Korean Reunification 3p

Tyranny of Superior 2p

vol.17 June, 2013 Antiquaire English News Paper 1

Return of Sungnyemun The No. 1 national treasure of Korea, Sungnyemun had finished its restoration and reopened in May 4, 2013. The restoration work started in February 2008 and completed in April 2013. It took almost 5 years since Sungnyemun was burned. Do you know about the national treasures? The Korean government first named 116 items as the national treasures and gave them numbers in 1962. Currently, there are 315 national treasures. The No. 1 national treasure of Korea is Sungnyemun. It is also called as Namdaemun because it is located in the south of Seoul. But I think I have to use the word ‘was’ instead of ‘is’. Have you ever been to Sungnyemun? Sungnyemun was one of the gates in the Fortress Wall of Seoul, South Korea. The gateway of it which was pagoda-styled was located between Seoul Station and Seoul City Plaza. It was one of the three major gateways of Seoul city wall which is a stone circuit of 18.2 km long and 6.1 m high. Sungnyemun construction was first started by King Taejo of Joseon in 1398, and was rebuilt in 1447 during the year of King Politics Sejong the Great. But the wooden pagoda atop the gate was severely damaged by the arson in 2008 when an old Park Geun-Hye visits U.S. man set a fire on it due to a grudge against the government. Restoration work on Sungnyemun started in February 2010 and was completed in 29 April 2013. It officially Around the Globe reopened in 4 May 2013. It costed 25 billion won ($22.5 million) to restore Sungnyemun. As soon as the restoration Same-sex marriage "Anonymous" finished, all citizens shouted and cried out. Also, many events were held such as photo exhibitions of Sungnyemun. Margaret Thatcher President Park Geun-hye also celebrated the reopening of the ancient gate, saying it will mark the path to a new era. Despite we tried really hard to restore its own image, there were still some differences between first one and the Science restoration one and unfortunately, this fact made some people depressed. The most different feature between two is Animal testing Ultraviolet rays the color. The original one’s color was very elegant because the stones were old. In contrast, the new one’s color is Space development serial colorful and impressive. So some people were disappointed because they thought Sungnyemun lost its pureness. Also, the handwriting of the signboard was changed too. Actually, the original one’s signboard was written by Prince Sports Yangnyeong (1394-1462), who was an elder brother of King Sejong of Joseon dynasty. However, as the unfortunate Top 10 soccer stars accident occurred, it was rewritten with a different hand. Except these ones, there are still many different things Retirement of Ferguson between the original one and the new one, such as roof tiles, emergency equipments and management authorities. Twisted Games Through the accident which the Sungnyemun was burned, people learned lots of lessons. First, we realized that we Entertainment should protect our treasures with higher level of security system. Surprisingly, there was only 1 person who protects Psy’s Gentleman Sungnyemun these days. Even though there are about 2 million visitors there, we only have one protector. Actually, Cho Yong-Pil this news was really shocking and surprising. Also, it gave us a lesson that we should protect our properties much more. Second, we realized that we should be attention to our history. Actually, I think the lack of our attention was the Book Recommendation main reason why the accident was occurred. If we had lack of attention in Sungnyemun, we could notice out that The View From Saturday someone was going to burn Sungnyemun. If we had more attention, we could have prevented the accident. Lastly, Hatchet we could learn the importance of our treasure. We realized the importance of our culture and learned how it is hard to My Hometown restore the national treasure. AENP reporter Seo Ji-Woo Survey : Olympic Park Keeping the cultural assets is the best way to keep our history. Jeonju Woojeon Middle School 2nd grader Muju Firefly Festival [email protected] 2 vol.17 June, 2013 Politics Scandal of Presidential Spokesman Yoon Chang Jung From May 9th koreans were has cast a shadow over it. During the trip, Ms.Park met with President Obama shocked by presidential spokesman on Tuesday and spoke before congress the next day. Yoon Chang-Jung. Presidential As a result, her approval ratings plummeted before recovering in recent weeks spokesman is representative of the present government. The very quick as her defiance in confronting North Korea’s nuclear threats proved popular. summary of this scandal is that spokesman Yoon molested a woman whom the Presidential spokesman Yoon is a formal journalist and political columnist, has Korea government had hired as his guide. This scandal happened when the been the most controversial political appointee in President Park geun-hye’s president Park geun-hye was visiting U.S.A. So many media is worrying that government. A an online political commentator, he used to carry out vicious presidential spokesman criticize his president park’s achievement that she attacks against Ms. park’s domestic enemies, once calling them “political achieved in U.S.A . prositutes.” Ms.Park first made him the spokesman for her transition team after Let’s go inside to this scandal. This scandal was notified by a victim who her December election. Despite protests from the opposition, she stood by him claimed that Mr.Yoon grabbed her hips. However Mr.Yoon said Saturday that once again when she made him a presidential spokesman. he had touched the back of the woman’s waist lightly only once as a gesture of Spokesman is a representative of the present government. However he brought encouragement. Also the incident took place as he, the woman and his driver dishonor on Ms.park’s government. And the most grave situation is that were leaving a Washington hotel bar after spending 30 minutes there together. Ms.park’s pledge was eradicating 4 big social wickedness. Which is eradicating And he said he had invited her for drinks because he felt he had chastised the sexual assault, school violence, family violence and unsanitary food. However young woman too harshly for being a problematic guide. Also the next day, he Mr.Yoon molested a young woman. At least Ms.Park’s cabinet should help recalled the victim while wearing only his underwear. The the victim notified to president to honor her election pledges. Also there is a big problem with his the New York police. And that day Mr.Yoon just returned to Korea. However ability of handling the crisis. He just returned early while his president was in we don’ t know who reserved the plane ticket to Korea. Then he have not been U.S.A and fulfilling her schedule. known since he return home. At least public officer should be morally honest and right deeds. And the And the next day, May 9th president park fired her spokesman for molestation. country which is full of honest public officer could govern the country morally. Also president park had apologized earlier after at least half a dozen people So we all hope that no more immoral scandals should be happened by public nominated as ministers and vice ministers in her government were forced to officers any more. AENP reporter Song Kyung-Min withdraw from consideration amid questions over their ethical standards. Jeonju Woojeon Middle School 3rd grader Moreover the South Korean government had been billing Ms. Park’s [email protected] Washington trip as an impeccable success, but the incident involving Mr. Yoon President Park Geun-hye to Visit U.S.

President Park Geun-hye had a five- day trip to U.S including the White House Summit. She had a speech in English in America. It was the 6th speech as a Korean president as well as the 11th as a woman. President Park took three generations of Morgan family for example of strong alliance between Korea and America. She also greatly thanked four other congressmen who had participated in the Korean War for their fruitful sweat and pains. The assembly responded it with big claps and applauds. She strongly hoped to turn the DMZ into the World Peace Park to have it as a symbol of world peace over the world. She focused on the fact that America is a good friend of Korea helping it to grow up the 8th largest trading country for the last 60 years. She proposed 3 visions and goals to make it come true with United States. The first thing is building peace on the Korean peninsula and unification- based. She said the North Korea is never able to succeed in its provocation under history. the strong economical bond and secure military alliance between South The more they try hard to make cooperative efforts for environment or Korea and United States. disaster rescue, the more they could give bigger allowance to each other. It She quoted the saying ‘you cannot have your cake and eat it too’ to will lead to both ease of regional tension and mutual profit through her emphasize the fact that it is not the nuclear weapon that guarantees the proposal called ‘Seoul Process’. nation’s security; it is the people’s happiness and welfare that guarantees The third task is building peace and prosperity in global village through nation’s security. the strong bond between two countries. She hopes that everyone in the North Korea cannot obtain both nuclear weapon and economic world can live a better life. development at the same time, so they have to make a right judgment for President Park had a successful speech with fluent English for 30minutes Korea peninsula peace and own country’s prosperity. and the speech ended up with lots of claps and cheering. The second goal is Northeast Asia regional cooperation for peace- building. She mentioned the situation of Asia Paradox. Northeast Asian AENP reporter Lee Hyun-Eyui counties are getting more dependent to each other economically these days Jeonju Woojeon Middle School 2nd grader while they are facing territorial disputes and historic distortion over the past [email protected] Politics vol.17 June, 2013 3 Korean Peninsula in Grave Danger only one party called (the labor party), and a look at how North and South Korea wants to rule the rulers have been the leaders of this party. The the peninsula after we unite. North Korea is in point is, the second ruler, Kim Jeong-Il, had a lot of favour of federal system. A successful country of time to prepare to take over his father’ s place as the that will be the United States itself. All of the ruler. He was middle-aged and had the trust of the important things are controlled by the government, Labour Party before he took place. However, his but the states keep their own rules and laws. son didn’ t. Because of Kim Jeong-Il’ s sudden However, South Korea is in favor of union of the death, Kim Jeong-Eun, the ruler of North Korea nation, like the EU. North Korea criticizes South right now, had almost no time at all to completely Korea’ s belief, saying that is not a true unification gain the trust. His age contributed, too. He was in of the Korean peninsula and the unification should his early twenties when he became the ruler. The be done in the North Korea way, the federal state idea of a young man suddenly sitting on the throne way. This could be a reason behind North Korea’ s and ruling the whole North Korea did not satisfy the threats and war signs. other important leaders of the Labour Party. This Whatever the reason is, North Korea is threatening Okay, everybody knows that North and South dissatisfaction may lead into internal conflict, and to start a civil war and kill millions of their and our Koreans come from the same root. We, living in this possibly, an uprising in the Labour Party. To not let citizens. When the Korean Civil war starts again, tiny Korean peninsula, share the same history and this happen, the best solution Kim Jeong-Eun had this will not only be between North and South ancestors. Well, we did, until the civil war and was to disperse this anger to another country. A Korea, but over all of the countries. These days, division took place. Since then, the peninsula has good example of a successful example would be the weapons have developed beyond anyone’s been under constant threat of a civil war. However, Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592. The Japanese imagination, and only a month of the war can kill the threat had been minimum. That is, until now. had come together and united the whole country by the whole Korean Peninsula. Whatever the reason Starting from this year, the relationships between the focusing the anger and the hints of revolution into North Korea has in their provocation against South North and South Korea had turned worse and North another country. This can be a reason of all of the Korea, countries in the world, particularly South Korea’s threat of starting a war is greater than ever. provocation that North Korea is doing. Korea itself, should see the reason and act fast On April 3rd, North Korea forced South Korean The second reason is that the North Korea might before a war signalling the end of Koreans starts. workers of (Gae Sung industrial complex) want more support from the international country. In North Korea is like a bomb that can go off at any back to South Korea and shutted the place down. 1992, North Korea had officially announced that moment. We cannot possibly dissolve it or remove On May 18th, North Korea launched a short- they are officially withdrawing from the Treaty for it in a short time. The best way is to start slowly to distance guided missile to the East sea of South the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Because of dissolve it. It may take years, decades, even Korea. So, what is the reason behind all of these that, the US coaxed them and supported them with centuries. Care nothing about the time. A unification provocation? oil, food, even light water nuclear reactor. However, of the Korean peninsula is needed desperately, and it Before that we must take a look at the operating the North Korea took all of the supplies and at 2003, will take time. The important thing is, the world system of North Korea. North Korea is one of the they really officially dropped out of the treaty. Now, should work on something to prevent a horrible war very few socialist country in the world. Actually, they might be wanting more support since their that can lead into another World War. North Korea is a corrupt socialist country. Socialism nation is one of the poorest countries of the world. hates hereditary power. However, North Korea This might be the reason behind the North Korea’s AENP reporter Lim Se-Jin rulers had passed on its powers for three generations actions. Jeonju Woolim Middle School 2nd grader now. This is where the first and the most reliable The last reason is that maybe, just maybe, North [email protected] reason is rooted from. In North Korea, they have Korea really do want to unite. Well, we need to take We Hope Unification is Possible

Kim Jeong Eun, the president of North Korea announced that they will launch a nuclear missile at South Korea. It made me think about the unification of both South and North Korea. Of course, unification of North and South Korea is hard to accomplish and there are many people who do not agree with the idea. But I think there are many advantages if this unification takes place. First, we will not need to worry about the war any more, The Korean War ended with a cease-fire so both South and North Korea have been in tension until now. Then we can save ourselves a lot of anxiety. We don't need to be called "the only divided country in the world". Second, we can gain more territory and population which means we can have more power to develop. South Korea has many human resources and North Korea has many underground resources. These two resources will serve as a springboard for the future. Third, we have many dispersed families who are looking forward to seeing each other. How many times can they meet together even though both South and North Korea agree? It is unnatural for a family not to live together. There are many who don't know their family members’ life and death even till this day. So we AENP reporter Park San-Ha have to do our best to help them reunite before it’ s too late. Jeonju Handle Elementary School 6th grader We hope unification is possible. [email protected] 4 vol.17 June, 2013 Politics Internet Viruses The Internet was invented to share information more easily. When the Internet was only used by the specialists, there were no such things called “spyware.” However, when the Internet was released to the public, people developed a lot of websites that made our lives easier. For instance, emails developed, making the transfer of information much easier. Some people worked hard to develop software that enhanced people’s lives. Now that the internet is a global sensation, there are many who, use the internet for bad purposes. Many of those people try to hack into others’ computer and spread viruses for personal gain. History of Internet Viruses Elk Cloner (1982) drive contains and to damage the system BIOS. Chen Ing-Hau created it. Elk Cloner, the first virus, did not harm a lot of computers. However, hackers Although the protection for the CIH virus was implemented, it developed into made an important discovery that it could spread on its own. Richard Skrenta many forms. created this virus only to affect boot sectors. Now, he is a computer MyDoom (2004) programmer and an entrepreneur. This virus had the biggest impact on the economy, causing 38.5 billion dollars Brain (1986) in damage. It rapidly spread through email and a lot of computers were Brain was much more complex than the Elk Cloner virus as it evaded disk damaged because of it. Unfortunately, the creator was not found. utility programs. This virus affected the disks negatively. Computer specialists Conflicker (2007) considered it the most disruptive virus of all time because Brain led to viruses This virus still exists and pretends that it is antivirus software. The purpose is today that cannot be removed. to steal personal information by disabling existing antivirus software. It has CIH Virus (1998) had a significant impact on a large number of computers. Unfortunately, the The CIH virus had the ability to control important information that a system creator of this virus is unknown as well. How to prevent Internet Viruses 1. Install antivirus software that can protect your computer. 3. Do not click email links from an anonymous person. 2. Do not download software from unreliable sources. 4. Perform daily scans. My Thoughts about Internet Viruses Internet virus creators will not cease to exist. Therefore, computer users should be mindful of their threat. Following the steps above, computer users would prevent internet viruses from invading their computers. Due to the myriad of astute hackers, antivirus software companies are struggling to develop a vaccine that can prevent computer viruses. Thus, it is a consumer’s obligation to keep their computers safe and clean.

AENP reporter Lee Jeong-Min Posung Middle School 1st grader [email protected]

The Marriage of Same-Sex

In France, Francois Hollande(the president of France)’s govern- and gays have rights to love each other legally. ment legalized homosexual marriage and adopt other kids. France is The voices that agree with homosexual love are becoming loud. becoming the fourteenth country to legalize homosexual marriage. Nevertheless, many people still don't understand homosexual love and Constitutional court in France said,"The bill to allow homosexual against with it. Reasons of it are stereotype, religion, and biological marriage doesn’t against constitution, and doesn't violate citizen's basic factors. For stereotype, our ancestors have been thought only people who human rights and freedom, and state sovereignty." so they legalized are not gays could marry and become the family and descendants learned homosexual marriage. There are more countries which legalized it. For these thoughts. homosexual love is against with religions. For example, in instance, The Netherlands is the first one among the countries that the Bible, homosexual love is banned. In biological factors, same-sex legalized homosexual marriage, Belgium, Canada. Spain, Norway, South people can marry but they can't make babies who will make the future. If Africa, Sweden, and others. Also, in America, president Obama is homosexual marriages increase, it means that the decrease of population supporting homosexual marriage even there is DOMA (The law which and this effects to the country’s economy and society. limit the gender to marry) which made by president Clinton. And there are Still, most countries and people are against with homosexual marriage states which legalized homosexual marriage in America, like Iowa, and and love. But the voices which agree and support it is increasing. New York. Love, most people think love is the affection between male and female. Do Many countries are legalizing homosexual marriage and these happens you know what? The real definition of love is the mind to like each other. because there are variety of families, they should have rights to love same- This means that love is not the mind only for female and male. Male and sex people in legally. Today, some kinds of families are increasing. This male can love each other, and female and female can love each other. It's means homosexual families are also just families. And gays are one of not a weird or creepy thing, it's just different. Therefore, we should citizens in the country, so they have the rights to pursue one's happiness understand and give them right to love each other. and human rights. This means that they have freedom to marry with same- AENP reporter Jang Ko-Un sex people and become happy. These rights shows up in the constitution Seongsim Girls’ Middle School 1st grader [email protected] Social Issues vol.17 June, 2013 5 Global Village The word global village is created in a com- many international organizations parison with a villiage. Because people now are helped Korea get over the aftermath able to contact people all over the world much of the world. easier. For example, we can play game with Third, in a globalized world many american and can go other countries. Also, discussion on the protection of the many people choose their marriage partner environment is being proceed. For foreigners. Some people have bad cognizance to example, “Kyoto Protocol to the globalization including the inter-national marriage United Nations Framework but they shouldn’t. It’s because, these developments Convention on Climate Change” is have some advantage. one of agreement that helped slow First, global village offers better relief for disaster strucken areas. For the speed of global warming. example, many powerful earthquakes such and the one in Fukushima, However, these developments have some disadvantage, too. Japan, took lives of many people and destroyed the entire village. For example, people’s racial prejudice breaks hearts of others, and However, abundant supplies and help from neighboring nations lot of ironically even though many treaties on the protection of environments people help them. So, they could restore easily. have been agreed, however, destruction of the environment is getting Second, many multi-national organizations, NGOs and treaties work to worse every day. keep peace and justice on this planet. For example, in the Korean War, Nothing can be flawless. AENP reporter Shin Ju-Yong Jeonju Woolim Middle School 3rd grader with the UN’s help we were able to get over many predicaments. And [email protected] Population is Power In Korea, the birth rate is decreasing at a fast rate. In 1995, about of 1000. The reason why so many children were born was because Korea 721,000 babies were born. In 2000, about 637,000 people were born. In was experiencing a lot of difficulties during that time. The Korean people 2004, only about 476,000 babies were born. Therefore, the population thought that it their population were to grow, their economy would as well. growth rate is one of the lowest in Asia. This is having a negative effect on Their thoughts were right. The economy boomed: the growth rate was the the economic growth in Korea. It is not alone: in Europe, the population highest of all the countries around the world. growth rate and the economic growth is really slow. On the other hand, on In the examples of Latin America and Korea, the rate of the population is the other side of the planet, in Latin America, both the population growth closely related to economic growth. So, how does the population growth and the economic growth are unimaginably fast and thus, it has begun to affect the economy? If the population grows, the market size also grows. If have a greater impact on the world’s economy. I believe that in the recent this happens, big companies will be required to meet the demand of a times, population is the biggest power and that we should try our best to larger population. More and more corporations would emerge, which heighten the economy by increasing the population growth rate. would have a positive impact on the economy. This is how the rate of the Based on CIA World Factbook, South Korea’s birthrate of 2012 was 8 out population corresponds to the growth of a country’s economy. of 1000 whereas the birth rate of the most Latin American countries was Today, Korea needs to work hard to increase the birth rate. In order to 17 out of 1000. Latin American birth rate of 2012 was over the double of solve this problem, I believe that the government should create incentives that of Korea. This demonstrates the birth rate between South Korea and for families that have more children. One of the biggest reasons Korean Latin American countries. For the past eight years, Latin American people do not want many babies is because they are afraid that they would economic growth was higher than that of Europe. In addition, according to not be able to afford the financial burden of more children. Currently, in the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Korea, it takes a huge amount of money to take care of a child because of Caribbean, Latin America is expected to expand its economy by 4% while the excessive cost of educational fees. If the government makes policies to European countries’economies would grow by 0.3%. This depicts a reduce the burden of these costs, people would chose to have more positive picture of the current economic growth in Latin America. Latin children. America shows us that if population grows, the economy grows as well. Another solution that might help solve the declining population issue is to In the 1960s, Korea had a similar rate of population and economic make policies that allow for immigrants. These days, a lot of people from growth. According to the World Bank, the birth rate was more than 40 out Southeast Asia want to come to Korea and get a job. However, because of Korea’s strict immigration policy, it is difficult to come to Korea. I believe that this policy should be loosened. This would give a lot of immigrants the opportunity to come to Korea and work, therefore increasing Korea’s population. Population growth rate has a corresponding relationship with the economic growth. In other words, when the population growth rate increases, so does the economy. Consequently, it is really important for Korea’s population to increase. In order for this to occur, two things must take place: the Korean government needs to implement policies that help families with many children and change immigration policies to increase the number of immigrants.

AENP reporter Lee Jeong-Min Posung Middle School 1st grader [email protected] 6 vol.17 June, 2013 Social Issues It’s Too Heavy! When I grumble about my heavy backpack, my parents say “Why on muscles around shoulders. don’t you use your locker?”. And when we walk around the school, we Second, heavy backpacks are can usually see some lower grader students carrying bags that are bigger well known as the biggest than them. Of course we have our own lockers in our school. But the cause of scoliosis. Our spine space in lockers is limited to put all the books in. Also, we always have to has to be straight, but it comes carry some books to do homework. Moreover, these days students have a to be bent to one side. Third, lot of classes after school, so we have to carry more books. we tend to stick our heads out According to many researches, these days students' backpacks are too to keep balance. It can lead to a heavy when the backpack’s weight has to be lower than 10% of the herniated cervical. student’s weight. For example, if a second grade elementary school To prevent all these problems, student’s weight is 28kg, his backpack's weight should be lower than there are some easy ways to do. 2.8kg. However, the average of the weight of second grade students' If you are going to buy a new backpacks is about 3.4kg. And 65% of elementary students' backpack backpack, you have to check few things. First, it has to be light. Also, a weight is over 10% of their body weight. Furthermore, few years ago, a shoulder strap has to be wide and cushioned. Finally, there should be a mat research from Daejeon-si educational office in-local showed that the at the bottom of the backpack. You also have to remember few things average of elementary school students' backpacks' is 4.18kg, middle when you are packing and carrying your backpack. You can dispose heavy school students' is 6.1kg, and high school students' is 7.57kg. things near your back. And the backpack should not come down under Because of a heavy backpack, sometimes I feel pain on my waist and 10cm from your waist. If you are using a shoulder bag, you can alternately shoulders right after I arrived home from school. Actually, many doctors carry the bag over both sides of your shoulder. However, the most say that carrying heavy backpacks can lead to serious health problems. important thing is to minimize your burden. You can buy paperback rather According to CPSC(Consumer Product Safety Comission), over 13700 than hard. Or you can buy books that can be decentralized. If it is hard to children among 5 to 13-year-old have visited hospital because of injuries reduce, using an extra bag can be a good solution. caused by heavy backpacks. First, one of the common symptoms is AENP reporter Park Se-Hwa Myofacial Pain Syndrome. It is caused by the lack of nutrient and oxygen Jeonju Seo Middle School 3rd grader [email protected] Stress, the Greatest Enemy of Modern People

Recently, modern people suffer from a great deal of stress. Stress best way to relieve your stress. It is to have a good laughter. Having a good might be the most dreadful enemy to people. People suffer stress when laugh is not only smiling but laughing out loud. You get stressed when they fail tests, fight with somebody, and everytime they get angry or sad. sympathetic nerve is activated. Laugh makes parasympathetic nerve Even good things could cause stress. It might not be activated. Also it increases the secretion of a problem when people release stress in a healthy endorphins, which relieves pain under great stress. way. However, there is no time to control the stress. There is some misbehavior with stress relievers. People are too busy working and have no time to First, some people play computer games to relieve rest. This makes people mad. stress. However, this can’t solve their problem. There is a saying, “Stress makes an illness”. Half Computer games make people tense, and people get of this is true, and half is false. There are no diseases stress by pressure of the game’s outcome. Also, that stress is the main cause. However if you suffer some people eat too much to reduce stress. They from stress persistently, you can easily get sick. If think it can help them forget bad memories and you get stress, the sympathetic nerve become more relieve stress. However, eating too much can’t help active, and influence of the hormone makes more you to relieve stress. It can make you suffer from blood go to muscles, heart, and brain. eating disorder like bulimia. In comparison, digestive organs and flesh get less You might think stress is just a bad thing, but it blood. This decreases the body temperature and the isn’t. It is natural to feel stressed and a proper immunity and causes digestive disorder. If this amount of stress can help you stay alert. However, imbalance conditions continue, weak digestive too much stress is not good for your health. Thus, organs could show disorder. For example, people you should take enough rest to relieve stress, and who have weak stomach can have stomach cramps. live a good life. It means stress can’t be a main cause of an illness, but it can make people get sick. In isolation, if stress AENP reporter Lee You-Been continues for a long time, it can cause mental Jeonju Woojeon Middle School 2nd grader diseases like insomnia, anxiety attack and [email protected] adjustment disorders. How can we prevent and be released of stress? There are many ways to be released of it. People do exercise, spend time for hobbies and other things. But some people can’t get rid of stress because they don't know how to deal with it. I will introduce the Social Issues vol.17 June, 2013 7 The High-handedness of Namyang Dairy Industry

Few days ago, there was a big incident that made the internet hot. It was about the “Namyang Dairy industry”, and to describe this in more detail, it is about the bad management of the Namyang dairy industry. Since the Namyang Dairy is one of the famous company in Korea, the people who saw this news were shocked a lot. The main story was that the president and the staff there had done some irrational things to the people who were working in the agent. The staff had sent too much products to the agent even though the agent already told them that they cannot sell that much. For example, let’s say that an agent located in Jeon-Ju can only sell 4 boxes a day. So for the company with a good management, they have to send 4 boxes to the agent as they are told. However, for the Namyang daily’s side, they sent 20 boxes to the agent, and just didn't care about the situations that will happen at the least. The company just sent the product for only their profit, and for the agents, they had to carry all the burdens of loss in money. Then, the situation replays every month, and finally, the loss of the agents gets too much. Related to this, few days ago an agent manager suicided because of an enormous amount of loss. Also, there was another big incident, the opening of a listening file-that have recorded a dialog between the agent and the staff. It became a big problem because the staff-who were a lot younger than the agent people, said some abusive language to the agent people. The agent people were almost the same age of the staff's father, so the staff was in big trouble. As a result, the staff voluntary resigned. After few days, the incident seemed to be completed by having a reflection paper from the Namyang Daily. However, the agent had written a letter that the Namyang dairy industry have fired him, and sent a lawsuit to him. After the people knew about that, and since most of the people were mad at the Namyang daily, the people started to boycott the product of Namyang daily industry. Some of the convenient stores started not to sell the product from Namyang, too. As a result, it is told that the total sales had been decreased to 15%. AENP reporter Yang Sung-Eun I am not sure about the future attitude of people for the Namyang daily, but it is almost sure that the thing that Jeonju Kijeon Middle School 2nd grader the Namyang daily did was a totally bad thing to do, and they must change their attitude in every way. I hope [email protected] there are no more company like Namyang in Korea because these kind of company will damage Korea’s image and many other things. Also, I hope that the situation like this will not happen anymore.

The Tyranny of the Superior

In the first half of this year, the biggest issue seems to be the tyranny of the superior. There are many happens some of these happens are very shameful to me even almost all over the world people allude to happens. There are some happens, first is Lotte Department Store in Cheongnyangli( ) the 40s sales staff suicide because of pressure of sale the product and administrator’s swearwords. However Lotte’s president didn’t know about this happen. Second story is happening in airplane, Posco’s executive ask to crew member an unreasonable, and hit them. Then he caught at the USA airport. Namyang dump product on agent, and use swear words. agent’s owner became angry and demonstration. However these happens are hide by the executives of a company or government. They don’t want these happening to be openly exposed to people in this nation. There are many unknown tyranny of the superior. Maybe we are contributing to this tyranny, thinking that nothing except the benefit of us, consumers, matter. We must get rid of this thought. Suppressing lowly people than them shocked and disappointed the government and the people, and I want Korea to become a fair country. AENP reporter Choi Hyean-Woo Wansan High School 1st grader [email protected] 8 vol.17 June, 2013 Culture & History Jin-kyu’s Korean History Time 6 The Rising Sun in the Korean Peninsula, Go-ryeo In the last article, we talked about the new many benefits and wielded absolute authorities. Second, middle-classes country, Go-ryeo and its development in are other lower class aristocrats like petty officials, junior officials, politics. However, not only politics have technicians, reeves, and court workers. They lived a better life than other changed, but also economies, cultures, and citizens and got lands from the government. Third, citizens are farmers, societies have changed. Also, there was a big merchants, craftsmen, and miners. They farmed aristocrats’ lands and gave war against China. So, this time, I’m going to them taxes from it. Governments made many systems for them like show this great development of Go-ryeo in funding for poors, regulating prices, giving free medical treatments. Lastly, three different titles. the lowest class people are mostly slaves. They were not treated as people, 1. Economy so they could be sold, gived, inherited, and they didn’t have to pay taxes. If In Go-ryeo, about 90% of the citizens were one of the parents were slave, the son or the daughter had to become a farmers. So, the farming industry was highly developed, and also the slave. 3. government did many things for farmers. For example, the farmers didn’t Abroad Relationship have to work for the construction when farming, and the government Go-ryeo had many relationships with China. Especially in China, Song made a system named Ui-chang which lend grains to farmers when there and Yo fought for the supremacy of China. Go-ryeo had good relationship was a disaster. with Song, and interacted with Song culturally and economically, but had There was also a system named Su-Chi which was made to get money bad relationship with Yo which is called Geo-ran because they thought Yo and labor from citizens. Citizens had to give money, grains, specialities, as the uncivilized country which overthrew Bal-hae. So, the king Gwang- manually produced goods, and even their power to construct or to fight. jong constructed a big castle to protect Go-ryeo. Yo became angry and These money was used to give government officials money, and to protect attacked Go-ryeo three times, but they all failed. the country from the other countries. But government officials wanted to Go-ryeo interacted with other countries well by the international trade get steady incomes instead of this. This is why there was a system named port named Byeok-Lan-Do. Go-ryeo exported potteries, papers, ginseng, Jeon-si-gwa. Jeon-si-gwa is a system to give government officials a land books, ink, farming tools to other countries and imported silk, silver, fur, and get taxes from that land. So, government officials gave their land to mercury, spice, sulfur, corals, etc. At this point, Arabian merchants called farmers and farmers gave them taxes that came from that land. Some of Go-ryeo as Korea, and it’s why we are now called as Korea. those lands could also be passed on to their descendents, and it made Go-ryeo became stronger and stronger. Go-ryeo became wealthy, government officials to maintain their positions. systematic, and powerful. Many other countries became afraid of Go-ryeo. But, if the good thing happens, bad thing also happens. Go-ryeo slowly 2. Caste System became weaker. I hope they overcome those difficulties. Let me talk about There were four types of people in Go-ryeo. Aristocrat, middle-class, these in the next article. civilians, and the lowest class. First of all, aristocrats are kings and other AENP reporter Jeong Jin-Kyu high-ranking officials. They lived a great life, and lived in luxury. They got Jeonju Yangji Middle School 2nd grader [email protected] Buddha’s Birthday May 17 is the Buddha’s birthday. On this day, people usually go Lantern Festival is a religious festival with a theme of Buddha’s to Buddhist temples. First, people bow to Buddha and make a wish Birthday in addition to Lotus Lantern Culture. This cultural event after bowing to Buddha. People usually buy Lotus lanterns and put sublimates Buddhism which teaches people to take away from the them up on the rope. Let me show some things about Buddhism. darkness in the lives and pray for a new world with full of wisdom and At first, the ancient kingdom named Silla started to have a event on mercy into a national festival. In the Lotus Lantern festival, you can the Buddha’s birthday. At this moment, Silla was actually a Buddhism see the grand panorama of the night sky embroidered with a hundred country because whole thing about Silla was all based on Buddhism. thousand of the five cardinal colored Lantern. People in Silla usually believed in Buddhism, so the Buddha’s birthday Second buddhist religious ritual is was a big festival to the people in Silla. After Silla fell, there came the Washing the Baby Buddha. In front kingdom named Goryeo. Goryeo also believed in Buddhism so they of a room where an image of Buddha had a big festival on the Buddha’s birthday. But after the fall of stays, people put an image of a baby Goryeo, the new kingdom named Joseon started to believe the new Buddha and they wash it. Every religion named Confucianism. So during the period of Joseon dynasty, visitors can do it. It is simple. People people did’t have a big festival on the Buddha’s birthday. Buddhism just put water on the image of baby came about again after the fall of the Joseon dynasty. Many people Buddha and they make a wish of the started to think about Buddhism again, and the Buddha’s birthday baby Buddha. became a holiday. So now, many people come to the Buddhist temple during the Buddha’s birthday and have a good time. On Buddha’s birthday, there are many kinds of Buddhist religious rituals. The most famous buddhist religious rituals are Lotus lantern AENP reporter Song Sung-Cheol Festival and Washing the Baby Buddha. Haesung Middle School 1st grader First Buddhist religious ritual is Lotus lantern festival. The Lotus [email protected] Education & People vol.17 June, 2013 9 Studying Abroad in Korea! What do you think if you hear Fortunately, Korean government started to carry forward a new plan that the word English? Is it a language that would help students who still want to study English effectively in Korea; a we need to learn necessarily? Is it too plan about “Jeju Global Education City”. Then, what is Jeju Global hard to learn? Well, whatever you Education City? It is a city that is currently building in southwest of Jeju think, nobody can deny that English is Island established for studying English in Korea with same environment as the most important language of the learning in foreign country. Also, three great international schools are world. Nowadays, the world is becoming located in Jeju : Korea International School (KIS) Jeju, North London much more globalized. Because of it, Collegiate School (NLCS) Jeju, and Branksome Hall Asia (BHA). people are obliged to choose a lan- These schools offer their students great curricular system that helps guage that can be used in many students to learn English, and also special extra-curricular programs give countries in the world. As a result, students more opportunity to develop themselves and to be a global leader. English has been chosen as a global Every classes are only taught by English, and because of it, students can language. The reason why it was get opportunity to learn same things that is taught in English major chosen is because English is the most countries such as U.S.A, U.K, and Canada. They can also get foreign used language abroad. Even though academic career that helps enter to amazing foreign University such as Chinese is the language which the Ox-bridge, or Ivy League. The chairman of Jeju Free International City most people are using, it is not chosen Development Center (JDC), Byeon Jung-Il said, “Jeju international because it is only used in China and some other places that Chinese live schools are the hub of Asian education”. He also showed a result that this together like Hongkong. city is developing dramatically with absorbing demands of studying As the importance of the English is increasing, the number of students abroad. According to National Statistical Office (NSO), 29,511 students who want to study abroad are also increasing. The reason why students who studied abroad in 2006 decreased constantly to 16,515 students in want to study abroad is because they learn English not only more 2011. However, the number of students who learn in Jeju International effectively in foreign countries but can also learn their culture and Schools are increasing 300~400 students per year. In 2012, about 1,300 tradition. However, some problems also occurred. Most of the studying students were learning in three international schools. abroad programs require lots of money because the big support is needed About two years were passed after Jeju International Schools were for a student who studies in foreign countries. Have you ever heard about founded. Likewise what JDC claimed, the project about Jeju Global the “goose fathers”? It means fathers who live alone, work and send Education City is currently improving. We should think more about money to his wife and children who are living in foreign country for studying abroad, importance of English in global society nowadays, and education. It caused a division of family, which may cause bad mental how Jeju Global Education City can be a solution to decrease studying abroad. problem for both parents and children. Another problem is that lots of AENP reporter Kim Do-Won money is getting out from Korea that may cause economic recession. Korea International School Jeju 9th grader Because of it, people started to think that studying abroad is not always a [email protected] really successful way to everyone, and it can also be dangerous. Death of Margaret Thatcher and Her Laws she did not win the election. She won the second the economy better, it increased unemployment. election and became a politician. She was a The unemployment increased to 3millon people. minister of several departments and finally Second, it destroyed mines and other industries. became the prime minister. She worked hard to This leads to increase of unemployment. Some be the person she is now. people are against her but other people are for All around the world, people are sad about her her. I think her laws have some problem even death. The prime minister of the UK said that though it made the UK a better country. Even we’ve lost a great leader, a great Prime Minister, though her laws have problems, I think we a great Briton. The funeral was at London Saint should still thank her for making the UK’s “Margaret Thatcher”, who was Paul’s Cathedral. People read her favorite T S economy better and stopping the inflation. once the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Eliot’s poem. Her body was buried in Royal died. She died in the age of 88 in April 8th, Hospital Chelsea cemetery. 6.1 billion Korean 2013. She was the first woman prime minister in won was used for her funeral. It used more the UK. She was called “Iron Lady” because she money than Diana princess’s funeral. It would led laws like iron. She was a hero to the UK’s have been better if they used the money for poor economy. She led her Thatcherism. It was people instead of doing it too big and luxurious. successful but it increased the unemployment. There are good views about her but here are She controlled the UK for 11 years. Her father views that are against her. Her laws that made was the owner of a grocery store. Her father was the economy better was great. However, there very poor but he worked hard and when were some consequences. First, it led to high Margaret was in college, he was a mayor. unemployment rates. She stopped people from AENP reporter Kim Gyung-Jun Margaret learned from him and used it to her going on strike and responded tough on people Gunsan Jigok Elementary school 6th grader [email protected] politics. She went out in the general election but going on strike. She blocked inflation and made 10 vol.17 June, 2013 Education & People Do You Want to Work at UN?

The United Nations is consisted of a lot of groups with different functions. The overall management is done by UN Headquarters in New York, Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi. One of the three biggest goals of UN, advocating social and economic development, is done by Economic and Social Commissions in each parts of the world. Asia has two different commissions. One is in Beirut, Lebanon in charge of West Asia, and another is in Bangkok in charge of Asia and the pacific. Two Criminal Tribunals provide solutions for legal problems, and the rest of the organization includes 40 programs and agencies. You have probably heard about organizations under UN, such as UNICEF (for children), WHO (for health), and UNESCO (for education, science and culture). One of the key words that represent UN is diversity. When you are working in the UN, there are diverse choice of occupations that you can choose from, and changing the place you work in or the job that you take is recommended. Whether you are a language major or a science major is not important, and whether you are an economist, a journalist, a human rights activist, or a computer technician is NOT important because there are numerous ways you can contribute to a worldwide development. Economic and Social Development manages development and is related to sociology and economics. Protecting human rights and providing relief for people in an emergency situation is a role of Political, Peace, and Security section. Management and Operation is about managing human resources Hello, friends across the country and the globe! If you are reading this, (employees) and facilities, when Information Technology section is about I think it means that you are interested in a job called diplomat. As your planning strategies and providing technology for the organization. Public friend who is dreaming about becoming a diplomat, there are some things Information is related to advertisement because it is about introducing that I hope to do by introducing one type work you can do. For those who UN’s roles to the public, and Conference Management works for are probably uncertain about your dreams, I hope you can start dreaming successfully holding conferences and language-related personnels such as to have this wonderful job, and for those who are already dreaming your translators to help people from different nations communicate are needed. dream, I hope I can help you find the best path for your life! Diplomat is a Safety and Security personnels are almost similar to military or police person who represents their own country in a world with complex officers, guarding UN staffs from danger. international relationship. I think diplomat shouldn't only work for their You receive enough reward for working for the world. When you work at own country's benefit, but also collaborate with others to solve global UN, the organization provides active programs like mentors and problems, and one example of the international organization working to counselors for you to decide your future career. The monthly salaries can achieve this goal is the United Nations. range from 3 thousand dollars (3 baekman-won) to more than 10 thousand The first phrase that appears when you go to the United Nations home dollars (cheonman-won). The money for supporting family is given, such page is “Welcome to United Nations. It’s Your World.” It is something that as support for your children’s education. However, keep in mind that you describes the objective of UN accurately, as the members of UN work need enough qualifications. For most jobs, advanced university degrees with responsibility to make a better world. There are several roles that UN and your experience in that field of work is a basic qualification required. mainly plays. In the past, from 1945 when it was first established, UN Drawing creative and flexible solutions is critical in solving global only specialized in holding and managing international conferences. Now, problems. More importantly, you should be professional, fair and honest It still holds conference such as General Assembly or the Security when respecting and serving people as a team. For more informations, UN Council, but it puts more focus in working in actual field and playing more Careers site (careers.un.org) will help you a lot! various functions. There are almost 50 thousand staffs from 200 countries, In my personal opinion, having a certain job itself isn’t a wonderful and 50 percent of them is doing field operations. 30 percent is working in dream, but a real bright future will start from thinking specifically about UN headquarters, which means that there are more people working in who you will be and what you will do. I want to be a diplomat who works fields than offices. at the United Nations (UN) to make a difference in regions with people There are three major roles that UN plays. First, it keeps peace and who are suffering from inhumane life conditions because of ongoing war security by promoting friendly relationship among nations. The UN is and in countries with women and children who don’t even get a chance to currently on 28 peace operations around the world to solve conflicts and get primary education and dreams. If protect people. Next, it works for protecting human rights by providing you are impressed by Nelson Mandela’s people a better living standard. Lastly, it contributes in social and words, or Mahatma Gandhi’s spirit of economic development, meaning that it takes part in making social respecting all humans, you should plan improvements. Have you ever heard of Millenium Development Goals your life to do something for others. (MDG)? It is a set of goals that UN set to meet the changing and unending YOLO (You only live once), and it’s demands in the 21st century. MDG includes eliminating poverty, your turn to make a change! providing gender equality, giving education for children and preventing them and mothers from death and diseases like AIDS. Sustainable development is another important part of MDG. These are missions which AENP reporter Doh Hee-Jin will be given to you if you enter the UN. Jeonju Kijeon Middle School 3rd grader [email protected] Statistics vol.17 June, 2013 11

People’s Usage of the Olympic Park 1. Survey Outline The Olympic Park is located in Bang-i-dong, Songpagu, Seoul near It was shown that there is a great diversity related to ages in people who the Posung High School. The park is 1,477,122 square meters and it visited the Olympic Park with the respondents. The highest percentage of was opened in 1979. The Olympic Park can be divided into two big people who visited the Olympic Park with the respondents in the age of 10s parts, athletics park and areas near the Mong-Chon-To-Seong. In the and 20s were friends. The highest percentage of people who visited the park Olympic Park, people can use many sports facilities, enjoy art, and with the respondents over the age of 30 were families. see beautiful sceneries. The Posung Statistical Survey club did a research on May 11th at 12pm. The research was about park users’ gender, age, main purpose of using the park, average period of time they stay in the park and so on. We also asked whether they were satisfied with the facilities and the environment of the Olympic Park. We did this survey by going out to the park and giving them a questionnaire.

2. Survey Result The number of respondents was 160. Among the respondents, the rate of male respondents was 28.8 percent and the rate of female respondents was 71.3 percent. We could see that there is a major statistical difference related to gender in the main reason why people visit the park. For male, respondents who came to the park to take a walk took the highest percentage. For female, respondents who wanted to take a rest in the park took the highest percentage.

It was shown that there is a significant statistical difference related to gender in ages. While male’s age distribution was even, female’s age distribution was uneven. The rate of females in the 20s, 30s, and 40s was higher than the rate of females over the age of 50.

The Posung Statistical Survey club tried this survey method for the first time and thus, we experienced some difficulties because it was somewhat challenging to find a respondent who was willing to do the survey. As I did this survey, I figured out that I needed to ask people taking a rest, not the people who were exercising. After finishing the survey, the club members gathered and talked about the difficulties that we encountered and some improvements that we should make for a long period of time. First, we made some Respondents who visited the Olympic Park with friends took the highest mistakes in the questionnaire. In the question asking about the percentage, 43.1 percent. Respondents who visited the park with their transportation they usually use to get to the park, we did not include families took the next highest percentage, 40.6 percent. the subway in the answer choices. Furthermore, we did not consider the old people who cannot read small words. We all learned that we have much to consider before we do the research. From next time, we decided to make a better questionnaire by discussing about it for a longer period of time. On top of that, we learned that it is important for us to ask people to fill out the questionnaire politely. This survey led me to gain confidence in myself. AENP reporter Lee Jeong-Jin Posung High School 2nd grader [email protected] 12 vol.17 June, 2013 Science Dongsei’s Space Development Serial- No. 2

The mankind always had their endless in Germany and was making a progress at developing rocketry adoration for the space. Since the very technologies as well as making rockets popular in the country at the time, first part of our existence, they looked up the German Army could come to the conclusion easily. to the day sun and night stars, wondering Though, it was only one person from VfR who could join the German what are those exactly, what things are on Army’s rocket developing project. The person, who was also the son of the it and what exists beyond them. Also, interior minister at the time, honored as the father of space development many's way of life in different civilizations differed much not just because and rockets soon after, was Werhner von Braun. Even though most of the of the different locations and climates of them, but also by the people's people at VfR was a ‘real amateur’ at the time, von Braun had professional thought of the structure of space. degree and training, as well as a huge, detailed dream about space As people’s observation skills of space developed, their recognition of development. The army decided to credit him for it’s rocket development, space also developed much, making their myth, social and starting from A1, A2 and A3, he fully created the basic structure of structure,technology follow the development, enhancing the overall life modern rockets and developed many things that are must-needs for space quality of mankind as well as their observation skill of space and therefore flight such as the ‘Jet Vane’, ‘Nose cone’ and the pitch program. making the positive loop of development of above to repeat itself on and Progressing everyday with their rocketry, Braun’s team finally succeeded on. For an example, by observing the sun and the moon, people were able in developing a space-reaching rocket, the A4, which name was changed to understand the season and time cycle of nature and make calenders, into V2. Unfortunately, as well as it was the very first spacecraft, it was the which helped very much with their agriculture or social planning. Another very first missile also. The way it worked was : the engine fires for 65 popular example can be found from the stars, which almost all of the seconds, and as the engine cuts off, the rocket turns it’s head angle as travelers -no matter where and how you travel- used for their only source calculated. Using inertia, it keeps flying until it reaches exactly 80 km of navigation. Without the navigations, the mankind wouldn't have been above of it’s target and free falls. Of course with the massive power of able to develop a trade system or even communications between cultures both falling and of the TNT explosives in it’s warhead, it could cause a or cities, and we can only imagine how our lives would be right now if massive damage to it’s target place while nothing could track it down since those things haven’t been developed. it was too fast. This new weapon made massive casualties, killing at least Though, including the period of Copernicus, Galilei and Einstein, over 15,000 people total during it’s use, even killing 567 by one hit. human’s move towards space was only limited at observing and analysing above : the launch of a V2 rocket and it’s destruction it, and human only stayed on the surface of Earth, not being able to Still, the ultimate-weapon-at-the-time could not reverse the flow of war ‘actually be in space’ and develop it. However, with our technology fast- and the Axis powers lost the World War 2. However, no one can say the developing and (unfortunately) as the need for a weapon that has every rocket’s life ended there because countries around the world started abilities of a object that can also reach outer space became great because making improvements to the rocket, still launching it a lot for rocketry of the two world wars and the cold war after them, the ‘real step’ towards tests and the V2 development team was brought to countries of the Allied space started with the help of great space dreamer-pioneers, such as Jules powers and was given the lead position at the countries’ space Verne, Robert Goddard, Sergei Korolev and Werhner von Braun. development projects. The race for building a ‘rocket’ started right after when the space- But the most important significance of the V2 rocket was that it finally dreamers found out that it could be the only way to reach space. A enabled the mankind to ‘really’ reach space, which human had only shooting object - such as a gigantic canon could not make anything inside looked up since their very beginning. Although, I only wish that someday, it withstand the acceleration pressure, and things such as a huge ballon there would be no need to develop a new weapon (like the V2) even could not reach any higher than the air-dense part of our atmosphere. A though it could bring us numerous advantages and chances to start Russian school teacher, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, started to plan the pioneering. methods of space development and exploration like a human-transporting Now the door to space has been finally rocket and the space station which seemed impossible at his time, and an opened, and human’s space exploration will American professor Robert Goddard made many scientific approaches to progress in an unbelievably accelerated the only method of reaching space - rockets -, writing very expert papers speed, propelled by the powers of our desires about his own tests of rockets and theories of space travel, and keep trying and dreams that has waited for so long. It to make his very-first-series-of-rockets-ever made reach higher altitude. will take only 19 years since the V2’s first Though, the very first voyage of modern space development (mainly launch for mankind to actually be in space, Goddard’s) was not easy, because the U.S. government did not really and only 8 more years from then for us to support much of his experiments and as a common sense, it is almost step on the moon. The modern space impossible for just an individual to have great achievements in space development has begun, and human could development alone. not yet even imagine how much it could Then, the World War 2 broke out and the German Army planned to benefit them. develop an artillery that can target a super-far object. The longest-reaching artillery at the time was the ‘Paris Gun’, which could only target objects AENP reporter Park Dong-Sei less than 40km away, and that was not enough. The only possibility was Jeonju Seo Middle School 3rd grader narrowed down until they only had one left; developing and using a [email protected] rocket. Since the concept of ‘rocket’ was commonly known by the time, ’ and the world’s biggest amateur rocket association at the time, ‘VfR’, was Science vol.17 June, 2013 13 Animal Testing, Can It Be Justified? used to more number of patients. Experiments and tests to avoid using anesthesia in animals is because of the in this phase is conducted in a more large and advanced possibility that anesthesia might alter the result of an scale. The clinical trend, some people say, is to include experiment, but that doesn’t change the fact that animals ‘real world’measurements in the research, for example, suffer. how patient’s activities in daily lives are affected by the Despite the money and time put on it, animal testing drug. might prove of inaccurate results. Even though the test is Phase IV: This phase the drug is already approved by the conducted on animals that has similar characteristics FDA, and is being tested for other usage or more safety with humans(e.g. Similar organ positions) but because it information for different group of patients. Studies in this is still different, the results displayed might be inaccurate. phase might show how drugs can be combined with Side-effects that has not been shown during animal other drugs to maximize its effect. testing might be shown during human testing. This It is the pre-clinical phase that is the topic of the debate. means it is a waste of money. And the cost, though it As the world economy nowadays develops rapidly, Companies prefer to conduct animal studies and collect might be cheaper than human testing, is not inexpensive. life expectancy of people is also increasing as well. as many research data as possible because it is less job On the other hand, pro-animal testers say that animal Living long, however, does not mean that the quality of than testing on human patients. Even though animals testing is inevitable for the development of long life is good. Old people might get sick, and they have animal rights that has to be protected and valued, in pharmaceutical treatment against diseases. They say that usually do, and medical companies make more and more the human world, human rights are more important than without animal testing, breakthroughs and advancements medicines that can cure or treat those diseases. But, animal rights. This means that conducting research on involving new drugs will not have been made and medicines are not used to humans unless they are proven humans is much more dangerous and expensive than treatments to critical diseases. Animal testing, in fact, has safe to use. Because the tests of medicine to humans are that of animals. That is why the companies want to helped developed vaccinations against diseases like not allowed at the early stages of drug development, collect as many data from animals. To pass the other malaria, polio, rabies, virus related to organ companies use mouse, chimpanzees and other animals to phases as quickly, and as cheaply as possible. Its slogans transplantation rejection, and much more. In other words, test the side-effects and outcomes. And this, some people always say for the patients, but companies are for profit it is worth the sacrifice. say, is an immoral behaviour. anyhow. Also, animal testing is not only used for human benefits. It takes about 12 to 15 years for a drug to be tested safe If more and more animal researches are conducted, Animals benefit from animal testing as well, though it and get to the market, given that it was already more and ore animal may die or suffer from the side- might sound cruel. Heartworm medicine for dogs, for discovered first. The stages that the drugs go through are effects of the unsafe, unevaluated drugs. And this animal example, were tested by animal testing and created by the following: testing has been harshly attacked by animal rights animal testing, and it is saving millions of dogs all around Pre-Clinical Stage: New promising experimental drug is groups. They say that animal testing is cruel and is not the globe. Animal testing and research also helped us first tested on animals, and is designated by the U.S. worth the money and the lives spent on it. understand cat nutrition and its long life. Several other Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an Cruel practices happen during animal testing because of drugs had been helped by animal testing as well. Investigational New Drug if the test result is positive. the animal’s helplessness. As stated earlier, animal rights Nothing is always good, nothing is always bad. Things Phase I: This phase determines whether the drug is safe are not as well respected as human rights by the majority have its drawbacks and its advantages. So is animal for people to use. In this phase, the drug is tested on of the people. Against animal testing people say that testing. If you use it in a good way, animal testing is a healthy participants to see if it is effective. This scientists or the tester sometimes to fail to realize that the way to expand and broaden our views of the scientific experiment can show side effects and safety. However, animals also suffer from painful procedures as much as world. If used badly, it is just another way of torturing the safety on patients(ill) is not shown in this phase. humans do. Tested animals, for various reasons, are poor, helpless animals. The choice is mine, but it is also Phase II: This phase determines whether the drug deprived of food, exercise, water and sleep. In an yours as well. As always, it is for you to decide. The actually works or not. This is the phase where it occasion, a dog was put into gas chambers to test if a choice is yours. determines if the drug is effective or safe enough to sick particular kind of insecticides are safe for humans to AENP reporter Song Jeong-Min patients. Small scale tests are conducted in this phase. inhale. Because sometimes the tester fails to realize the North London Collegiate School Jeju Year 9 Phase III: This phase determines whether the drug can be pain of the animal, anesthesia is not used. Another reason [email protected] Enemy of Skin, Ultraviolet Rays Most people in these days are really concerned about skin management. And healthy if we have moderate melanic pigment, but to much because of this, the danger of ultraviolet rays are receiving attention. Ultraviolet rays melanic pigment is no good for out body health. are a kind of light that is emitted from the Sun, and the earth's ozone layer absorbs most The other negative effect is sun burns. Sun burn turns skin red of it. However, as global warming exaggerates, the holes of ozone layer are getting and makes it sore, due to skin infection. It's basically a burn. bigger. As a result, the function of ozone layer fades away, so ultraviolet rays reach the Ultraviolet rays sometimes directly effect the skin wall, it absorbed into the skin cells surface of Earth easily, and much more powerfully. Strong ultraviolet rays can give and make infection substances. When the sun burns are intensified, it can even causes serious influence to human and Earth, so I think we should feel the necessity about it the skin cancer. Skin cancer is very serious disease that can actually kill people, so we more seriously. should go see a doctor when there is symptom like this after exposed to Ultraviolet We may think ultraviolet rays of a normal sunlight, but to be exact, sunlight includes rays; itch, blister, edema, and erythema. ultraviolet. Ultraviolet rays is a wavelength(shorter than visible ray); this is a ray that There is lots functionality goods to protect our skin and body more certainly. This when we investigate the spectrum of sunlight we cannot see. The ray can be beneficial things make the damage from the Ultraviolet rays least. The widely known way of in some way. For example, many scientists are using ultraviolet rays in their research. shunning Ultraviolet rays is sunblock(known as suncream). Sunblock contains Also, Ultraviolet rays can create vitamin D in our body that makes our body more materials that can reflect some of Ultraviolet rays, so it helps Ultraviolet rays not to healthy. Plus, it contains high energy that can kill viruses, so we use ultraviolet rays in reach skin cells. This is physical effect of sunblock, and for chemical effect, sunblock things like sterilizers. has materials that response with Ultraviolet rays. Then Ultraviolet rays use most of its However, since it has much energy it could throw serious risks on us. Scientists classified energy for chemical reaction with that materials. So it offers better protection than Ultraviolet rays into three kinds by wave length; ultraviolet light A, B, and C. But light C is physical effects. integrated in to ozone layer, and what give damage to people is light A and B. We cannot stop the ray from reaching the earth. If we are to do such thing, then we The most obtrusive influence to people is pigmentation. Pigmentation a symptom of must blow up the sun. But we just simply can't. Therefore, we should be the one to the skin becoming red or dark, due to melanic pigment. When Ultraviolet rays reachs protect ourselves from this ray AENP reporter Kim Min-Jee our skin, our body undergo a process of producing melanic pigments to protect our Jeonju Woojeon Middle School 2nd grader skin. But if this process is continued excessively, skin color gets dark or red. It looks [email protected] 14 vol.17 June, 2013 Sports Gentleman : From 5 to 33

GANGNAM STYLE'S AFFECT ON Psy NO INCREASED PLAYS IN RADIO Gangnam style by Psy was a big hit There was no large change in number of radio play. Psy said the billboard world wide. People all over the world rank will go up because if people hear GENTLEMAN in radio, for they will loved Psy's exciting beat and fun be familiar to the song. However, compared to before, the number played in dances(Will Smith and Bruce Smith the radio increased just 36 times. It was just a drop in the ocean. Except for danced Gangnam Style dance when they that minuscule change, everything declined. visited Korea), and saw the music video DIFFICULT DANCE of Gangnam style 1,591,019,656 times Americans are not familiar to Psy's new dance. Psy's new song's dance is total. Also, Gangnam style was the 2nd difficult compared to Gangnam style. So Psy's opinion is that if people are rank in billboard. It was a new record for able to dance with the song easily, the rank will increase in a fast rate. Korean. Before Psy, we never thought of However, I think Psy's new song, GENTLEMAN won't get better result in reaching billboard top5. By this song, Psy became well-known all around the billboard. The reason I think like this is because people who think world, leaving people anticipating for his next song. GENTLEMAN is worse than Gangnam style is increasing. I am one of the GENTLEMAN'S DECLINE people, too. Compared to Gangnam style, GENTLEMAN' s lyrics 9 months has passed after Gangnam style, and Psy's new song, sometimes don't make sense at all. Also, unlike Gangnam style's M/V which GENTLEMAN came out. Gentleman was a big hit for a while. People saw was very funny, GENTLEMAN is also funny but also has some tabloid the M/V 319,593,001 times. It is a new record after Gangnam style. It get 5th scenes(Ga-in, member of Brown Eyed Girls dancing with slangy clothes, and rank on billboard, too. We expected that GENTLEMAN will be the first Psy dancing below Woman's body), too. I think this is one of the causes that Korean song that will reach 1st rank on billboard, and Psy said "Soon I will made GENTLEMAN' s ranks went down. be proud to my daughter". However, after few weeks, the rank fell down to SOLUTION 33th. People were too absurd, and some experts and researchers gave their As Psy's popularity is going down, he needs to do something to fly up again. thoughts. My suggestion, he'll have to have lots of concerts in the USA. As the US is WAY OF CONTACT the strongest country in the world and has various cultures, it will be the most The way people came in contact to the song is different from before. appropriate place to advertise his song. Psy should show Gentleman's dance a Gangnam style was passed by word of mouth. As a result, it led people's lot and make people around the world dance it a lot. Teaching the dance in continuous interest. On the other hand, GENTLEMAN was just the opposite. famous world programs or talk shows will help a lot, too. As Psy became very famous because of the song Gangnam style, everyone who knows Psy was waiting for the next song, and people saw the music AENP reporter Kim San video, and thought 'This is the new song of Psy, hmm.' and that was just it. Jeonju Woojeon Middle School 2nd grader After people solved their curiosity, they gave no more interest to the song. [email protected] Twisted Games : Sports and Terror I first heard the Boston terror on the 9 o'clock news. What I saw on the screen Munich Olympics, 1972: During the Munich Games, the Palestinian militant group in front of me was complete terror and called Black September slaughtered eleven athletes and coaches from the Israeli chaos. Just a few years ago I was national team and one German police officer. This was the first time in modern walking along those streets when I had a Olympic history that competition was suspended for a memorial service held in the quick stay in Boston. The next day as I Olympic Stadium. expected, victims of the bombing were splashed on the news front page. There were Atalanta Olympics, 1996: During an evening music concert at the Centennial three casualties at the bombing scene, Martin Richard (8), Krystle Campbell (29), Olympic Park, a bomb was detonated, killing two people and injuring more than a Lingzi Lu (23) and one other between a shootout between the suspects and MIT hundred other people. The bomb was planted by Eric Rudolph, a former explosives campus police officer Sean Collier (27) three days later. A total of 280 people were expert for the US army. He believed the Olympics "promoted the values of global injured at the bombing and shootout and some even lost limbs. socialism". The Olympics went on as planned. Grand Nationals, 1997: England's most famous horse race was called off after two Started in 1897, the Boston Marathon is an annual marathon held on Patriot's Day, the bombs threats were called in. About 60,000 spectators, including Princess Anne, were third Monday of April (this year on the 15th). It has grown to be the world's oldest evacuated while police inspected the course. The race was run 48 hours later. annual marathon, and ranks as one of the word's best-known road racing events. It is Sinhala and Tamil New Year Marathon, 2008: A suicide bomber attacked the start of one of the six World Marathon Majors. Unfortunately on a day of happiness and joy, the marathon killing fifteen athletes and injuring at least ninety others. The Sri Lankan two pressure cooker bombs exploded releasing bits of metal, nails and bearing balls government blamed the Tamil Tigers for the attack. targeting spectators lower bodies'. On the 18th, the suspects shot the MIT campus Sadly, there are many more examples to list above including our most recent Boston police officer for another gun. The next day gunfire was exchanged between the Marathon. There are many reasons why terrorists expecially target sports events. First suspects and the police critically injuring one officer and killing one suspect, Tamerlan off, since there are just so many people crowded into one area, it's easier to make a Tsarnaev. Later the same day the last suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger brother huge impact. Also, the reason that terrorists target sports events is probably because of of the dead suspect, was caught when a local resident reported that a body was lying in the great attention it gets globally. But to answer the main reason why, we need to a pool of blood on the bottom of his boat. understand the idea of why sports were made and such events were established in the first place. Again, there are many reasons but I personally think that it's because sports are one of the few things that bring the whole nation together and root for the same Brothers Tamerlan Tsarnaev (26) and Dzhokhar Tsarnezev (19) originally from team. Terrorizing the one thing that brought everyone together would be like building a Kalmykia and Kyrgistan immigrated to the United States as refugees along with their wall against each other. We already have more than enough poverty and violence in parents in the early 2000's. It has been confirmed that they have not been connected to this world and we definitely don't need dark-hooded people ambushing innocent any terrorist group or individual. The reason why they bombed the marathon is sill people's lives on purpose. unknown. All we know is that they are both Muslims and were religiously influenced AENP reporter Ju Seo-Yeon by online videos from Anwar al-Awlaki (an alleged senior al-Quaeda recruiter and Jeonju Seogok Middle School 2nd grader spokesman) which may something to do with the attacks. [email protected] Sports vol.17 June, 2013 15 Good Bye Ferguson! On May 8th 2013 an article posted on Manchester United homepage often been the cause of many notable made Manchester United fans really sad. The reason for the sadness was players departures. Then Ferguson has that Alex Ferguson, a Scottish football manager and former player who managed Manchester United for long has managed Manchester United since 1986, announced his retirement as time, On 19 December 2010, Ferguson a manager of Manchester United. During his 26 years at the club, he won become Manchester United longest serving manager in history. On 2 38 trophies including 13 premier leagues title and the UEFA champion’s September 2012, Ferguson managed 1000th league game with league twice. Many people says that his time at the club has led to Manchester United against Southampton. Two weeks later, he won his Ferguson being one of the most admired and respected manager in the 100th game in the Champions league with a 1-0 win over Galatasaray at history. This shows that Alex Ferguson is a superstar in soccer manager. In Old Trafford. I think Alex Ferguson was a most successful British this article, Alex Ferguson’s personal profile will be discussed to identify manager in history. the factors that brought him to such success. Now let’s talk about his retirement. On 8 May 2013, Ferguson announced First, let’s talk about Alex Ferguson’s early life and his career. Alex that he will retire as manager at the end of the football season, but would Ferguson’s full name is sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson. He was born in remain at the club as a director and the club ambassador. Many players Shield hall Road, Govan on December 31st,1941. Ferguson’s playing and fans were sad and made many comments about Ferguson. UEFA career began as amateur with Queen’s park, where he made his debut as a president Michael Platini said that Ferguson was “a true visionary” and striker aged 16. Then he moved to St. Johnstone in 1960. He continued to British Prime Minister David Camerson described Ferguson as a score regularly at St. Johnstone. Then he played top goal scorer in the “remarkable man in British football”. Also, Manchester United co- Scottish league with 31 goals. Lastly, Ferguson responded by requesting a chairman Joel Glazer said “His determination to succeed and dedication to transfer and moved to “Ayr united”, where he finished his playing career the club have been truly remarkable.” in 1941. Then he started manager in July 1974 in “East Stirlingshire” at If he is still so great, you will start to wonder why Ferguson retired. the comparatively young age at 32. According to Capello who now manages Russia, Ferguson told him that Next, let’s talk about Ferguson’s career as managing Manchester United. he could no longer handle the pressure of managing the world’s biggest Ferguson was appointed manager at Old Trafford on 6 November 1986. In club, despite being at the helm for almost 27 years. Who will be the Manchester United there were initially somewhat weak players but he manager of Manchester Unite when Alex Ferguson retires? It would be managed them very well. Ferguson won the first league title on 1990-91 David Moyes (Everton’s manager). David Moyes recently finalized his six seasons. His achievements in Managing Manchester United include year contract to become manager of Manchester United. Moyes was winning the premier leagues 13 times, FA cups 5 times, League cup 4 personally chosen by Ferguson. Moyes said “ It’s a great honor to be asked times, and Champions League 2 times etc. Also Fergusons received the to be the next manager of Manchester United”. Let’s all hope for David manager of the view season awards with ten. Ferguson’s management of Moyes to manage Manchester United well as Alex Ferguson. Manchester United has been his view that no player is bigger than the AENP reporter Kim Jang-Hyun club. He has consistently taken a “my way or the highway” approach in Jeonju Jungang Middle School 2nd grader his dealing with players and the pressure of this management tactic has [email protected]

A Big Event that Happened in KBO An object pierced the air and a distant cry “strike” rang out the is 90 to 95 miles per hour same as 145-153 km. The most pitch I like baseball stadium. A left-handed pitcher stood proudly on the mound about Ryu-Hyun-Jin is the deceptive change up. It looks like a fastball facing the hitter with a faint of smile. His name was Ryu-Hyun-Jin. On going high, but it suddenly drops. This is how Ryu-Hyun-Jin strikes out March 25, 1987, a baby was born who now we many hitters. know as Ryu-Hyun-Jin. Ryu-Hyun-Jin is known Right now, Ryu-Hyun-Jin is running for L.A for his massively built body. He is 6 foot 2 inches Dodgers as a starting pitcher. After his first debut same as 186. His weight is over 100kg. It is in MLB (Major league baseball), Ryu-Hyun-Jin surprising to see him standing on the pitcher’s had a baseball game with San Francisco Giants. mound for over 6 innings in a game. If I recall my However, the luck didn’t follow. I never honestly memories correctly, I saw Ryu-Hyun-Jin for the thought that losing the first game in MLB is bad first time on the TV when I was in the second because MLB is the biggest and the best league grade of elementary school. My first impression of in the world. On his 2nd game, the goddess of him was that he had a body looked like a giant luck helped Ryu-Hyun-Jin. On April 7th, L.A teddy bear. I was also surprised how easily he Dodgers had a game with Pittsburgh Pirate and striked out hitters. Even though he was on TV, I Ryu-Hyun-Jin led his team to the victory. In the could see determination in his eyes. Determination was what led him to end, Dodgers won by 6:2. be the ace of Hanwha Eagles. By winning his second game in MLB, Ryu-Hyun-Jin showed that He made his first debut on April `12, 2006, first picked by Hanwha Dodgers have not wasted 36 million dollars on him in vain. Ryu-Hyun- Eagles. In the last year of Hanwha Eagles, his ERA (earned run Jin has played 3 more games after his first win. Now his record is 3 average) was 2.80, achieving 9 wins and 9 losses. When he finally wins and 2 losses and 3.71 ERA with 48 strike outs. Ryu-Hyun-Jin will became a free agent, many teams wanted to recruit him. Finally, Ryu- become a free agent once again after 5 years and if he has ran 750 Hyun-Jin signed 5-year contract with Los Angeles Dodgers. The main innings in total. It is still mystery what will happen to Ryu-Hyun-Jin reason why Ryu-Hyun-Jin is so unique is that he is a left-handed after 5 years. Let’s wait and see. AENP reporter Jeong Yi-Deun pitcher. Also, he can throw a wide range of balls. Starting from Jeonju Seogok Middle School 2nd grader fastballs, there are deceptive change up and sliders. His fastball’s speed [email protected] 16 vol.17 June, 2013 Sports Top 10 Soccer Star for This Season “ ”

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10th place : SERGIO AGUERO 5th place : RADAMEL FALCAO (25, Manchester city, FW) (27, Atletico Madrid, FW) Sergio Aguero is an Argentine striker. He is Radamel Falcao is a Colombian striker. His abilities characterized by agility, acceleration, and strength, to adapt to most position and scoring goals with being described as ‘sharp and clever’. Also he can various parts of his body have resulted in goals than control ball easily and has strength to keep the ball, he most would never expect. Falcao is well known for is described as a menace in the box. This season he having a strong weak foot (left) that is on equals with scored 12 goals in EPL. his right foot (preference) allowing him to be flexible with goal scoring even in the most awkward positions.

9th place : MARIO GOTZE 4th place : NEYMAR (21, Borussia Dortmund, MF) (21, Santos, FW) Mario Gotze is a rising star in Germany. He is only Neymar is a Brazilian forward. He is only 21 years 21 years old. Gotze is considered to be an up-and- old. He can play a forward, winger, and attacking coming, potential world class player due to his speed, midfielder. Neymar’s common exemplary traits are technical skill and creativity. His position is an his creativity, passing, clinical finishing, exceptional attacking midfielder. He made 10 goals for this season dribbling and technical ability being described as both in Bundesliga. “electric and explosive”.

8th place : GARETH BALE 3rd place : WAYNE ROONEY (24, Tottenham hotspur, MF) (28, Manchester United, FW) Gareth Bale’s position is left-winger. Bale is noted for Wayne Rooney is an English soccer player. He is this physical fitness such as his pace, stamina and English’s youngest ever goal scorer. Rooney is the agility. In terms of technique Bale has good ball third highest-paid soccer player in the world after control and great free kick skill. Bale made this season Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. He scored 12 really wonderful. He won the ‘player of the year and goals in EPL. young player of the year’. He scored 21 goals in EPL.

7th place : ANDRES INIESTA 2nd place : CRISTIANO RONALDO (29, FC Barcelona, MF) (28, Real Madrid, FW) Andres Iniesta originally started as a defensive Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese soccer player who midfielder. But his balance, ball control, and agility plays as a forward or left wing in Real Madrid. Many allied with his skill on the ball saw him make progress experts have testified to Cristiano Ronaldo’s skill and as an attacking midfielder. Iniesta relies on impact as the best modern-day soccer player, exceptional creative passing, intuition and described as a fast, tricky, strong, and skillful winger inventiveness to control the midfielder. Also he led and striker who will take on any defender with his Barcelona to be the best team in Europe. dribbling and pace.

6th place : EDINSON CAVANI 1st place : LIONEL MESSI (26, Napoli, FW) (26, FC Barcelona, FW) Edinson Cavani is a Uruguayan soccer player. Lionel Messi becomes the most valuable player of Cavani is well known for ability to score impressive the year. Messi is an Argentine soccer player who goals and his tireless work-rate. He scored 29 goals in plays as a forward for FC Barcelona. His short, strong Serie A. legs allow him to excel in short bursts of acceleration and his quick feet allow him to keep control of the ball when dribbling at speed.

AENP reporter Kim Jang-Hyun Jeonju Jungang Middle School 2nd grader [email protected] Movie Report vol.17 June, 2013 17 Iron Man vs Super Heroes

ROUND 1. Iron Man VS Spider Man ROUND 4. Iron Man VS Thor During the Civil War, Iron Man gave Spider Man a In Slovakia, there was a group that worshipped new hightech costume, named ‘Iron Spider’. Thor. For some reason, Slovak government tried to Actually, this was designed to analyze Spider Man's kill them all. This made Thor lose his mind. So, he combat style. And also the ‘Spider Sense’- the decided to engulf the world. Then the government power to sense the danger toward oneself. asked Iron Man for help. So when the Spider Man tried to transfer to the Iron Man invented ‘Thor Buster’by using an other team, Iron Man could beat him. And by hiring energy from the Asgard. When Iron Man controlled notorious pack of villains, Iron Man almost killed his hammer with that energy, he got even angrier. him. Luckily, a dark hero named ‘Punisher’killed He beat Iron Man badly, and absorbed his energy. those villains, and saved Spider Man. Captain American interfered to stop them, but Thor just buckled his shield. After that, Spider Man began to study about Iron Man’s suits. He revealed This battle was a complete defeat of Iron Man. almost everything about Iron Man’s technology. And then he made a revenge. They had many small-scale battles during the Civil War. And mostly, Spider Man hold a dominant position. ROUND 5. Iron Man VS Phoenix Force So, we can say that the winner was the Spider Man. Phoenix Force is one of the ‘gods’. Once, a super- hero tried to absorb its power, but it was beyond her capacity. So the Phoenix Force got terribly mad. ROUND 2. Iron Man VS Captain America The only hope to stop it was Tony Stark’s armor Their fight was inevitable, since they were the ‘Phoenix Killer’. leaders of each team. At first, by using electronic Iron man rushed to the Phoenix, and turned on the disturber, Captain America neutered Iron Man's energy perturber. He poured a huge amount of suit. But because he was in anesthetization, Iron energy to the Phoenix. With the big blast, Phoenix Man belted him with physical strength. disappeared. It was not because he killed it. It just Later, Iron Man brought his ‘Iron Legion’, and dwelled to other superheroes around him. Then, Phoenix just smashed him. turned the places nearby into ashes. Captain America So the Phoenix Force easily won the battle. nearly survived, and then he swore revenge to a dastard. At last, using his shield, he smashed Iron Man’s head, and he was about to kill him. However, the citizens foiled him and kept him from throwing a final shot. It seems that when they play fair, Captain America can beat him easily. ROUND 6. Iron Man VS War Machine One day, War Machine visited Iron Man to lend him a hand. But the Green Goblin took over the ROUND 3. Iron Man VS Hulk control tower of the War Machine. He tried to Before the Civil War, Hulk was deported from the overhear their talk and steal Iron Man’s technology. Earth by other superheroes. He made an emergency Iron Man recognized that, and tried to destroy the landing, and became a king of that planet. And later, War Machine. But the War Machine misunderstood he decided to come back to the Earth. him, thinking the Iron Man betrayed him. So, they During the journey, his spaceship exploded, and his gave all their heart and strength to the battle. family was all dead. With the tremendous fury, he The War Machine was fully upgraded, but Iron transformed to Hulk with maximum power. He Man’s suit was too old. His energy almost ran out, and he was hit by even could have destroyed the planet with his pure dozens of missiles and he fell to the sea. In the last minute, War Machine physical strength. When he came back to the Earth, realized Iron Man’s real intention and wished Iron Man’s luck. he destroyed everything. With the sense of frustration, War Machine won the battle. To cool him down, Iron Man made ‘Hulk Buster’. Its cannon could blow up the mountain. Well, in the blink of an eye, Hulk turned it into a dust. He smashed Iron Man's arch nuclear reactor, too. To sum up this in a sentence, Iron Man was nothing compared to Hulk.

AENP reporter Chu Hyeon-Seong Jeonju Seo Middle School 3rd grader [email protected] 18 vol.17 June, 2013 Book Report

The View Hatchet : A Peek into From the Life in the Saturday Wilderness

This book was introduced to me by the school. Our school, As I always do, I had a little adventure like many others in Jeonju, was holding an English Olympiad, which before I came upon this book. I guess before I meant we got a chance to read great books. We were assigned to read moved into my current home three months ago, I two of the fantastic books 'The View From Saturday' and ‘Breaking have stacked my books into boxes for moving. Stalin’s Nose’. Then, I must have decided not to open every one Written by E.L. Konigsburg, The View From Saturday is a fiction of them because I haven’t got enough bookcases. story about four students who call themselves ‘The Souls’. The I was fooling around the house one afternoon, foursome are Noah, Nadia, Ethan and Julian. They help their having nothing to do. While I was wondering paraplegic sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Olinski. Each one of them with aimlessly around, a closet caught my eyes. Well, their own stories participate in the Super Academic Bowl. what do you expect? I opened it the minute I Noah Gershom is the first to tell his story started by a B & B letter to reached it. Then, I was attacked with cushions, his grandparents. Mrs. Olinski chooses Noah for the team because he pillows, and some other objects that I didn't is smart, observant, and always has an answer for everything. recognize. That's when I found this book called Nadia Diamondstein is the only girl on the team. She has curly red hair, ‘Hatchet’ from an old shoe box. Thinking that I would clean the mess that I very much complimented by Ethan. Her parents are divorced and Nadia have made later, I started reading in my room. just moved from Florida to New York to be with her mother. Her ‘Hatchet’ is a survival story written by Gary Paulsen. This story starts with grandfather Izzy Diamondstein recently married Ethan's grandmother getting a short glimpseof a thirteen-year-old boy named Brian Robeson. Margaret Draper, formerly a principal and Mrs. Olinski’s best friend. Brian was in a single-engine plane to see his father when the pilot suddenly She goes on a turtle rescuing during her Florida visit. In the school play, died of a heart attack. Of course, the plane crashed, and Brian found himself Nadia’s dog Ginger plays Little Orphan Annie’s dog Sandy. in a complete wilderness where there were no people, no roads, and Ethan Potter is a quiet boy who only speaks when he needs to. His grandmother Draper married Nadia’s grandfather Diamondstein. therefore, no transportation. The only thing he had with him was a hatchet Ethan is very often compared to his older brother who is a smart and which was a present from his mother. I say, if I was in the very same talented athlete. situation, I would have sat down and stared into the space doing nothing. Julian Singh is an Indian boy with black hair and a British accent that However, Brian, unlike me, knew what he should do. He started to think. He he acquired as a boarding school student in England. His father is a started to look for things he would need. Brian needed fire, shelter, and food. cook and an innkeeper of a bed and breakfast inn in Epiphany. There He started to solve these problems one by one, making mistakes while doing Julian has been the host of 4 o’clock tea every Saturday. Julian was it. He started the fire by making sparks with his hatchet and the rocks he had teased and bullied by other students because of his strange looks and found. He found a cave and made it his shelter. He got berries from berry bahavior. Julian is the last chosen member for the quiz team. bushes and also got fish and water from the lake. He made sure he always Mrs. Eva Marie Olinski teaches at Epiphany Middle School. She is had enough wood to keep his fire going. He dried the fish he caught for paralyzed from the waist down due to an automobile accident. She preservation. While he was living in this wilderness, Brian found out that he has come back to work after ten years and feels that the attitudes of had more courage than he thought. He could stay calm when he was in the sixth graders have changed dramatically. The Souls respect her desperate situations. He found himself thinking before acting. He could and help her regain confidence as a teacher. control his feelings. After living in the wilderness for quite a while, he got the The View From Saturday is a wonderful book which teaches you survival kit from the plane, sent a signal and got rescued. simple yet important life lessons. The characters’ personalities vary As I have said before, I wouldn’t be so calm and quick if I were in that from loud to silent, making every reader agree with one character or situation. I would be sitting dumb, knowing nothing to do, or panic till I tire another. I would say that I am a lot like Ethan and Mrs. Olinski. I was myself out. I admire Brian’s calmness, planning, and quick-thinking. He a quiet person at school but with the help of some amazing friends I seemed to have found out the parts of him that he didn’t know himself. He was able to speak up and let everyone know what I thought. found out that he had more courage than he thought. He was more efficient Conclusion ; this is definitely a book worth reading. and more calm to his surprise. I think this book tells us more than a boy’s survival story in the wilderness. I think it’s trying to tell us that we have more AENP reporter Ju Seo-Yeon talents, undiscovered parts that need to come into the light. It’s telling us that Jeonju Seogok Middle School 2nd grader we should be more confident in ourselves, and have courage. And I think [email protected] that those things are exactly what we need to survive in this world. Have confidence, have courage!

AENP reporter Seo Ji-Hee Iksan Wongwang Girls’ Middle School 2nd grader [email protected] Region News vol.17 June, 2013 19

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The Memorial Place (Past home of sir Lee Sun-Shin) Trailing our ‘traditional overcoats’ of bright So overall, even if our trip was so hot, humid and stifling(no pun skyblue behind us, we marched to the old intended) there was a lot to learn, and a lot to feel. As our school’s role home of sir Lee Sun-Shin. Sir Lee, to briefly model, sir Lee provided a pool of love for my country to me, and thus summarize, was a hero during the Japanese increased my motivation, literally. invasion and died in 1598. Since then he has Furthermore, I was proud of our hanbok received the love and respect of our nation. uniform, as well as my school’s A Memorial Temple was constructed there to honor his service and ideoligies, and so on. So this trip memory to our nation. Thus I was somewhat excited, for in my became a promise for myself, to keep childhood one of my personal heros was sir Lee. His bravery and on reaching for my dream; to shine patriotism amazed me, and I wanted to become ‘somebody who did so Korea, our proud nation, all over the much good to my country’ just like him. So he also inspired me, in a world. childish way. The portrait of sir Lee was placed inside the Memorial AENP reporter Kwan Yu-Ji Temple- we had one minute of silence, as a tribute, and I also Korean Minjok Leadership Academy 10th grader personally prayed for the accomplishment of my wish- and thanked [email protected] him for protecting Korea. Well, Chosun, at the times, to be precise. And it might have been a coincidence, but our school, KMLA’s role model is sir Lee as well, and so I felt some extra Come and affection for my school. Then I visited the sir Lee museum and Communicate saw. There was also a special display room in the memory of sir Lee, which showed how he was perceived by our With Fireflies nation through the years. The National Independence Memorial Hall Have you ever seen fireflies? It's After lunch, we moved on to the National Independence Memorial the one type of animal that was Hall After a long path in the sun, we arrived at the actual pursued against human civiliza- building- and saw ‘The Tower of Brethren’. It symbolized the nation tion. But if you come to‘Muju’, of Korea, together, and was quite strange in a way, for our nation had you can see lots of fireflies. obtained independence nearly seven decades ago, but still was parted “ The Muju Firefly Festival” in two. began on June 1st and continues There were seven halls in total- due to limited until June 9th. As the biggest festival in MuJu, you can time, we couldn’t see all. But the halls were experience many things and it can be an opportunity to enjoy (nearly) displaying historical stuff according nature. For the main event, there is the “Mysterious Firefly to time order. So the first hall was about our Exploration”. In this event you can see, feel and communicate nation’s history and cultural heritage in with fireflies. And, there is a catching trout event, in which you general. Then the next was about our nation’s can catch and eat trout, so you can become closer to nature. hardships during the Japanese invasion Also you can see water fireworks, and you can feel the breath period. Then there were how patriots of the ancestor through “step on brush wood bridge event”. attempted to free our country, and how they You can experience the traditional crafts with the traditional fought for independence. Moreover, the last crafts work shop. Also there are children’s song rally, ecology hall was about the temporary Korean government, and there was a hall writing competitions, and so on. You can relieve stress by for special displays. watching many shows. If you want to do this all, come to We followed around the curator, listening to our ancestors’ struggles to MuJu. As the nation’s first ecological environment festival, it protect our nation, and all of a sudden I realized that I loved them all so will be a great experience for everyone. much. Was so thankful to them, for REALLY, if it weren’t for them I wouldn’t be standing there, listening to the curator, wearing hanbok AENP reporter Kim Seung-Jun uniforms. And even though the hanbok was quite uncomfortable and Jeonju Kijeon Middle School 2nd grader [email protected] stuffy, I realized that they were all precious cultural heritage, of our great ancestors, and my complaints regarding hanbok were stifled all at once. 20 vol.17 June, 2013 Interview

Interview Interview With My Foreigner Friend, Sarah Elizabeth Mack

1. Could you introduce about yourself? Korean words a lot. I sometimes think that I’m really stupid, but I My name is Sarah Elizabeth Mack. I'm 16 years old and I'm an always try to learn more things in Korea. exchange student from USA. 6.What do you do after school or weekends? 2. Could you tell me the reason why you come to Korea? After school, I go back to home or go to my homestay parent’s Um...well. when I was in America, I learned taekwondo when I restaurant to eat dinner. Then I go to church and study at there. I go was in 8th grade. I actually don't really liked it because some to church every day because other exchange student’s homestay Korean teachers came and they didn't speak English very well so I father is a pastor, so we stay at church almost every day. It is fun to thought that they would have really hard time than the others. stay and study at there. I tried to do homework, like you guys, I was really bored when they spoke so I decided to search about because I don’t want to be a lazy American girl, but it is really hard Korea to speak with them. I discovered that this whole country is so work for me. amazing. My town is really, really small. People who live in there don't know about Korea. We thought that only two famous in Asia 7.Could you tell me about differences between Korean student were China and Japan. However, I changed my mind. Korea is so and American student? well developed for the past 50 years and that was a huge social and It is hard to answer... Well, in my opinion, Korean students work economic development. more harder than American students. Korean students are more Then I thought that wow, these people are doing something great respectable to their teachers. In America, lots of students say bad and one day, this country would be same as America. I did more things about their teacher in a back but I never seen that Korean research about Korea. I really, really love Korean food, music, students talk their teachers’s bad things. I think this is really, really culture, history and more things about Korea. I really wanted to go good thing. Korean students are motivated to go to college. to Korea, but I didn't know how. I had some exchange students in Sometimes, American students don’t really care about college, my high school so I asked them and they said that I could go to Korean students’ lives are very busy tight. They have to get up abroad. I have Americans can study abroad and I said that I really early in the morning, go to academy after school and do school want to go to Korea. i'm so glad that I can come to this country. home work at midnight. I think this is really for you guys and Korean students have to find happiness. 3. Could you tell me your opinion about our school? Thank you Sarah!! About our school? I really love it. There are lots of good teachers I had a really good time! and good friends. It is really hard for me to understand Korean so sometimes I got some problems. However, when I got a problem, many good teachers and friends are always try to help me so that makes me really happy. It is really good experience for me and I really love it. 4.What is your favorite thing in school? I really like when we were all able to do class, like music, because our class can stay together and we don’t have to study a lot. I also like studying with other class too, like math, English or Korean, but I don’t really like to split it up and move to other class. I like to stay with my classmates. I love the sport day that was really, really fun. I can’t forget that day. I like lunch because I can eat delicious food with my friends. This school’s lunch is much better than American cafeteria. 5.What is the worst thing in school? Sometimes, I have hard time to understand the class. I get lots of AENP reporter Jeong Ju-Yeon stress because of it. When I was in America, all my classes were Jeonju Kijeon Girls’ High School 1st grader [email protected] easy to me and I got high score. However, in Korea, the easiest class is difficult to me. I know some knowledge but it is hard to understand what teacher is talking about because I don’t know Danger! vol.17 June, 2013 21 About : Killer Ticks Do you know what a tick is? A and raised cows. He might have got bitten by the tick that was living in the tick is a small insect that bites humans cow’s fur. He had tick bites on his armpit. It seems that he got a disease and animals and sucks their blood. There called SFTS, which is short for ‘severe fever with thrombocytopenia are several types of tick like deer ticks syndrome’. If you get this, your thrombocyte that stops your bleeding and brown dog ticks. They stay in beds, suddenly decreases and there will be a internal bleeding. If you do not cure or in animal fur. Usually, an average tick it, you die. I think that this is a scary disease. We could get bitten by this is about 0.5~1mm small. We can think killer tick when we are playing in the park or when we go hiking. So I that this small insect can kill us. found some possible ways we can avoid this. First, don’t expose your skin Apparently some kind of tick can kill a human. They are called killer ticks. to grass and fields. The ticks might live there. You can bring a mat and There is a movie about killer ticks which was made in 1993. It is called seat on that. You should wear long sleeve clothes when you go hiking and “Ticks”. In the trailer of this movie, the tick is the size of a small soccer socks too. Also you should not put your clothes on the floor of a grass ball. This tick can possibly threat us. However, the real killer ticks are field. If you did, you have to wash it than dry it in air. Finally, I think that 3~4mm! (which is much bigger than the other ticks). They have a round taking a shower after out door activities is the most important way to body and short legs. The virus by the killer ticks was first discovered in prevent from getting this trouble. Because you can wash all the bad things China in 2009. There were 8 people dead in Japan by this and 2047 cases that you have on your skin. We should be always aware of this when we were reported in China. There is only 10~30% of living. It lives in Asia are playing outside. By putting these prevention skill to use I think that and Australia. Also, even though you did not get bitten by the insect, if there will be no problem from staying away from the killer ticks! you contact with the patient’s blood you will get infected. This insect wasn’t really a threat to our Korean citizens. Because it has been only AENP reporter Kim Gyung-Jae found in Japan and China. However the first killer tick found it's victim on Gunsan Guemgang Middle School 1st grader [email protected] May 16th this year in Korea. Before he died he vommited, had a high fever and diarrhea. He was in the hospital but died. He farmed a orchard

Disgusting Food These days, people prefer something for our eyes'. This is because fish eyes have healthy. They want their body to be in nice lots of vitamins for our eyes. People say it shape. But all people know these food (what tastes like a boiled egg. But I don't want to I'll show you) are very healthy for our body eat it. How about you? but most people will never try. Let's start. (I Third is blue rotten cheese. Everybody prefer you don’t read this article after you eat knows the cheese is made out of rotten milk. something) But people rot it again and make the blue Fifth one is from Korea; a live octopus. First, mosquito eye soup. Mosquito eye soup rotten cheese. People put fungi in a pot and Koreans like live octopus. Some don't but came from China. The soup is made of, put cheese in it. After few years later, fungi usually yes. It is very yummy. But foreigners well... mosquito eyes. So how do we get and some maggots grow on cheese. When find it gross. They think it is very gross and these small mosquito eyes? First they cut off people pull the cheese out of a pot, it looks they think it is very dangerous to eat. But it cow meat and hang it on window side and very gross. People eat this cheese like food. isn't. If you eat one octopus in one gulp it will leave the windows open. Then tons of They eat in bread or just eat it as it is. It is be very dangerous. But if you chew it very mosquito fly in and start to drink cow blood. very healthy if you eat ONLY cheese. If you well, it is fine. When there is lot of mosquito, people close eat with maggots... guess what you will When I write this, I had to see pictures. It the window and put a bunch of bats in the throw up and there will be some trouble with was pretty awful. Also I don’t know why room. Then the bats eat the mosquitoes. Bats your stomach. they eat these foods. But I can understand can't digest mosquito's eye so they leave it in Fourth is baulet. Baulet is a duck egg which that they eat it for their health. But I feel their dung. They somehow collect eye from contains half hatched baby duck in it. Hakal sorry for the animal that gets eaten the dung, put it in soup and boil it. It is very is the fairly common street food in Vietnam (especially baulet). Will you eat these? Or good for your health and it is a very fancy and Philippines. They half soft-boil the half- will you pass? food but people won't try to eat this soup. hatched egg and eat it. There is a special way to eat baulet egg. First step is you make a tiny AENP reporter Song Min-Gon Next cuisine is the eye of a tuna. In Japan North London Collegiate School Jeju Year 7 they sell tuna's eyes separately. It is more hole on top of egg and sip the juice inside. [email protected] expensive than cow meat. A tuna is very, Secondly, you crack it open, eat the top if it. very huge fish. Their eyes are huge too. They Thirdly, when you reach the duck, you eat it cut the eye and sell it. Lots of people will too. Lastly there will be some white at think 'why do people eat that?' They eat it bottom. It is also edible too. Almost people because it is very good for our eyes. In say it tastes like normal an egg but the smells Korea, there is a quote: 'fish eyes are good like a fish. 22 vol.17 June, 2013 Live Happy The Most Equal Thing in the World, Time finished their work despite sleeping. Also, he knew many busy people do Many people are not satisfied with the reality that almost every thing is their all works splitting time; doesn’t matter whether it’s a long or a short unfair. Even birth is unfair to everyone. But I want to tell these people that period of time. So, for him an excuse of time was just a lame excuse of are tired with inclined society, “Don’t worry. Time is fair to everyone”. poors. Actually, I didn’t recognize this fact in my body before. But, as I Time is the most equal thing I have ever seen. And I can certainly say become older I recognize that though works are increasing as my body others will agree with me. Because there is nothing such absolute like grows I could do those work if I use my time well. But, it is still hard for time. No one can buy or sell time. And same time is given to each others; me to act not to say “I didn’t have much time’as a explanation for myself. 24 hours a day. The point what you have to concentrate on is who use this equal time wisely. I’m going to tell you 3 sayings of time. I hope you This last famous saying belongs to Dante Alighieri, “Remember that reference these sayings and use your time wisely and never regret about today never comes again”( the past times. ). Everybody knew that time that has already gone away never come back. But, they do not always remember this in their behaviors. So do I. The first saying I want to tell you is said by the famous Russian author But, same as the last two, Dante was the one of the famous controller of Leo Tolstoy. He said “Try your best to fight against time” ( his time. And this winner was different with other lives to me about the ). Tolstoy has just made time as your enemy. Controlling your way and behavior of using time. He always remembered to live and use own time is the hardest thing ever in your life so we even say, “The winner his day contentedly not to regret in the future and shout “Give my time of the life is someone who controls his time”( back”. ). Because Tolstoy knew this fact, he wanted others to work hard to control the time. And I definitely agree with his word. When we I was one of the foolish people who indulged to make an excuse about follow his words we will sometimes be the controller of time. time and regret about the past but not work hard in the present situated in front of my eyes. But now to follow the footsteps of the three sayings I I’ m sure most of the people in the world (except such tiny babies) have will use my time wisely. Not just saying it with my mouth but to practice heard about the great inventer Thomas Edison. He was one of the winners in my life. of life and has controlled his time effectively. He said, “ The most stupid and foolish excuse is you had no time”. Many people make an excuse AENP reporter Shim Hae-Soo about variety things (for students, especially homework) that they had no Jeonju Kijeon Middle School 3rd grader time to do that. I am the one of them, too. But, Edison was different he [email protected] thought that if he or she had a sense of duty of something they must have The Best Medicine

Many people say adopting pets are not can help elders excercise and have a companion. good because they may carry diseases and the Other studies show that Alzheimer's patients fur is not good for people with allergies. have fewer outbursts if they have a pet. However, studies are telling us the opposite; that 3. Pets carry happy viruses. Being happy is the having pets are good for our heath. most important step in being healthy. Pet owners 1. American Heart Association (AHA) says that are less likely to suffer from depression than having a pet is probably associated with those without pets. Playing with a pet can reducing risks of having heart disease. increase levels of serotonin and dopamine, Professors say that people who have cats and which makes the owner calm and relaxed. dogs have lower risks of having heart disease. Having pets help make new relationships. This is because having pets make people During training classes or walks in the park, pet physically active, lowers blood pressure and owners can meet new people and make friends cholesterol. They say it also lowers levels of and having a friend makes people happier. stress. Studies in the past show the same results Pets are the best medicine in the world. They that people with pets have lower stress give us almost everything we need to live and be hormones. healthy. In the future, many people should know the benefits of having a pet and have one. 2. Having a pet is beneficial to children, elders Although pets cost a lot to take care, we should and patients. Children who grow up with dogs also think about how much we need them. and cats can reduce risks of developing common allergies. Studies tell that if children above 5 years of age live with pets with fur their immune AENP reporter Ju Seung-Yeon Jeonju Handle Elementary School 6th grader system prevents them from having asthma later [email protected] in life. Elders also feel less burdened when there is a pet. Walking a dog or just caring for a pet Songs & Singers vol.17 June, 2013 23

Lucky

AENP reporter Lee Sung-Hyun Haesung Middle School 1st grader [email protected]

Great man, Cho, Yong-Pil In Germany, there is Johann came out in 1980, got listed on the Guinness Book of Records with Sebastian Bach and George Frideric the justification that it is the primary album which was sold over Handel, who are each named and million sheets in Korea. Plus, he was listed on the Guinnes Book called ‘the father of music’ and ‘the once more for the reason that he is a person who has the maximum mother of music’. Well then, in number of hit songs. Besides, there are some more records belonging Korea we have Cho, Yong-Pil who has many titles such as ‘alive to him, not in the Guinness Book but still brilliant because it is ‘First’ history or legend in Korean world of the singers’ , national singer, . One is ‘Oppa Unit ( )’. It is a crowd of teen girls, appears king of the song and best of all, everlasting oppa ( ). where the celebrities are. At that time, his young and pernicious This April 23th, Cho, Yong-Pil, who is this year 63-year-old; which charm causes the creation of it. The second is ‘Tell, what is the thing is a very suited age for the one of his awesome nicknames ‘alive you saw ( )’ (1989). It is the longest history or legend in Korean world of the singers’, turned out to the song in Korea. It reaches up to near 20minutes. Cho, Yong-Pil is an audience with his new album after a 10-year hiatus. amazing record holder, isn’t he? Then, he made it. ‘Hello’, his latest album was sold over 150 thousands sheets till May Cho, Yong-Pil made his debut as a singer in 1979. All the nineteen 13th. Everyone is astonishing about Cho, Yong-Pil’s eternal albums including his first album, announced on the day he made his popularity and observed that until the beginning of the next month debut(1979), and the 19th album ‘Hello’(2013), presented about a about 50 thousands sheets of album will be sold. Additionally, he is month ago. All of them got more than nine stars out of ten from the going to start his concert tour from the end of this month. Hope him, netizen. Through this, which is a really small part so can be expressed enjoying ‘alive music’, to come to us with 20th album after the concert tour. with the term ‘The tip of the iceberg’, we can feel the popularity or AENP reporter Park Jeong-Eun public interest to our great singer Cho, Yong-Pil and his songs. Wansan Middle School 2nd grader One of his songs ‘ The woman out of the window ( )’, [email protected] 24 vol.17 June, 2013 Snow Rain Chapter 3 Time Stops Gyeoul just got up to his knees and gave the “Tick” freshman an evil grin. As the clock strike 12, the grand clock rang 12 Everyone thought ‘Great, this happens all the time. times to inform everyone of the termination of Every freshmen starts to boast to show how great he the day. With the ringing of the last bell, every is so he could get some expectations from the higher color that was in this world faded to thin air, like Snow Rain ups, since the job of a reaper is pretty well known. dust flew out with the wind. And everything was And they always pick someone small to show that colored only in black and white. he was capable of bossing this place around. And This was the time of break before the new day the small person always ends up as him. a.k.a would rise and the next 12-hour shift would Gyeoul.’ begin. The first Grim reapers usually worked for Yes, him. Since he was the youngest one in the day and night. But after an old reaper died of office, no newbie would ever dream of him being working too hard without rest, the reaper society their senior. And the most shocking part is... gave a change to the working hours; After 12 “You, are you new here?” hours of work, time would be stopped for 30 “Yeah, as much as you are. How old are you minutes and would be given to the reapers. When anyway? More like fifteen, sixteen maybe? More the next working hours started, an alternative like you should be in preschool.” The newbie started reaper would take their place and would work to make fun of him as he laughed out loud. while the former reapers would rest. Hence, Gyeoul smiled and said. “Oh, really, You think I’ m reapers had an hour of recess on a single day. a newbie?” Although it could be rendered as a small portion The newbie stopped laughing and stared at of time, it gave a big effect to the world. him.”Then who else are you? The boss of this 12 hours later, all reapers were exhausted from office?” He laughed at his own joke, thinking that it leading souls to the station nonstop. That was funny. includes our young reaper, who had just sent the At that moment, Jio and Mir called them, waving last soul to heaven before the clock’s hand could their files. tick. Unlike the other reapers who went to their “Hurry up, Gyeoul! You’ re going to miss the ride! changing room to change their clothes, the young Stop doing your boss work and hurry up reaper headed to his office. As he changed his immediately, my stomach is starting to rumble.” durumagi and Gat, Jio barged into his office. ‘Crap, the ride, I forgot. “Hey, Gyeoul. How’d ya like today’s freeze?” He couldn’ t miss the ride. He’d been working for Jio was 3 years older than Gyeoul. He had a cheerful face with a hint of 72 hours straight since his alternate partner was scheme and was pretty much had the most positive character in the station, badly injured during his work. He was so tired and he really, really needed since no one smiles in the middle of countering dead bodies. He was in his rest. He turned back to face the freshman. “I’ ll be going for now, but next usual suit with his messed-up, gray hair and half closed eyes. He kinda time when you come to take your reservation papers, you’ll see me at my looked drowsy and mysterious in the shadows, which gave everyone the desk. Ok?” Then he turned back and headed to his friends. The newbie creeps. had a blank look on his face after the small guy just left him. Reservation Gyeoul chuckled.“Nothing much, but I think it’s going to get worse.” papers...... at his desk? Who did he think he was? All appliers had to turn “Well, let’s hope the newbies won’t cry during their first pick-up.” their reservation papers to the boss, not to some scrawny 17-year old “Wait, newbies?” brat...... It was still January and the results shouldn’t be out by now, and the Then, the newbie shivered with horror. For he presumed the identity of freshmen were already here? “You know it’s still January, Jio. Aren’t you the guy who he had insulted a few minutes ago. He had heard the rumors by any other chance joking with me?” that the head boss of the reapers was the grandchild of the Lord of Hell “No, haven’t you heard? There was another exam for those who wished to himself, and he was the first to take the primary test for skipping middle do the job without graduating school. You know, kids who have more and high school process to be a reaper and had passed it with top grades. brains than others? Anyway, those who had passed the test early are And he had pushed him to the ground and mocked him. First day of work starting their work today.” and he was grounded. The newbie just sat on his seat and stayed quiet until “Oh, I forgot.” the orientation was over. “Well, it’s good to have some capable reapers in this place. Though this Meanwhile, Gyeoul, Jio and Mir were just in time for their ride on the job is the most common, it’s never easy. We need more hardcore and boat. “Have a nice trip, boss” The officer said. dexterous workers in every group.” Gyeoul patted his back and smiled. “Keep the good work, officer.” “You can count on that, you know? I already have my eye on one of the As the last boat went across the gate between the Ferris wheel the fog newbies” Jio grinned pleasingly as he went out. covered their silhouette and cleared the night sky with hazy mist. Gyeoul whispered. ‘I hope they don’t do something reckless.’ Through the fog, the color came back to normal from black and white to As Gyeoul went to the front desk to lend some of the files, something big various colors. Although what they could only see through the white mist appeared in front of him. He looked up to see what or who it was. The guy was the wooden boat which they were in and the oarsman with the raven looked young but muscular and rough. He didn’t have his uniform on yet. black cloak, and the clear water which was covered in floating snow white ‘Oh, yes. The newbie I guess...’ Winter grinned. lilies and reflected the night shade of the sky. After a short while, the mist The newbie in front of him stared at him as if he was a small prey. He cleared and they were able to see the lighthouse. Home. suddenly pushed him hard on the ground and said, “Get out of my sight, punk. Who are you think you’ re laughing at.” AENP reporter Choi Ji-Woo All the people in the office froze. They stopped working and stared at Jeonju Seogok Middle school 2nd grader Gyeoul and the freshman who had just got in here. Even the other [email protected] freshmen froze as the cold air froze in front of them. AENP vol.17 June, 2013 25

AENP Sharing Volunteer Group Children’s Day Festival May, the blissful month when flowers Volunteer. Moms of mentors and mentees blossom and children enjoy their leisure time of mixed up and joined each team randomly. The holidays and school events. It is the time participation of parents in the festival became an students anticipate most during the first opportunity for the children to closen the gap semester, For when April descends, the minds between them and their parents. They were able of students are imbued with plans on how to to accept each other not as the ones who teach spend their float hours. We, the AENP reporters and the ones who become taught but as beings had our own share of entertainment along with who cooperate together with teamwork. our moms and dads and the mentees of the The location of the Festival had some changes AENP Sharing Volunteer Group. Together, we this time, though. The Sharing group borrowed held the 2013 AENP Sharing Volunteer Group an indoor gym of a local school, and many Children’s Day Festival. complimented the space being cool and The AENP Sharing Volunteer Group is a team spacious. The change of location meant the consisted of AENP reporters who perform change of games. Relay races while carrying volunteer work by teaching the needy children backpacks with parachutes attached on them, major subjects such as English and Math. For 4 riding toy horses, rolling ginormous balls, weeks, 4 mentors teach 1 mentee by taking playing basketball and limbo. The most impressive games of which I recall turns on each Saturday which is called as the try to participate with an open mind. Thereby 441 Study Mentoring System. By meeting the would be the parachute-backpack relay race and limbo. Mentors and mentees had to carry listening to the opinions of the participants of mentees directly, the mentors were able to feel the Children’s day Festival, I have once again responsibility in the teaching process and backpacks that had parachutes attached on them, and when the runners started their sprint, kept in mind the value of the AENP Sharing experienced the valuableness of the volunteer Volunteer Group and the reason of the work. the parachutes would hold the air and inflate in a few seconds, making the runners lose their existence of the Sharing Volunteer Group As the days became hotter and the mentors and Children’s day Festival. I sincerely hope that mentees began to be restless, The Sharing balance and stumble while trying to turn back. The fun part was that when the runners would the AENP reporters who wasn’t able to join Group planned a Children’s day festival where the Children’s day Festival will receive the mentee and mentor and their parents would turn, the inflated parachute would also turn in the same direction and the mentees who were ambience we have experienced and the participate together by under the slogan‘We are lessons we have learned. One Family’. watching the race would approach the parachute The first Children’s day Festival was held in right in front of their noses, and it would repeat Interviews of Participants : Mentor Seo Ji- 2012. The Sharing Group borrowed the outdoor again and again and all would laugh at the Woo, Mentee Oh Chan-Hee, Mentor Jung sports grounds for the event, and moms and hilarious sight. The limbo games were..wait, Jin-Gyu’s Dad(Captain of Team Share) dads brought food, snacks and beverages. Tents everyone knows what it is right? You just have to go through under a pole which is horizontally Seo Ji-Woo : We only get to meet our mentees were set up to block the strong rays of the sun, once in a month, so there wasn’t much time to and tables were laid with the food and drinks. fastened to two other poles, and every time you pass through, the pole will descend lower and interact with each other. However, by participating On one side of the grounds, the pictures of the in the Children’s Day Festival, we had the you’ll have to go through it without contacting mentors and mentees were attached to a board opportunity to get along with our mentees more. and was exhibited for all to see. the ground. And because of this rule, I The mentees who usually wouldn’t speak to us Being outdoors, the main games were soccer, recommend that unless you’re a young child or opened their minds to us and we became more dodge ball, jump rope and two as one. The male student whose back is still flexible, do not take intimate with the mentees. I hope that we could mentors and mentees were focused on soccer part in this game or you will have a serious case have more opportunities for mentees and mentors while the female mentors and mentees played of acute pain from your neck to the spine. Since to communicate and become closer to each other. dodge ball and jump rope. Mentees grabbed the mentees had shorter height and flexible Oh Chan-Hee : I have two sisters and two brother their ice creams while trying not to trip on the backs, they had the superiority of accomplishing mentors, but I was very happy to meet more mentor rope and mentors twirled the long jump rope the game. And yet, some of the mentees had sisters and brothers at the Children’s day Festival. vigorously. As Mentee and mentor moms trouble going through after the pole’ height Last year, we held the festival at the sports grounds dodged the flying ball, they felt like as if they reached 90cm. Ultimately, two of the mentees so it was very hot and I sweated a lot, but because were back in their youth again and participated won by getting through the final level; 50cm. this year’s festival was held in a indoor gym, it was cool and I really liked it. Thank you for giving us zealously. In the two as one games, mentor and The next round went to the teenagers, and... I can say that they had a really hard time trying to snacks and juice for Children’s day presents. I can’t mentee would try to accomplish various wait for next year’s Children’s day Festival! activities such as hula-hooping and eating go under that one pole. The important truth is that the Festival made us Mentor Jung Jin-Gyu’s Dad(Captain of Team candies hidden in flour with one of their foot Share) : Today was a time when I joined the kids all into family. Despite being in exam session, tied to the other foot of their partner. and spent a joyful, youthful time. When I looked at The Children’s day Festival proceed joyfully mentors attended and participated the Festival. the children working with each other and not being and amicably, and the AENP Sharing Volunteer Their actions enabled us to realize that true alone, I felt them proud and commendable. The Group were all full of pride and happiness. volunteering is to not postpone events for what festival allowed me to see the burning passion in This year’s Children’s day Festival was very is important to you but to accompany others and the children’s hearts. For the moms who have anticipated in response to last year’s event. This try to participate with an open mind. Thereby arranged this event, I truly thank you for your effort, time, the dads of mentors joined the festival listening to the opinions of the participants of the and I hope next year’s Children’s day Festival will along with the children and undertook the volunteering is to not postpone events for what be participated by more parents and become a position of the captain of Team Share and Team is important to you but to accompany others and memory that the children won’t forget. 26 vol.17 June, 2013 AENP

The 2013 Jeonbuk Science Festival for Students Children just love to do something with their hands. It takes great endeavor for a parent to get their child to stay still on his / her chair. Yet, that type of demeanor of children cannot be rendered as a drawback which has to be under control. The most appropriate method for children to obtain knowledge is to experience it by themselves and become familiar with it. By considering this, the Jeonbuk Office of Education held the 2013 Jeonbuk Science Festival for Students on May 11st. The main intent of the festival was to inspire juveniles of every age the appeal of science and trigger the development of to-be-scientists. The available mentees to participate the festival was mentees Lee Sung-Jin, Yun Yun-Sang, Eum Tae-Woo and Jung Sung-Ho. Three of the mentors accompanied them as protectors and instructors of the day; mentors Park Dong-Sae, Choi Yun-Ji and Choi Ji-Woo. The festival was held in the Jeonju Gymnasium. Booths from various schools were put on display for the audience to watch and participate. Being familiar of the traits which boys apt to be more interested in science than girls, we expected the mentees to be very excited about this event. Eventually, our predictions were found correct. I could have sworn that at that moment when the mentees stepped into the gymnasium, their orbs sparkled with interest and curiosity. The mentees wanted to go to various booths separately, so as to not lose them, we paired into groups of three. One mentor was paired with one mentee, except for mentor Choi Ji-Woo who had to take care of two. I paired up with mentee Sung-Ho and we got along better than expected. The most popular booths were; Make your own Natural Ice Cream, Make a Magnet Top and Product a LED board. Due to the lack of time, the number of experiments we were able to participate was greatly limited. The first booth we visited was the Magnet Top. A mini-sized metal nail or pole would be located on the middle of the top and a small magnet is glued to it. By having the pole make contact to the magnet, it begins to obtain magnetic forces of its own. After it is completed, try spinning it around by twisting it vertically to the floor’s surface. If you place a paper clip near the tip of the top, they will make contact. Although, the top will not lose its balance, but will lead the paper clip to spin around with the top. The next and most anticipating experiment was making the LED board. Since LED technology are used in a variety of machines these days, it seemed to have caught the gaze of many, for the waiting line was very long. About 20 minutes later, by using wires and other voltaic components, Sung-Ho and Yun-Sang smoothly finished making the LED board, finally concluding the event of the day.

Interviews of Participants : Mentor Park Dong-Sae, Choi Ji -Woo Park Dong-Sae : I was usually interested in science, however, I never had a chance to experience it myself. While watching the mentee kids learn and practice the science experiments joyfully, I felt happy along with them. Also, as the mentees questioned me about various science related principles and facts at not only in festival grounds but also in the car where we headed back home together, I was impressed on realizing how much we taught the mentees to become interested in science than before. I hope the experiences could be of help for the kids to dream high and attain them. Choi Ji-Woo : Since I’ve already done a lot of science experiments with my dad, I lead the mentee children to have their own chance to tour the experiment booths and to make and try it for themselves. It was really tiring to go around while taking care of the 5th grader mentee boys, but when I looked at the delighted face of my mentee Yun-Sang, I felt that it was worth it. If there’s another chance, I would like to participate in science activities along with other younger mentees. AENP vol.17 June, 2013 27

Science Experiment Day with Mentor and Mentee Are you tired of doing scientific experiments by following the arranged procedure? Don’t you want to try experiments which are not on the pages of your regular textbook? Think different and ask why, seek for answers and don’t give up! That was the catchphrase of this day’s event ;A Science Experiment Day where mentor and mentee worked together with teamwork and tenacity. Participators were mentors Park Jong-Won, Jeon Yae-Rim, Choi Yun-Ji, Choi Ji woo and Han Seo-Young and mentees Eum Tae- Woo, Lee Sung-Jin, Jung Sung-Ho and Yun Yun-Sang. The task of the day was to make a novel switch which could turn on a light bulb by moving it to one side, and would turn on a motor on the other. Our guidance teacher, Mr. Choi Seong-Hwan gave us detailed information about the symbols used in marking circuit diagrams. Mentors were paired up with mentees as a team; I was paired with Yun Yun-Sang, a clever and willing boy who was very interested and talented in science. We discussed with each other about how we should position the wires and batteries to make this switch operate as we wish it to. Yun-Sang stated that for a switch to be able turn on two individual devices, the switch must have two separate links and the devices must be connected to the battery on the same signs. Before starting the practical experiment, we drew diagrams beforehand just in case to ensure our theory. After our diagrams were confirmed correct, our hands became busy by connecting wires and gluing light bulbs. In the making progress, some faults were found in his results, however, I gave him some of my ideas to supplement his product and he accepted it, making the switch device complete. While discussing with Yun-Sang, I could clearly see the vivid eagerness in his eyes. Unlike the other boys of his age whom would probably be trying to hog all the activity instead of cooperating with his mentor, he gave me opportunities to give him feedback and assist his conclusion become complete. Conducting experiments give different conseque-nces compared to teaching with teaching material. You don’t just let your ‘pupil’ solve the problem all by him / herself, you have to discuss with your ‘partner’, exchange ideas and then you both will get to the final conclusion. Interviews of Participants : Mentor Jeon Yae-Rim, Han Seo-Young, Guidance Teacher Choi-Seong Hwan Jeon Yae-Rim : I never have done a science experiment outside of school before. At school, we commonly did formal experiments which was in the book, but today, we progressed the science experiment while exchanging ideas with mentees and forecasted the results too. Using daily items such as paper, clips and alignment pin to make a switch was an idea that I’ve never thought about before and it felt new to me. While coming up with plans in the production of the switch with my mentee, I felt greatful for their enthusiastic participation. It really helped in proceeding the experiment. If there is another chance that we could do various activities with the mentees together, I would surely participate. Han Seo-Young : When I did the volunteer work for the Sharing Group, we solely taught the mentees English and Math. However, while doing the electric circuit experiment by working together with our mentees as a team, I found that volunteer work must not be one-sided but interactively. Guidance Teacher Choi-Seong Hwan : It was delightful to meet such young students who were interested in science. I was impressed with their passion to participate in doing science experiments. I hope we could do more experiments later. The AENP Sharing Volunteer Group is a present for mentor and mentee both. The mentee gets to meet new friends and sisters and brothers, experience activities which they can’t do in school, and eat delicious snacks every Saturday. I have also obtained greatly from the Sharing Group. In the past, the children that I had been around was only my cousins. The difference between them and the mentee children are that my cousins accept me easily while the latter does not. It takes a lot of time to form the bond between another, and it’s not something that can be made by force or time, but communication and understanding. By teaching and experiencing with the mentee children, I have learned that. Moreover, it has given us the chance to meet other AENP reporters. To teach the mentees, we retain a reason to meet. If it weren’t for the Sharing Group, I believe we wouldn’t ever be aware of each other at all. The participation of the AENP Sharing Volunteer Group Events have served as a momentum for me to know our mentors and mentees better, and I also anticipate for more.

AENP reporter Choi Yun-Ji Jeonbuk Girls’ High School 1st grader [email protected] 28 vol.17 June, 2013 AENP Postscript : Hi, We are the Editorial Department. AENP is sure that when you grab up this of articles for each category. So, for the first 3 pages than the previous one. Although it is newspaper, the readers will notice a major hours we talk about every articles that we have sometimes tiring to be in the department but the change. Just as usual, you will be charmed by received until the meeting day. The reason why it sentimental rewards from participating over- the front cover, posted with many attracting takes so much time is because we double-check whelms the disadvantage and keep me doing this images and with brilliant design. But we are every articles. After all, it is the articles that job. aware of the feeling that your fingertips will comprises the whole newspaper, so choosing the So, at last, the department got a chance to write sense some differences compared to the last articles has to be done with prudence. to you directly. It was very exciting to write this edition. The newspaper is enriched, packed with There are some factors that we consider before and I really appreciate the department’s various articles from various reporters, not to choosing an article. We examine its overall consideration for letting me write this. Hope you mention that it also got so much thicker than in quality, such as originality, entertaining factors enjoyed our latest newspaper. the past. And we are glad to celebrate the etc. But we don’ t really care whether the article comeback of a newspaper of 28 pages. But has multiple grammatic errors, because revising AENP reporter Park Da-Vin behind all those feelings of joy, there lies the them is the reason for this department’ s Jeonju High School 1st grader [email protected] effort and devotion of the editorial department. I existence. However if we come to a conclusion have heard that many reporters and readers are that an article smells of plagiarism, we seldom wondering about the editing process. So to turn them down. quench your thirst of curiosity, I am here for you After the long process of choosing, and after a on behalf of the members of the AENP editing quick lunch, we organize the articles. The chief department. allocates pages to the teams and within the pages Before we take up the main subject, I think it's given, we arrange the articles. The primary thing important to understand about how the that we consider is how the articles are related to department is organized. The department each other. We post articles with some similarity consists of 3 parts; the editor-in-chief, Team A or written about topics that are alike, on the same Editors and Team B. (If you wonder about their names, page. Also, there is a unique tech utilized in the process. We use numbers to know whether the look at the very last page of the newspaper.) And Chief Editor each team has its own team leader. length of an article needs to be changed. Here is how it works. A page of an A4 paper is what we The most important part of editing is the Editorial Department Head meeting. AENP’s editorial meeting is usually call “1”. And a page of a newspaper is same as three “1”s. So, we adjust the articles and pictures planned to be held in the morning of the 4th Editors Sunday. Depending on the team they are in, to fit into “3”. This technique is developed editors gather articles and skim through them. through many years of editing and it has been Plus, distribute the articles they will edit on the very useful. web. This process of allocation usually takes Lastly, we fold a paper into 8 sections and make place after the meeting but it sometimes occurs the final outline of a newspaper and the meeting before it. On the meeting day, editors talk about is finished. The whole process takes up to 4 3 major things; the article to adorn the front hours. But this time it took more. Like I said, we page, articles to turn down and the arrangement had 28 pages to discuss, which was 12 more

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