The world is changing faster than our sluggish political leaders -- let alone the public -- can manage. The COVID-19 virus and climate change move far more quickly than the international community, as we saw last week at the G-20 in Rome and the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. Back home, rapid social shifts push many Americans to embrace fraudsters who promise to save them. The urgent need to upgrade our fraying democracy is blocked by Republican Party naysayers and Democratic Party

Green washing refers to abusive marketing activities that exaggerate, misrepresent and mislead about the company’s eco-conscious behavior, products or financing. The tendency of companies to oversell is expanding from environmental to social areas and coining new color-themed names. It is true that false ESG communication could happen unintentionally. Companies must carefully pick the words they use in communicating corporate sustainability practices because inspectors and civil society ar

For humans, the Bronze Age meant metal weapons, farming tools, and means to sustain large enough populations with an organized labor force which enabled construction of lasting monuments such as dolmens. East Asia, especially in ancient Korea, must have been a happening place in the Bronze Age as there are more dolmens in Korea than anywhere else in the world. Bronze mirrors are found in abundance in Korea and neighboring areas formerly occupied by ancient Koreans. Bronze mirrors with fine li

A pot of bubbling hot doenjang jjigae, or Korean soybean paste stew, is perhaps the most desired stew in Korea. In terms of Korean comfort food, this is the No. 1 stew, and no Korean will disagree with that. Without a doubt, most Koreans grew up eating this Korean stew at least once or twice a week. Surely, the smell of doenjang jjigae coming out of kitchen brings a nostalgia to many Koreans. I have a fond memory of my mother often fixing her signature doenjang jjigae. My father adored her jj

  언택트(untact)는 콩글리시! 제발 쓰지 맙시다!  ‘오징어 게임’ 등 한국 드라마와 K팝 등 한국 문화상품이 전 세계적으로 인기를 끌면서 영국 일간지 더타임스가 ‘콩글리시’에 대해 조명하는 기사를 게재해 눈길을 끌고 있다. The Times지가 최근에 'Konglish is not your bepu: South Korea fights corruption of its language' (콩글리시는 당신의 베프가 아니다. 한국은 한국어의 오염과 싸우고 있다) 라는 제목의 기사를 통해 콩글리시 대표 사례와 특성을 소개했다. 그 중에 축약하고 조합하는 특성의 예로 ‘베프’(best friend), ‘인싸’(insider), ‘위드코로나’(living with corona virus) 등이 있다. 그런데 한국에서 생성한 새로 만든 단어가 있다. 바로 &l

As I watched the results of the Japanese election on Sunday, I was reminded again of how Japan has shrunk in influence in recent years. Japanese elections rarely commanded international attention, but Japan was in the news much more than it is today. What happened and why? And what does it mean for South Korea? After its defeat in World War II, Japan worked with US-dominated occupation authorities to implement political and economic reforms that laid the groundwork for recovery and sustained ec

Autumn is in full swing in Samcheong-dong, a leafy area of art galleries and small shops near the Blue House. If you want to enjoy the blazing red and gold of the fall foliage with your meal and take in some art at the same time, a visit to Kukje Gallery might just be what’s called for. The well-established gallery has two restaurants -- the Cafe on the ground floor and the Restaurant on the second floor of the K1 building. The Cafe presents graphic designer Na Kim’s wall painting

  1) 단어 + 예문 10개  더 많은 토익빈출 단어 '해커스 토익 기출 보카'에서 확인 ▶   2) 파트 5 3문제 1. While at the supermarket, Brian remembered that he had to get ------- bread, but he could no longer recall what else he was supposed to buy. (A) few (B) some (C) any (D) one     해석 슈퍼에 있는 동안, Brian은 그가 약간의 빵을 사야 한다는 것을 기억했지만, 어떤 다른 것들을 사야 하는지는 더 이상 기억해 낼 수 없었다.   해설 -- 수량 표현 채우기 문제 불가산 명사(bread) 앞에 빈칸이 있으므로 불가산 명사 앞에 올 수 있는 (B) some과 (C) any가 정답의 후보이다. ‘Brian은 그가 약간의 빵을 사야 한다는 것을 기억했다’

Say what you like about Congress‘ squabbling and eternally disarrayed Democrats; they’ve showed in the last few weeks that they deserve to be recognized as the party of ideas. And not just a few ideas; many, many ideas -- maybe too many for one piece of legislation: universal prekindergarten, federally subsidized child care, clean-energy tax credits, even a Civilian Climate Corps, paid for by a newly invented surtax on millionaires. It‘s a good thing they had so many ideas av

Since gaining independence after World War II, the nation has had 12 presidents. The world admires the postwar history of South Korea as a rare success story, but the fates of our former presidents only remind us what a rugged path we have had to arrive here now. We hate to recount that the first president, Syngman Rhee, died during exile in Hawaii and Park Chung-hee, who took power in a military coup, was assassinated by his close aide. Among their successors, two were jailed for treason, two