2020 proved to be an interesting year for seniors around the world. Typically, the second half of a senior year is spent looking forward to Prom, school traditions, Cap and Gown walk and finally Graduation. Seniors are dreaming about the next steps beyond graduation and what their lives will look like in the next phase. To say Seoul Foreign School’s class of 2020 is resilient is an understatement. Our seniors in the second half of their senior year had to tap into the IB learner profile

Under cover of COVID-19 and the US convulsion over racism, the White House is promoting a policy that spells disaster for Israel. Too few are paying attention. As part of President Donald Trump’s “peace plan” for the Palestinians and Israel, the Israeli prime minister is free to annex around 30 percent of the occupied West Bank as of July 1. This is a move that will end any pretense of peace negotiations, endanger Israel’s peace with Jordan and undercut promising advan

On June 8, the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research declared that economic activity in the United States had peaked in February 2020, formally marking the start of a recession. But we already knew that we were in a recession that had likely begun around that date. So, why does the NBER’s formal declaration matter? It is no secret that measures of employment fell sharply from February to March. Real (inflation-adjusted) personal consumption expenditu

진행: 김보경, Kevin Lee Selzer 1.   North Korea demolishes liaison office, experts warn of further actions 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 [1] North Korea on Tuesday demolished an inter-Korean liaison office in its territory near the border, following through on threats and leaving South Korea with little in the way of options. *demolish: 철거하다 *liaison office: 연락사무소 *follow through

The Korea Forest Service has been expanding collaboration with Ethiopia to restore degraded forests and facilitate cooperation among ethnic groups in conflict regions through sustainable agroforestry. The latest event was a launch ceremony held on Wednesday for a book “Re-greening Ethiopia” co-published by KFS and the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission, a federal institution of Ethiopia. During the event, a memorandum of understanding was also signed for P4G, the Pa

The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak is causing Koreans to reflect on their way of life. Additionally, foreigners who are interested in the current status of Korea seek to understand how they are overcoming this situation relatively well, while advanced countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy have been heavily affected by COVID-19. I can infer the fundamental reason behind the relatively good maintenance of Korea’s quarantine system from the nation’s modern histo

With China gearing up to enter the global semiconductor market, there have been notable changes in the market share of major memory chip producers in the last 10 years, data by the Federation of Korean Industries showed. According to the FKI, the United States, home to chipmakers like Intel, Qualcomm and Micron, kept its solid lead in the market with around 45 percent share for the past decade. Its share slightly dropped from 48 percent in 2010 to 47 percent in 2019. South Korea, the world&

Should we value all human lives equally? This question arose in an acute form in March, when the novel coronavirus overwhelmed Italy’s health care system. Envisaging a situation in which there would not be enough ventilators for all patients needing one, a working group of the Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care reluctantly supported rationing by age, while also taking into account frailty and the severity of any other health problems. The group&rsqu

In retrospect, the decision by the Communist Party of China to impose a new security law on Hong Kong seems to have been preordained. Historically, rising powers always try to expand their spheres of geopolitical influence once they pass a certain stage of economic development. It was only a matter of time before China would do away with the “one country, two systems” arrangement and impose its laws and norms on Hong Kong -- a territory it considers integral to the motherland. From

The Incheon International Ferry Terminal opened Monday after 3 1/2 years of construction that began in December 2016 in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon. The new terminal with a total floor area of 65,660 square meters -- almost two times larger than the previous two terminals combined -- is the biggest single structure at the port since it opened in 1883. It combines the first and second terminals, thereby increasing the efficiency of the port system. Previously, terminals and ports for international pas