Awardee: Park Jae WheeSeoul International SchoolWith daily news coverage and frequent warnings from the government, nobody living in Korea could have failed to have noticed the recent increases in fine dust and other pollutants in Korea’s air. For a resident with a keen interest in the environment like Seoul International School student Jaewhee Park, this is a problem that can’t be ignored; it intrudes into daily life, and is an issue that needs to be tackled. Instead of simply sitting and watch

Awardee: Sohn Chan Yoo Chadwick International School Song DoChanyoo Sohn is an ardent sports fan and enjoys playing sports. He is actively involved as an athlete at Chadwick International School, and has had several successful seasons. However, his main interest has always been sports-related jobs and the sports industry rather than playing sports himself. He is particularly interested in the management of sports teams, and his interest led him to become a member of the school’s Athletic Council

Awardee: Choi Do Hyun Hankuk Academy of Foreign StudiesDo Hyun spent most of his elementary and middle school years in Moscow, with students and teachers from over 60 different nations. Although times were challenging at first — mostly due to his limited English and Russian — he grew to appreciate what a diverse community has to offer. He had the opportunity to serve this community in his senior year as the Student Council President, when he initiated several projects based on the feedback from

Awardee: Kim Seung HyunKorea International School, Jeju Campus“Is your phone glued to your hand?” As a teenager, this was a question that Amy Kim heard often. However, as president of the biology club at Korea International School (KIS) it raised a deeper concern: using a cellphone isn’t just a distraction to students, it can also be a very real health risk as well, due to microorganisms that can be transferred back and forth between students’ hands and their phones. In fact, according to scient

Awardee: Han Go EunHankuk Academy of Foreign StudiesHan Goeun has long been interested in the plight of disadvantaged peoples, both in Korea and throughout the world. In 2015, she was a member of her middle school’s Model UN club. As part of her research for this club, she read ‘Betting on Famine: Why the World Still Goes Hungry’, by Jean Ziegler, and was struck by the harrowing descriptions of people without steady access to food. As a result, she developed an abiding concern in the lives and w

아내가 아파트에서 떨어졌다고 신고한 30대 남성이 2주째 행방이 묘연하다. 경찰은 남성의 가족과 지인들을 상대로 탐문조사를 하며 그의 행방을 찾고 있지만 실종 당일부터 휴대전화와 신용카드 기록이 없어 어려움을 겪고 있다.  (Pixabay)지난달 20일 정읍시 연지동 한 아파트 12층에서 A(26)씨가 추락했다. 발견 당시 A씨의 목에 전선이 감겨 있었고 온 몸에 골절상을 입은 상태였다. 의식을 잃은 A씨는 남편 B(34)씨의 신고로 병원으로 옮겨져 치료를 받았다. 하지만 B씨는 아내를 두고 차를 몰아 김제 방면으로 향했다. 당시 그를 수상하게 여겼던 경찰과의 통화에서 B씨는 “교통사고로 죽으려고 했는데 잘 안 됐다”고 말한 뒤 휴대전화 전원을 껐다. 　경찰은 마지막으로 신호가 잡힌 위치를 추적해 김제 금산사 인근 도로를 찾았지만 그 곳에는 B씨의 차량만 있을 뿐 B씨는 사라져있었다. 　의식을 회복한 아내 A씨는 “술을 많이 마셔서 정확히 기억이 나지 않는다. 누군가 밀지는 않은 것

야생 뱀을 포획하는 신기한 방법이 유튜브 영상을 통해 소개되었다.　　약 12분 동안 진행된 이 영상에는 한마디 말도 없이 작업을 진행하는 남성이 등장한다. 　　뱀이 출몰할 법한 풀밭에 나온 남성은 칼로 들판을 쳐 평평하게 땅을 고른 후 PVC 염화비닐 통에 구멍을 뚫어 실을 연결해 덫을 놓는다. 덫에는 뱀이 좋아하는 냄새를 풍기는 가루를 뿌려놓는다.　　뙤약볕을 가리려 쓴 모자 밑으로 보이는 얼굴은 앳된 소년이다.　　장치를 설치하고 풀로 덮어 가리고 소년은 자리를 뜬다. 이내 상당히 커다란 뱀이 냄새를 맡고 덫에 다가오는데, PVC 통 안에 대가리를 넣자마자 덫에 걸리고 만다.　　이 영상은 유튜브에서 7백만 회 이상 조회되며 주목받았다.　　　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)

An event to mark the third anniversary of the Foreign Language Newspapers Association of Korea took place at the Korea Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, Tuesday, Reporters from the four English language papers of Korea -- The Korea Herald, the Korea Times, the Joongang Daily and the Aju Business Daily -- gathered for the ceremony and the luncheon hosted by the association to celebrate the occasion. Outstanding reporters from each of the four papers were commended with a plaque. The Korea Herald’s

경찰에 걸린 한 여성이 도주하다 천장을 뚫고 다시 경찰관 앞에 떨어지는 일이 발생했다. 　리처드 파리소 (28)와 브리트니 부르크 (29)는 캐나다, 알베르타의 한 편의점에서 훔친 신용카드로 결제를 하려다 경찰에 적발됐다. 공기관 안으로 숨는 부르크　두 사람은 현장에 출동한 경찰관과 실랑이를 벌였다. 파리소는 도주하지 못했지만 부르크는 가게 뒤에 위치한 창고로 도망가 천장 속 공기관 안으로 숨었다.  천장이 무너지면서 떨어진 부르크하지만 공기관이 그녀의 무게를 견디지 못했는지 매장의 천장이 무너지면서 브리트니는 그대로 경찰관 앞으로 추락했다.매장 바닥에 떨어진 부르크는 결국 자수했다. 그녀는 공무집행방해 등의 혐의로 체포됐다. 현장에 있던 파리소는 절도, 경찰관 폭행 등 11개의 혐의를 받는다.　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)

Rewind to the late 1990s. After an eight-decade hiatus, the global economy was being reunified. Economic openness was the order of the day. Finance was being liberalized. The nascent internet would soon give everyone on the planet equal access to information. To manage ever-growing interdependence, new international institutions were developed. The World Trade Organization was brought to life. A binding climate agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, had just been finalized.The message was clear: globali