dies at a meeting We lived, are living, and will live. Going and falls into despair. In the present, Alba is soon born and Henry comes closer to through life, people have constantly death. Clare hears about Henry's death from their daughter. What will happen to the considered the possibility of time travel family now that they are aware of Henry's approaching death? and wish to make a time machine. People often desire to go back into the past or to go forward into the future in Recommendation order to make changes to the present. The story of the two-volume book starts in volume one with the love story of the If time travel became a reality, would two main characters. The second volume is about all the difficulties they struggle everything change for the better or through such as the miscarriages and deaths. People often believe time travel will would it change at all? Some say one's be fantastic. However, time travel is a curse for Henry, who lives unpredictably in life is on a set destiny, so it cannot be a continued state of nakedness. The book presents the difficulties time travelers and altered. After glimpsing of the destiny their lovers would face as a result of time travel. Henry, as a time traveler, must travel of others, you will surely ponder your endlessly through time and space to live a normal life, and his wife, Clare, must own destiny. continually wait for his arrival. Still, the couple's love prevails beyond the limits of time and space, and readers will sense the strength of love and destiny as they read through the book. Readers get the opportunity to reflect on true love and destiny, and furthermore, they will come to better understand themselves and their lives more Choi Song Bojeong / Culture Section Editor / [email protected] deeply. Some readers might feel the book could get confusing to read with all the crossing of space and time, but the book unfolds in the form of a diary from the viewpoints of Henry and Clare. Reader will quickly be immersed in the story without difficulty. It's dark now and I'm very tired. I love you, always. Time is nothing. -Audrey Niffenegger 26 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES All we can do is do our best to relish this remarkable ride. -Tim Lake About Time (2013) After Tim, the main character turns into 21, Tim's father tells him that all the men in his family can travel back in time after their 21st birthday. Tim gains the ability to travel through time by entering a dark space and concentrating on the time that he would like to travel back to. After leaving home to move to London, Tim meets Mary at a restaurant that he visits by chance with a friend. The two soon become fond of each other and part with the promise of a second encounter. The couple's second encounter doesn't go smoothly. After returning home from his time with Mary, Tim meets his father's friend, Harry, who is upset about his job. Tim travels back in time to help solve the problem. This, however, changes the timeline, so Tim couldn't meet Mary at the restaurant where they first met. Also, Mary doesn't remember Tim when they eventually do meet up in the new timeline. Realizing that Mary does not remember him, Tim takes several trips back in time to try to make Mary like him. Eventually, Tim succeeds in gaining Mary's heart, and the two fall in love. Tim and Mary get married and enjoy a happy marriage, so Tim thinks that he doesn't need to travel in time any longer. However, two tragic events occur, one involving Tim's younger sister and one with Tim's father. The events that he wishes to change are his sister's terrible accident after having a heated argument with her boyfriend and the day his father learns he has only a few days left to live due to a terminal illness. Though Tim wants to travel back in time to change the present situations, he knows if he does, the present also changes. These changes will change his children. What choice will Tim make? Will he go back in time to change the present or will he stay in the present and protect his family? Recommendation People make a lot of mistakes in their lives, and as such, they imagine going back in time to change the current hopeless situation. This movie intrigues audiences because it deals with just this situation and delivers realistic advice from unrealistic situations. In addition, the film also looks at love in various relations, which makes viewers reflect on the preciousness of people close to them. Sensing the love that Tim and his father share, the love that Tim and his sister share, and the love that Tim and his wife Mary share, moviegoers will naturally reflect on people dear to them. The movie has a bright atmosphere and there are a number of witty conversations among the characters. Besides conveying a positive vibe to the audience, the film is enlightening with its profound lessons. In the movie, Tim's father tells his son Tim lessons he learned through time traveling. Tim's father makes a strong plea for being satisfied with the present and to stop obsessing over the past. Viewers realize the importance of the present, doing one's best now, and enjoying life as a pleasant journey. At the end of the movie, everyone will look back on their lives, which will OFFICIAL POSTER OF NO 365 / MAR 2021 27 GLOBAL REPORT E U H S A T The World Is Wide, and You Can Go Anywhere G N B E I J I Cho Misong / Guest Report / Department of Library & Information Science / [email protected] Since I was young, I really wanted to visit other countries, especially the United States. However, after entering university, my desire for an overseas experience weakened as my mind became preoccupied with worries about getting a job and job preparation. Then, I saw an announcement for the Disney World internship at the Office of International Affairs. I jumped at the chance to join and participated in the internship with the thought "If I don't do it now, I'll never get another chance." Disney is a leading global company, so no matter the job I was given at Disney World, I believed it would be meaningful to work in an English-speaking nation, make new friends, and experience an overseas corporate culture. After the seven months of US life ended, I really wanted to go there again, so I went back by joining another year long-term US internship program. ALL PHOTOS FROM CMS The United States I experienced and Korea were very different in many teenagers, and many of those families were There was a singer I liked since when I was ways. The United States is a country of single parent families. This is not common in young, and a documentary related to that various people. Florida is a state composed Korea, but no one seemed overly concerned singer influenced me a lot. Through the of a number of people with South American, about the situation in the US. The workplace documentary, my romantic ideas of the US Haiti, and Jamaica heritages like Puerto culture was also stricter than in Korea. grew. Writing my letter of self-introduction Ricans, Cubans, and Venezuelans. I was Korean companies consider letting staff go during the SMWU's application period, I the only Asian in my department. However, due to a human affection, but in the US, it is wrote about my desire to work at Disney California is completely different. The Asian legitimate to fire an employee immediately World, and it came true. As I was more ratio is incredibly high, with more than half if a company has a justifiable reason. Once interested in the cultural industry, I wanted to of the people of Asian heritage. In particular, a decision to dismiss an employee has been experience a real job rather than participate in there are a very large number of Koreans. made in the US, the company never seemed a program as an exchange student. I thought Under this circumstance, people seemed to reverse its decision. the Disney internship would be a fascinating more familiar with socializing than Korea. I Experiences at Disney and a Korean experience because it only accepts applicants was also shocked by the culture in the US. distribution company from a few select schools. The United States For instance, many families with babies were 28 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES Disney uses characters from childhood memories to create stories and make money. Disney World, where I worked, earns profits by using them at restaurants, resorts, and on amusement rides. One of the facilities that I worked at was the All Star Music resort. I was placed in charge of food and beverages. It was a great place to make new friends and learn various cultures because most of my coworkers were foreigners and had their own time. After then, I worked in LA at a Korean distribution company. The LA headquarters where I worked had about 70 employees and had branches throughout the US. The company employed a large number of Korean university students through its global internship program. I began at the company with the human resources team, but after a few months, I was transferred to the to my internship at Disney. Recalling my acts of racism and language discrimination, warehouse team to work for the coordinator days in the US, I distinctly remember FSU and you most definitely miss your family. of that team. My time with the warehouse life most intensely. It was my first time in Nonetheless, for me, I could grow my self- team allowed me to better assess my work the US, and it was everything I imagined. I reliance while participating in an internship performance and directly participate in the played in the fountain for the first time of my program. It is also an opportunity to think field, which better suited my aptitude than life, experienced the fourth of July fireworks deeply about what I like. work in the management department. In the celebration and shared a dormitory room warehouse team, I was placed in charge of with other foreign schoolmates. I made a lot shipping arrangement, truck placement, the of good memories there. After spending time clearing of bills of ladings, and routing. I at FSU, I started my job at Disney, where had to prepare shoe company orders at the I enjoyed my job and made many good warehouse, so once the shoe company sent friends. I finished work at about 10 or 11 pm. us its order, I was responsible for getting After work, friends and I would go to a fast the shoe order to companies like Amazon, food chain and spend time talking together. Forever 21, Marshalls, and Gordman. And I quickly got accustomed to my job and life, the company's shoes which were made in so I traveled to Panama with my American China were stored and distributed from the friends on vacation and went to Miami alone. warehouse where I worked. My main task I also went to New Orleans and New York was to manage and supervise drivers and with my roommate from SMWU. Seven employees at the warehouse. The job was an months was short, but I enjoyed each and excellent fit for me because I love walking every day. around and meeting people rather than just sitting at a desk. From 'Do you wanna go McDonalds?' to my current English The United States is full of fun things ability Let's be Sookmyungians who do Florida State University and SMWU are Before going to the US, I was not a confident more of what we like closely connected, so I spent two weeks at English speaker because I had only learned Personally, I highly recommend an internship FSU as an exchange student before moving English in Korea. This would surprise my program to anyone interested in applying for friends. They may think that I'd spent many one, but do not join out of obligation or do years in the US. Interestingly, once I got not push yourself too hard to join. You can accustomed to the US accent, many US also spend a meaningful time in Korea. I people mistook me for a Korean-American. have friends who worked hard domestically However, to be honest, when I first arrived and succeeded in creating something of their in Florida, I found it hard to even ask, 'Do own while I spent my days abroad. For those, you wanna go McDonalds after work?' though, who are interested in an overseas I was so nervous that I would practice the internship, but are hesitant to participate due pronunciation of the word McDonalds to fear of cultural adaptation or language or almost 20 times beforehand. However, I moving from home, I say go. My two years loved US culture and that people gathered in the US were the most fun I have ever had and accepted each other as they are. To in my life. give a word of caution, though, if you are fantasizing blindly about life in the US, you'd better dismiss it. Leaving your home nation to live in another land is not easy. You will face difficulties. You may encounter NO 365 / MAR 2021 29 FORMAL ARTICLE PHOTO FROM BBC NEWS KOREAN PHOTO The Film Industry's Movement to Get Out of the Crisis Choi Song Bojeong / Culture Section Editor / [email protected] On January 4, a notice was posted on the Cheongwadae's National the Mise-en-scene Short Film Festival, which was set to mark its 20th Petition Board entitled "Please protect the film industry from anniversary, has been cancelled. As these examples highlight, the film collapsing due to COVID-19". The notice clearly showed the current industry is facing crises sequentially. precarious state of the film industry and it can be seemed that this Meanwhile, despite the dark situation, movements have been started crisis was attributed to empty theaters and cancelled film festivals. to revitalize the film industry. CGV theaters has temporarily decided According to a survey conducted by the Korea Film Council on to rent out its locations, and it fully booked every day. In addition, December 14, 2020, theater ticket sales in 2020 dropped about 70% another movie theater held a masterpiece reopening exhibition as compared to the previous year, and 10 theaters closed their doors a substitute for new work that was not previously released due to temporarily while 18 shut down completely. In general, more than COVID-19, which received much acclaim from young audiences. half of the earnings for the film industry comes from theaters. That According to the 2020 Korean film industry's settlement data surveyed is, the number of theatergoers is important to the survival of the film by the Korea Film Council, the number of re-released films was 95 industry, but social distancing policies implemented after the spread in 2019 but surged to 250 in 2020 in an effort to lead audiences back of COVID-19 has led to a decrease in audience numbers. In addition, to theaters. With effort to revive the film industry continuing, a clear film distributors, because of reduced theatergoers, postponed film film industry recovery is likely if practical alternatives are initiated by release dates indefinitely, which only lead to a further decrease in the government and the Korea Film Council. theatergoers. Despite the pandemic, theaters are still having to pay the same rent fees and management costs as before the pandemic, and the voices of affected parties are growing. Moreover, beloved film festivals that were once gateways for new directors and a strong prop for independent films have been cancelled one after another due to COVID-19, and the films and directors that are the hope for the film industry future are not seeing any light. For example, late December of last year, the Seoul Independent Documentary Film Festival said it Choi Youngjoo, "The Film Industry Crisis…need to Be Aware of the Seriousness and would temporarily suspend its hosting and secretariat operations, and Come up With Countermeasures", nocutnews, January 5, 2021 30 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES PHOTO FROM KBS NEWS PHOTO Our Planet Changed by COVID-19 Na Cho Seongah / Society Section Editor / [email protected] Daily life is quite different from what it was about a year ago. food and goods needs to, as much as possible, reduce over-packaging COVID-19 has brought about changes to our eating, clothing, and to avoid generating unnecessary waste. Also, people need to reduce living. The COVID-19 influences both people's lives as well as the individual use of disposable products by bringing reusable bowls global environment. Satellite imagery showed that air pollution in and cups for their food and drinks. In October 2020, the Ministry China improved significantly at the end of February 2020 when it of Environment launched a social container campaign through went into lockdown. According to a NASA announcement, nitrogen its YouTube channel. It promoted the idea of bringing reusable dioxide emissions in eastern and central China fell from 10 to 30 containers such as personal shopping carts and multiple containers percent in February 2020 compared to the previous year. The instead of relying on disposable bags and plastic cups. To avoid the atmosphere improved with the stop to economic activities such as pending global garbage crisis, there is a need for both global social factory operations and cargo transportation. However, now that and personal effort. Global warming is accelerating due to increased the spread of the virus has lessened, China's industrial activities waste emissions and worsening air pollution. Everyone needs to have resumed, and there have been no further improvements to make an effort to prevent environmental problems that cause health the air quality. Rather, the Earth's pollutant emissions are expected problems, a decrease in wildlife, and an increase in natural disasters to increase. For Korea, the pandemic has caused people to forgo such as floods and droughts. dining at restaurants and cafés for takeaway and delivery, which has brought about increased use of disposable products. The restrictions on use of disposable products in the restaurant sector, which was once actively enforced, have been temporarily eased because of the pandemic. Restaurants are providing guests with disposable spoons and chopsticks, and cafés are providing guests with disposable cups instead of store cups. The use of disposable products is bringing about a pending garbage crisis. There is a need to focus on the global garbage crisis. First of all, Park Hyejoon, "'Reduce Air Pollution After COVID-19'… It Seems to Be the Effects of people need to reduce use of disposable products. The packaging of the Plant Shutdown", YONHAP NEWS TV, March 4, 2020 NO 365 / MAR 2021 31 ADIEU SMT So Long, Farewell Another year has passed, and some of SMT will see new faces while others will be saying good-bye. SMT would like to give the opportunity for the 87th reporters leaving to say adieu. They have done their best over the last two years. Kim Lee Hyunmin / Culture Section Editor / [email protected] Ahn Ha Yura / Culture Section Editor / [email protected] Kim Han Yujin / Woman Section Editor / [email protected] Kwak Lee Shinyoung / Woman Section Editor / [email protected] Lee Hwang Hayoung / Woman Section Editor / [email protected] Oh Hwang Junhee / Society Section Editor / [email protected] Jung Kim Hyeseung / Society Section Editor / [email protected] 32 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES It's been two years since you joined SMT. How do you feel knowing this is the last issue you will work on at SMT? LHM: I thought two years would never come to an end, but now that the end is here, I'm surprised at how fast the time passed. When I first came to SMT, I knew nothing about university life or being a reporter, but now that I'm a third year student. I'm proud to say I worked at SMT. LSY: I went through many difficulties throughout my sojourn, but I can say confidently, I worked hard to complete my tasks throughout the term. I'm sad that the end of my days with SMT has come, but I will never forget my two years at SMT. Every day at SMT as a reporter was valuable. HJH: I joined SMT as an academic journalist because I wanted to have numerous diverse experiences. I can honestly say that throughout my time at SMT I learned a lot. It's sad that I have to leave, but I'll continue to keep SMT close. What is the most memorable experience you had working at SMT? JHS: My first ALUMNAE article is my most memorable experience. The drama script writer Ma Jinwon, known for her scriptwriting for the drama What published article are you most proud of? LHM: I am proud of the COVERSTORY article "OTT service" that I wrote along with fellow reporter HYR. I feel the article flow is good and informative, and I'm also proud of the layout design. What is more, I was excited to receive all praise from fellow reporters on the article. HYR: I would say I am most proud of the COVERSTORY article "What is Freedom?" in the 359th edition. The article presented the history and problems of pseudo-religions, and it also gave readers the opportunity to think about the freedom of religion. LSY: The COVERSTORY of 364th "Women's Product, Not for Women" is the one I'm most proud of because it covered a topic that I have genuine interest in. It's not a light topic, so it took time to compose. It was done in collaboration with other reporters, which ensured readers would be able to understand the heavy topic. Please tell us what SMT means to you in one word. JHS: SMT has been my life's turning point. After entering SMWU, I worked diligently as a SMT reporter and it allowed me to have various experiences. After successfully finishing my 2-year term at SMT, I have gained a lot of confidence and passion. LHY: For me, I would use the word 'challenge'. SMT presented me with a series of challenges; the challenge to endure, even when I wanted to give up, the challenge to work as an academic journalist in a specific department, and the challenge to interview new people. HJH: SMT can be summed up as spectrum. For two years, SMT showed me various colors and allowed me to experience things like riding a light wave. SMT will continue to affect me with its spectrum of colors in the future. Last, please take a moment to say your final farewells. LHM: When I first greeted SMT readers two years ago, I vowed to "be a reporter who listens to the voiceofthe Sookmyungians." I hope I did that well. Every reporter at SMT works hard to convey news of interest to Sookmyungians, so I hope readers continue to look for it. Last, I would like to thank my fellow 87th reporters for their great work and for trusting and following me. HYJ: I would like to offer my deepest gratitude to my fellow 87th reporters who have worked together over the last two years. I also wish the current 88th reporters the best. I'm looking forward to reading future magazines, and hope to see hardcopy magazine distribution once again reactivated this year. LSY: I'd like to thank all the reporters who worked on great articles with me. I also hope SMT readers continue to show interest in SMT. Although I am no longer part of SMT, I promise to continue to support SMT as a vivid reader. NO 365 / MAR 2021 33 COVERSTORYSOOK PICK Songs for the New Year's Playlist 2021 has arrived. As we all faced hardship because of COVID-19 in last year, many people are welcoming 2021 with open arms. People greet the new year in various ways. Some celebrate by listening to certain songs because there is a strong belief that the first song listened to in the new year will set the tone for the year. Therefore, people make careful decisions about their first song of the new year. What songs did Sookmyungians listen to and what kind of 2021 are they hoping for? Choi Song Bojeong / Culture Section Editor /[email protected] As You Wish – WJSN Hold My Hand - IU YANG JIWON, DIVISION OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION '21 KIM CHAEYOUNG, DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS '21 This song is about our desire for everything that Hold my Hand is IU's first self-composed song, and we want to achieve. Originally, I failed SMWU it shows her outstanding music talent. She is great at admissions, and I was deeply saddened as I really writing lyrics and composing music. Recently, I have wanted to stay here. I know about the superstition spent a lot of time listening to this song. As soon as I first that the new year could be influenced by the first heard the song, I felt like all my troubles were melting song one hears in the new year, so I played this song away. I recommend this song to Sookmyungians with and listened to it with great earnestness. I then got the hope that their academic and employment concerns the notice that I had been accepted into SMWU. I caused by COVID-19 will also melt away. highly recommend this song to anyone dreaming of achieving something. New Shoes – IU Hope – HOT BAEK SUA, DIVISION OF KOREAN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE '21 JEON SUBIN, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING '21 IU highlights herself walking freely around in new shoes The song has a cheerful melody and hopeful lyrics. in this song, which reminds me of the excitement of a This song energized people through the economic new start. Playing the song as the first song of the new recession in the late 90s, and provides great support year, I had hoped that SMWU would be like a new pair to those of us currently having a hard time due to of shoes to me. Like IU who goes anywhere in her new COVID-19. In the song, the expression "together" shoes, I want SMWU to take me to where I want to go is often mentioned. As a freshman who hopes to go as my new shoes. I wish that Sookmyungians reading to school and meet classmates as soon as possible, this article are inspired to chase their dreams and go in I hope people remember the song's lyrics and act the direction they want for 2021 by listening to this song. together to make the world free of COVID-19 in 2021. And I would like to recommend anyone wanting to start the new year right to listen to this hopeful song. 34 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES HEAD TO HEAD • MONTHLY SAYING • Carpe diem. Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary. - • SMT CROSSWORD • (1) (3) (2) (1) (2) (3) (4) ACROSS A ( ) is a humorous drawing or series of drawings in a Ways to Enjoy The Sookmyung Times 1 newspaper or magazine. ( ) is pleasure that comes from view of #숙명타임즈 #2021_3월 #365호 2 performances, plays, and films as well as reading or watching television @sookmyungtimes 또는 #숙명타임즈 3 The learning management service at SMWU. 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