A recent conversation with my uncle, who had just recently served in the ROK (Republic of Korea) army, made me realize that I was regretfully in one of the last remaining anti-socialism generations of a divided nation. "Military Readiness" has always been an important aspect of our educa..

“Allegiance to the flag of our country,” as solemn command of Sa-bum-nim, the master of the Taekwon-Do school, reverberates in the ample hall, the children who are uniformly dressed in the flawlessly white suits place their right hands on their left breast and fell the pumping of their..

678-word version: “Please stand up and direct with your one hand to the north,” the professor asked the audience. The result was messy. To the people directing towards different parts of the hall, the professor asked again, “Well then, all except for those who think they are corr..

...Cleaning up my room last year, I found reminiscences of my elementary school life. Rummaging through the odds and ends, I found the diary. Without hesitation, I opened it and read the quotation on the front cover, “That`s one small step for Man, one giant leap for mankind.” Fascinat..

It was an ordinary day. The alarm went off at 6:30 am and I woke to the smell of wet grass. I went into the bathroom to wash my face and looked into the mirror. However, this ordinary day the face of the boy which had been even for 14 years was distorted...

Against the Current Running down stairs to get on the subway, I was met by a myriad of human beings climbing up stairs, just off of the recently arrived train. As if engulfed in a turbulent torrent, I trembled with anonymous fear...