On May 11, the KAIST Student & Minority Human Rights Committee (HRC), along with student organizations from eight other universities, co-hosted an online seminar on the state of a…
Missiles and drone strikes exchanged among the U.S., Israel, and Iran have silenced ships carrying precious oil in the Persian Gulf, causing the global economy’s balance to slip d…
On February 28, the U.S. and Israel launched massive joint strikes—Operation Roaring Lion—on Iran, killing its then supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other senior Irania…
Bird strikes became a more familiar term after they caused the landing gear failure of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800, ultimately resulting in the plane overrunning the already-short…
Science is far from perfect. Given the complexities of our systems and the state of our technologies, it is impossible to disentangle risks from the innovations we make. While sci…
As we approach the flu season, we are encouraged to get vaccinated by the government to protect ourselves from the influenza virus. In South Korea, the government is providing fre…
The film industry has its fair share of brilliantly executed sequels. From The Dark Knight films, The Empire Strikes Back, and even Toy Story 2, there are sequels that elevate the…
Q. Please share any other opinions you have on the divide and discrimination between Korean and international students.Our analysis of the specific opinions students have on the d…
As of March 7th, nearly 12,000 young doctors — 93% of the total across the country — had left their workplaces, according to the latest government estimate. The right to strike is…
Counter-Strike is a name synonymous with the pro gaming scene, and has been since the early 2000s. As one of the first competitive renditions in the first-person-shooter (FPS) gen…
On March 30, The KAIST Graduate Student Association Center for Human Rights (GSA-HRC) announced that it is officially awarding three professors its first KAIST Human Rights Profes…
French Strikes 2023: The Paradox of Pension Reforms In mid-January, France saw a series of nationwide strikes and protests after the Macron administration introduced new pension r…
On September 14, the KAIST Student & Minority Human Rights Committee (HRC) was met with controversy after the first lecture of the annual KAIST Human Rights Week was held. The con…
The prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny made his first court appearance on April 29, following his weeks-long hunger strike protesting the lack of adequate medical…
In recent years, Western nations have accused the Chinese government of committing genocide against Uyghurs living in Xinjiang. Although the Chinese government is continuously den…
Around the world, from Brazil to Israel, Sudan to Australia, BLM protests are underway. Sparked by the movement against police brutality, discrimination, and racism in the United…
In 1977, a science-fiction movie called Star Wars was released in only 40 theaters in the US. Initially meant to be a small passion project of director-writer George Lucas, it soo…
The KAIST Student & Minority Human Rights Committee’s recent decision to prohibit Korean re-explanation in English lectures has brought about heated debates within the KAIST commu…
International Women’s Day continues to be a platform that promotes gender equality as well as one that celebrates the economic, social, and professional accomplishments of women.
The week of September 9 marked the start of KAIST’s fourth annual “Human Rights Week”.
The KAIST Student & Minority Human Rights Committee is a newfound, student-led organization that aims to educate the student body on the importance of human rights and is at the f…
Social inclusion encompasses many dimensions today. Discrimination, physical abuse, hate speech, and slander directed at minorities of various nature are subject to serious public…
Laws, though powerful when prosecuting the guilty, rarely strike the heart of the problem that encompasses not only the high frequency of sexual harassment, but also the overabund…
Back in 2014, not many people considered Guardians of the Galaxy a success — after all, it was difficult to take seriously a superhero movie featuring a raccoon and a speaking tre…
