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One More Night: Shadow, Grace, and Moonlit Longing in the Verses of RM, SUGA, and J-Hope
One More Night, a soft city pop glow, is the most addictive listen on the Arirang album. At its core, it means exactly what the...
Spring Day and Sewol Ferry Remembrance (preserving rhyme and meaning written by RM and SUGA)
I clearly remember the air in Seoul that day, what it felt like, what I was doing, when I first learned about the Sewol Ferry...
Korea’s AI Path: President Lee Jae-myung’s Vision for the Common Good of Humanity
한국어 Lee Jae-myung’s vision for artificial intelligence stands apart from the paths currently taken by global powers. While countries like the United States and China...
Normal (for my friend Mai, My analysis and the Korean translation of the Lyrics)
Yesterday, after work, I met my closest ARMY friend Mai, who had come all the way from Switzerland. She is a polyglot, fluent in nearly...
Merry Go Round (the Weight of SUGA and RM’s Verses)
When the sunlight spills into the classroom after lunch and my students begin to drift, their eyes caught somewhere between sleep and attention, I don’t...
Into the Sun
As a lover of words, I’ve always admired RM’s writing. His ability to turn emotion into image comes through most clearly in Verse 3 of...
An Se-young: The Roger Federer of Badminton
한국어 Among all sports, which one is the fastest? Is it Shohei Ohtani’s blazing fastball? Is it Lewis Hamilton’s Scuderia Ferrari racing down the longest...
IPSA Nominates the Citizens of Korea for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
한국어 In January 2026, the former and current leaders of the International Political Science Association (founded under the auspices of UNESCO in 1949, IPSA is the...
From Real Estate Speculation to Productive Capital: A New Economic Vision for Korea
한국어 South Korea’s real estate problem is not merely an issue of the asset market. It is deeply intertwined with the future of generations, the...
Korean History Chapter 2
The Bronze Age on the Korean Peninsula There is no complete agreement among scholars regarding when the Bronze Age began on the Korean Peninsula. Some...
미국사 2장 (U.S. History Chapter 2)
(*English version at the bottom) 중국을 향한 꿈, 원주민의 악몽: 콜럼버스의 유산 원주민들의 평화는 유럽인의 유입으로 서서히 깨지기 시작했다. 일반적으로 아메리카 대륙을 처음 발견한 유럽인은...
Learning Korean 2: Korean words and phrases through SUGA’s New Year message
안녕하세요! All seven members wrote a Happy New Year message for ARMY, who have been eagerly waiting for BTS’s first return in four years. Since...
Korean History Chapter 1
The Origins of the Korean People The history of the Korean people begins long before written records, reaching back to the Paleolithic age. Archaeological research...
Korean Book Recommendation: Han Kang’s We Do Not Part
한국어 The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to writers for the breadth and depth of their lifetime achievements rather than for a single book,...
Learning Korean 1: Korean words and phrases through RM’s latest message on Weverse
안녕하세요! Two weeks ago, RM wrote a short message for ARMY on Weverse about how the new album preparations are coming along. He said:무엇보다음악 진짜...
미국사 1장 (U.S. History Chapter 1)
(*English version at the bottom) 아시아에서 얼음의 다리를 건너온 첫 이주민들: 신대륙의 시작 나는 미국 조지아 주, 애틀랜타 근교의 작은 도시에서 고등학교를 다녔다. 그곳에서는 11학년,...