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Thu, August 5, 2021 | 10:05

Is this a bias or not?

Many companies believe that exploring unconscious bias in the workplace can be helpful for improving diversity and inclusion, because such prejudices can inhibit the promotion of diverse perspectives and consequently hinder the growth of diverse talents. However, there are many different problems that companies will have to tackle in order to fully explore this rich topic. Fi...

2021-08-04 17:00

Things that give us strength

What raises your energy these days? It may be a little thing such as a white balloon flower you see on your way home. Perhaps you may feel rejuvenated by exercising or tending to plants. Or a song may awaken the hidden, forgotten power inside you.

2021-08-03 17:00

The value of ancient stone rubbings

The ancient inscriptions on stone monuments provide evidence to corroborate the chronologies of our nation's nearly forgotten history. Ingenious techniques for making monumental stone rubbings were invented to preserve records of inscriptions carved in stones, which weathers and erode over millennia.

2021-08-02 17:00

Discipline is freedom

What does freedom mean to you? It's a frequently asked question, and the answer usually depends upon the current predicament an individual is facing. When this same question was asked to a group of students in an English reading and writing class, in which I was serving as a teaching assistant at the time, the answers varied along the lines of: being able to sleep, happiness,...

2021-08-01 15:33

I'll text you, Grandma!

By Shin Freedman I look at my grandchild busily watching animation on his iPad. I am amazed at how smoothly with his tiny index finger my 2-year-old grandson navigates the iPad screen ― swiping right and then left, pressing once or twice, then again swiping right. He chooses the programs he wants to watch all by himself. My granddaughter and I often talk on FaceTime. She end...

2021-07-29 17:00

Living in harmony with nature

For the past three years, I have recorded the progress of a 364-year-old Zelkova tree standing 23 meters high and four meters wide next to my school, Dulwich College Seoul, through my photo gallery: A Lone Tree.

2021-07-28 17:00

'Memento mori'

Once a month, together with the rest of my community, I make a monthly retreat for a day, and at the end of the retreat, we pray together “the prayer for a happy death” entrusting everything to the providence of God.

2021-07-27 17:08

COVID-19 and city parks

By Sho Chang-youngLet's begin with what a city park is, as legally defined under the Republic of Korea's Act on Urban Parks, Green Areas, Etc. (Act No. 18047, Section 2, Article 3).It reads, “City parks are green places and facilities, which are designated or set up by the local government to protect urban natural landscapes as well as to contribute to the health, recre...

2021-07-26 17:00

Monopoly power is less dangerous today than in the past

The hills are alive with the sounds of lawyers, often on phones, discussing matters of monopoly and antitrust. President Biden's just-issued executive order to encourage commercial competition will reinforce this powerful trend

2021-07-25 17:00

Haenyeo: female divers of Jeju

Along the coastline of Jeju Island, one can usually still see groups of individuals in black wetsuits who eloquently descend into the turquoise sea. These people are “haenyeo” (which literally translates to “sea women”), the female divers of Jeju Island. Within South Korea's patriarchal society, haenyeo were pioneers who challenged and redefined the limits of what women could...

2021-07-22 17:25

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