Current issue: December 2025

CLUE: Backstage

The mystery has been solved, the criminals arrested, but there remains a lot of “cleaning up” to do. Trials to be run. Bodies to be buried. Reports to write. So here’s a look at the Backstage experience of CLUE.  Rehearsals were 3 times a week, each lasting nearly two hours. From a story point of […]Read More →

CLUE stage being prepared

A Series You Need to Read Over the Holidays: Caraval review

The holidays are the perfect time to snuggle up with a book, bundled in blankets while sipping hot chocolate. It’s also the perfect time to fall into a world that feels bigger, brighter, and more enchanting than real life—and Stephanie Garber’s Caraval trilogy delivers exactly that. If you’re looking to escape reality, this series will […]Read More →

Caraval book cover

Moral Courage of Russian Dissident Alexey Navalny

Sometimes, courage doesn’t look like a heroic movie scene. Sometimes, it looks like choosing to speak the truth, even when it’s hard or even when it scares you. For me, courage has become real through two powerful sources: my faith in Christ and the story of Alexey Navalny. Alexey Navalny was a Russian activist and […]Read More →

Russian protest

The Korean Way to Escape Fire

If you ever find yourself trapped in a blazing building, the stairwell may seem like the only way out. But in parts of East Asia, there’s another evacuation option that looks like it belongs in a Mission Impossible movie: the descending life line (DLL) or “완강기” in Korean. Different countries call them different names, such […]Read More →

Descending life line contents in a hotel

Miku Expo 2025 in Seoul

Hatsune Miku is one of the voicebanks included in the singing voice synthesizer software called Vocaloid. The voicebank is represented as a girl with long, turquoise twintails, a mascot that soon became a global icon. Despite having an official design, Miku’s character is open to artistic interpretation, which opens up a wide range of creative […]Read More →

Miku plushie at Miku concert

Was This Year’s CSAT a “Fire Suneung?”

The Korean College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), commonly known as 수능 (Suneung), holds tremendous weight in Korean culture, especially among students. The examination plays a large role in university applications. Some students in Korean education apply to universities with only their CSAT score, similarly to how IB students may apply with only their final IB […]Read More →

Suneung sample question

Eyes on Sudan

In Sudan, the cries of the innocent rise louder than the sound of war. The streets of Khartoum, once filled with life and laughter, now echo with gunfire and the screaming of families searching for loved ones. Families run from their homes with nothing but faith to guide them. Children go to sleep hungry, not […]Read More →

Refugee camp in Chad

Not Fishing

In the tender clasp of Capilano’s embrace,  an eight-year-old boy sits with father,  their syncopated hearts and eyes wide  with grace, to sit together by the river’s  soft sweet murmur, assurance brought on by the sussurance of Nature’s rhythm  and rhyme. Their hearts pound silent,  as, with baited breath, they strain to see their muddied […]Read More →

Poll results: 8-day schedule or Black–Gold Week schedule?

TCIS Students remained evenly divided over whether the school should return to the former 10-day schedule or stick with the current Black and Gold Week rotation, according to the StrawPoll hosted on The Golden Dragon website. With 43 total votes, the Black and Gold Week system received 51.16% (22 votes), narrowly edging out the 10-day […]Read More →

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The Daejeon Support Center for Foreign Residents needs your help with continuing their services. They are currently moving to a smaller office, and will need money to settle in, and continue their current programs which include: Visit www.dic.or.kr and read our previous coverage to learn more about their mission, and what you can do to […]Read More →