Podcasts about Seoul National University

In an era defined by rapid digital transformation, the global workforce is under immense pressure to keep pace. Yet, many upskilling efforts fall short, relying on outdated methods that fail to address the complexity of today’s technical roles. That’s where Elice steps in. Founded by Jae Won Kim, Elice positions itself as a full-stack education platform, offering not just learning content but also infrastructure, testing and an AI-powered tutor. Elice has already won the trust of major Korean conglomerates like Samsung, Hyundai, and SK Group, as well as top-tier universities like Seoul National University and KAIST, as well as government agencies. So, what are the challenges of educating tomorrow’s workforce? How is Elice paving the way for technological upskilling with AI? On The Right Business, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Jae Won Kim, CEO and Co-Founder, Elice Inc to find out more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comment on this episode by going to KDramaChat.comToday, we'll be discussing Episode 6 of When Life Gives You Tangerines, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring IU as Oh Ae-sun and Park Bo-gum as Yang Gwan-sik. We discuss:The song featured during the recap: Hwal Hwal by Hwang So-yoon (aka So!YoON!), a blazing track that mirrors the episode's emotional intensity.The tragic and pivotal loss of Dong Myeong, Ae-sun and Gwan-sik's son, and the overwhelming grief that overtakes the family.The episode's haunting realism in showing how each family member carries deep guilt for Dong Myeong's death.Listener Malcolm's brilliant comparison of the haenyeos to a Greek chorus that offers communal commentary, humor, and moral perspective.The emotional support network of Jeju villagers, especially the haenyeos and the elderly couple who helped the family survive.The revelation that Min-ok paid the rent under the guise of a “moral scholarship,” and how language misinterpretation played a key role in the mystery behind who paid the rent.The deeply affecting scene of Gwan-sik breaking down at the government office while declaring Dong Myeong's death.Ae-sun's evolution, embracing help from others despite her strong sense of pride and independence.The powerful legacy of Gwang Rye, Ae-sun's mother, whose advice and memory give Ae-sun strength to carry on.The return of hope through Geum Myeong's acceptance into Seoul National University, a major family milestone.Cinematic details like the realistic typhoon scene and the use of the Jeju Fishing Village Set.2 possible, new K Drama elements: the kick to the shins, and reading poetry.Next week, we'll recap and analyze Episode 7 of When Life Gives You Tangerines. We'll also talk about Yeom Hye-ran, the actress who plays Jeon Gwang Rye, Ae-sun's mother—nominated for a Baeksang Award this year!ReferencesHwang So yoon on SpotifyProtecting Haenyeo: Ritual and Spiritual Practices of Jeju HaenyeoBehind the Scenes: When Gwan sik Collapses Upon Seeing Ae sun and Dong MyeongSocial Support and the Perception of Physical SlantJeju Island - WikipediaJeju Province - WikipediaJeju language - Wikipedia

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Fyodor Tertitskiy, a longtime Seoul-based scholar of North Korean history and author of “Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-sung,” a new biography of Kim Il Sung. Drawing on sources in Korean, Russian, Chinese and Japanese, Tertitskiy offers a fresh and deeply researched account of the man who founded one of the world's most enduring authoritarian regimes. We explore Kim's improbable rise from guerrilla fighter to head of state at just 33, how he consolidated power and created a system of hereditary rule, and why his legacy still looms large over North Korea today. Tertitskiy also discusses the mythmaking around Kim's persona, from teleportation to pine cone grenades, and examines the broader implications of his rule for global security and the study of dictatorship. Fyodor Tertitskiy has been residing in South Korea since 2011. He earned his PhD from Seoul National University in 2017 and is currently a lecturer at Korea University. His works can be found on his ResearchGate profile. He has recently published “Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-sung,” a biography of Kim Il Sung.  About the podcast: The North Korea News Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Jacco Zwetsloot exclusively for NK News, covering all things DPRK — from news to extended interviews with leading experts and analysts in the field, along with insight from our very own journalists. NK News subscribers can listen to this and other exclusive episodes from their preferred podcast player by accessing the private podcast feed. For more detailed instructions, please see the step-by-step guide at nknews.org/private-feed.

In this special episode, Jeongmin hosts professors Erik Mobrand and Cho Hee-kyung for a quick-fire Korea Pro briefing analyzing the historic Constitutional Court ruling on Friday that removed President Yoon Suk-yeol from office — making him the second South Korean president impeached and removed by the court. Jeongmin kicks off with a comprehensive 10-minute summary of the Constitutional Court's ruling, detailing how the justices unanimously voted to uphold Yoon's impeachment and explaining the language they used in their decisive verdict.  Jeongmin summarizes the court's extensive deliberation process, and outlines how the justices structured their evaluation around five specific grounds for impeachment. She explains how the court comprehensively rejected almost all of Yoon's defenses, including his claim that the martial law was merely a “warning” or a “plea” with no legal basis in the constitution. Professor Cho explains the reasons behind the court's unanimous ruling and the political context behind the decision's delay. She discusses how the timing may have been influenced by the appellate court's March decision to acquit main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung of his election law violation conviction, along with how the justices evaluated contested witness testimony and hearsay evidence differently than in a criminal proceeding. Professor Mobrand examines the political implications of Yoon's removal, arguing that the democratic resilience shown by ordinary citizens created a powerful check on executive overreach. He challenges the framing of South Korea's society as simply “polarized,” suggesting that specific politicians have deliberately exacerbated divisions rather than this reflecting deep societal rifts. The panel explores why the military largely refused to fully implement Yoon's martial law orders, institutional weaknesses exposed by this constitutional crisis, and what reforms are most urgently needed — including reducing concentrated power in the presidential office and prosecutorial authority. Erik Mobrand is a professor of Korean Studies at Seoul National University's Graduate School of International Studies, an expert on political transformation in Korea with a focus on the interplay of informal power and formal institutions. Cho Hee-kyung is a professor at Hongik University's College of Law whose research spans international economic law, intellectual property, human rights and media law. Editor's Note: During the discussion, Professor Cho referred to the appellate Seoul High Court that handed down the verdict on opposition leader Lee Jae-myung on March 26 erroneously as the Supreme Court. This clarification has been noted for accuracy. About the podcast: The Korea Pro Podcast is a weekly 15-minute conversation hosted by Editorial Director Jeongmin Kim (@jeongminnkim) and Editor John Lee (@koreanforeigner), diving deep into the most pressing stories shaping South Korea — and dissecting the most complicated ones for professionals monitoring ROK politics, diplomacy, culture, society and technology. Uploaded every Friday. This episode was recorded on the night of Friday, April 4, 2025. Audio edited by Gaby Magnuson

In this chilling episode of Brew Crime, JT and Mike crack open a cold one and dive deep into one of the lesser-known yet horrifying war crimes of the 20th century — the Seoul National University Hospital Massacre. As North Korean forces swept through Seoul during the Korean War in 1950, hundreds of innocent patients and medical staff were brutally executed inside a place meant for healing.Join us as we explore the tragic events that unfolded within hospital walls, discuss the broader implications of war crimes, and examine how atrocities like these are remembered (or forgotten) in global history. With our signature blend of cold brews and cold cases, we aim to bring light to a dark chapter of the past that deserves not to be overlooked. SourcesWikipedia - Seoul National University Hospital MassacreURL: Seoul National University Hospital MassacreUnited Nations Archives on the Korean WarKorean War Legacy FoundationURL: Korean War Legacy FoundationGeneva Conventions (1949)The Korean War: A History by Bruce CumingsSouth Korean Archives on the Korean WarSeoul National University Oral History ProjectTestimony from the Korean Red CrossEyewitness Accounts from Local ResidentsThe Trauma of War: Survivors' Stories from the Korean PeninsulaSeoul in the Crossfire: Civilian Stories During the Korean WarThe Forgotten War: Civilian Atrocities in the Korean Conflict (The Atlantic)URL: The AtlanticThe Legacy of the Korean War: Reflections on Civilian Losses (South China Morning Post)URL: SCMPUNESCO Report on Post-War Memorialization in South KoreaDetails: Examines the rebuilding and memorialization of key wartime sites, including the Seoul National University Hospital.The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis GaddisThe Bodo League Massacre and Other Atrocities of the Korean WarMacArthur's Gamble: The Incheon Landing and the Turning Point of the Korean War by Stanley WeintraubSeoul National University ArchivesAnnual Memorial Services in Seoul

Seoul National University of Science and Technology Researchers Develop Bioink for Personalized Tissue Repair Using Kombucha SCOBY Nanocellulose. The bioink can be precisely applied directly onto damaged tissue with a digital biopen, offering a convenient solution for healing wounds. In a new breakthrough, researchers at Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SEOULTECH) have developed a novel bioink made from Kombucha SCOBY-derived nanocellulose, which provides a scaffold that supports cell growth for tissue repair. The bioink can be directly applied to the damaged areas through a handheld biopen, making it ideal for direct in vivo tissue engineering of wounds and complex defects, particularly in emergency and first-aid settings. Bioink for Personalised Tissue Repair Using Kombucha Tissue engineering utilizes 3D printing and bioink to grow human cells on scaffolds, creating replacements for damaged tissues like skin, cartilage, and even organs. A team of researchers led by Professor Insup Noh from Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, has developed a bioink using nanocellulose derived from Kombucha SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast) as the scaffold material. The biomaterial offers a sustainable alternative to conventional options, and it can be loaded onto a hand-held 'Biowork' biopen, also developed by the same team. The digital biopen allows the precise application of bioink to damaged defected areas, such as irregular cartilage and large skin wounds, paving the way for more personalized and effective in vivo tissue repair, eliminating the need for in vitro tissue engineering processes. This paper was made available online on 28 October 2024 and subsequently published in Volume 282, Part 3, of the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules on 1 December 2024. "Our prefabricated nanocellulose hydrogel network from symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast has the potential to be used as a platform bioink for in vivo tissue engineering by loading all types of biomolecules and drugs and direct bioprinting," says Prof. Noh. Kombucha SCOBY is a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast used to ferment green tea. The microorganisms produce cellulose, which is biodegradable and compatible with cells. However, the nanocellulose derived from Kombucha SCOBY has an entangled structure, which requires modification for 3D bioprinting. This involves adjusting its rheological properties (how it flows) and mechanical properties to improve extrusion and maintain structural integrity after printing. The researchers accomplished this by partially hydrolyzing nanocellulose with acetic acid, breaking glucose bonds and disentangling the network for its bioprintablity. However, this treatment lacked control of its properties, leading to a reduction of its structural strength. The team reinforced the nanocellulose with chitosan (positively charged) and kaolin (negatively charged) nanoparticles. These chitosan and kaolin particles interact with cellulose through electrostatic forces, forming a stable hydrogel suitable for 3D bioprinting. The bioink was prepared by mixing the ingredients, including live cells, within a biopen. Digitally controlled, two counter-rotating screws within the biopen uniformly mixed the ingredients, creating a homogeneous bioink that could be directly applied through a needle onto damaged tissue. When attached to a 3D bioprinter, the biopen enabled the creation of multilayer, self-standing structures with high resolution, such as bifurcated tubes and pyramids exceeding 1 cm in height. The biopen was also used for direct in situ layer-by-layer printing of irregularly shaped defects. Using it, the researchers accurately filled 3D-printed cranium and femoral head molds with designed defects. The bioink and digital biopen combination offers a cost-effective solution for treating large areas and irregularly shaped wounds without any in vitro tissue regeneration ...

South Korean researchers have developed a drone designed to stay level when transporting goods over many kinds of surfaces. 韩国研究人员开发了一种无人机，旨在在多种表面上运输货物时保持水平。 A team at Seoul National University of Science and Technology built a prototype, or test model of the drone. The team recently demonstrated the aircraft for reporters from Reuters. 首尔国立科技大学的一个团队构建了无人机的原型或测试模型。该团队最近向路透社记者展示了这架飞机。 The prototype has a transport carrier attached to a drone structure. It is supported by several propellers and rotors that control its height, speed and direction in the air. The aircraft has a handle workers can push to guide it where it needs to go. 该原型机有一个连接到无人机结构的运输载体。它由多个螺旋桨和旋翼支撑，控制其在空中的高度、速度和方向。飞机有一个手柄，工作人员可以推动以引导飞机前往需要的地方。 Members of the development team showed how the drone can keep itself level while floating, even when transporting goods up or down stairs. Leaders of the research say the drone is programmed to predict human actions for effective interactions. 开发团队成员展示了无人机如何在漂浮时保持水平，甚至在上下楼梯运输货物时也是如此。该研究的领导者表示，无人机经过编程可以预测人类的行为，以实现有效的互动。Lee Seung-jae is a professor of mechanical system design engineering at Seoul National University of Science and Technology. He was a leader of the project. The research results appeared in a study in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. The publication is part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, based in New York. Lee Seung-jae 是首尔国立科技大学机械系统设计工程教授。他是该项目的领导者。研究结果发表在《IEEE 机器人与自动化快报》的一项研究中。该出版物是纽约电气和电子工程师协会的一部分。 Lee told Reuters tests of the drone showed it could transport objects up to 3 kilograms. He admitted this weight restriction likely limits the drone's use cases for many businesses. But he noted that the transporter's design and operating equipment could be used to create a series of other kinds of drone vehicles. Lee 告诉路透社，无人机的测试表明它可以运输重达 3 公斤的物体。他承认这种重量限制可能会限制无人机在许多企业中的使用案例。但他指出，运输机的设计和操作设备可用于制造一系列其他类型的无人机。 Lee said one example would be to use the transporter to carry sensitive or breakable materials. The technology could also be used to develop “flying taxis” to transport humans, he added. 李说，一个例子是使用运输车运输敏感或易碎材料。他补充说，该技术还可用于开发“飞行出租车”来运送人类。When used in a flying taxi, Lee said the drones could be used to change batteries while still flying in the air, instead of having to return to a ground station for recharging. 李说，当用于飞行出租车时，无人机可以在空中飞行时更换电池，而不必返回地面站充电。 In general, experts say drones with multiple propellers are easier to control and move in many different settings. But they are also slower and cannot travel as far on a battery charge. 一般来说，专家表示，具有多个螺旋桨的无人机在许多不同的环境中更容易控制和移动。但它们的速度也较慢，并且无法通过电池充电行驶那么远的距离。 Drones with multiple rotors have already been used to transport small amounts of goods, food and medical supplies. But experts say it is difficult to widely expand use of such drones for commercial purposes. This is because such activities would require larger batteries a smaller aircraft could not support. 具有多个旋翼的无人机已被用于运输少量货物、食品和医疗用品。但专家表示，很难广泛扩大此类无人机的商业用途。这是因为此类活动需要更大的电池，而较小的飞机无法支持。

Fluent Fiction - Korean: The Mystery of the Vanishing Halloween Book Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ko/episode/2024-10-28-22-34-02-ko Story Transcript:Ko: 서울대학교 기숙사 복도에는 가을의 향기가 가득했다.En: The corridors of the Seoul National University dormitory were filled with the scent of autumn.Ko: 창 밖으로 단풍잎이 바람에 춤추듯 날아다니고 있었다.En: Outside the window, the leaves danced on the wind.Ko: 오늘은 기숙사 안에서 특별한 날이다. 할로윈 파티가 열리기 때문이었다.En: Today was a special day inside the dormitory because a Halloween party was being held.Ko: 각 방은 호박 등과 해적 모형 같은 장식으로 꾸며져 있었다.En: Each room was decorated with things like pumpkin lanterns and pirate figures.Ko: 하지만 그날 밤, 특별한 일이 벌어졌다.En: However, that night, something unusual happened.Ko: 은지와 민호는 대학의 오래된 도서관에 있었다.En: Eunji and Minho were in the university's old library.Ko: 도서관은 두 사람에게 있어 특별한 장소다.En: The library was a special place for both of them.Ko: 조용하지만 신비로운 분위기가 가득하다.En: It was filled with a quiet yet mysterious atmosphere.Ko: 그곳 중심에는 희귀한 책이 자리하고 있었다.En: At the center of it all was a rare book.Ko: 그것은 이번 할로윈 행사에서 가장 중요한, 기숙사의 자랑이었다.En: It was the highlight and pride of the dormitory's Halloween event.Ko: 그러나 그 책이 갑자기 사라졌다.En: But suddenly, the book disappeared.Ko: "은지, 이건 큰일이야." 민호는 어두운 도서관에서 걱정 가득한 목소리로 말했다.En: "Eunji, this is a big deal," Minho said in a voice filled with concern in the dark library.Ko: 은지는 잠시 말이 없었다.En: Eunji was silent for a moment.Ko: 하지만 곧 그녀의 눈은 빛났다.En: But soon her eyes lit up.Ko: "우리가 찾자, 민호."En: "Let's find it, Minho."Ko: 그 밤, 기숙사는 할로윈 축제에 빠져있었다.En: That night, the dormitory was engrossed in the Halloween festival.Ko: 학생들은 다양한 복장을 하고 있었고, 도서관 주변도 시끌벅적했다.En: Students were in various costumes, and the area around the library was bustling.Ko: 은지와 민호는 각자 질문을 하기 시작했다.En: Eunji and Minho started asking questions individually.Ko: 하지만 이들 중 소중한 책의 행방을 아는 사람은 아무도 없었다.En: But none of them knew the whereabouts of the precious book.Ko: 복장 때문에 얼굴을 알아보기도 어려웠다.En: It was also hard to recognize faces because of the costumes.Ko: "사진을 보자," 은지는 말했다.En: "Let's look at the photos," Eunji said.Ko: 민호는 핸드폰을 꺼내 사진을 뒤적였다.En: Minho pulled out his phone and browsed through the pictures.Ko: 파티 당시 찍은 사진에서 가면을 쓰고 책을 들어 올리는 사람이 있었다.En: In the photos taken during the party, there was someone wearing a mask and holding up the book.Ko: 그러나 알 수 없는 복장과 가면 덕분에 인식이 힘들었다.En: However, it was difficult to identify them due to the unknown costume and mask.Ko: "누구지? 이 사람은 분명히 여기 학생이 아니야." 민호가 조심스럽게 말했다.En: "Who is this? This person is definitely not a student here," Minho said cautiously.Ko: 은지는 고개를 끄덕였다.En: Eunji nodded.Ko: 그들은 사람들 사이를 헤쳐 그 사람을 찾기로 했다.En: They decided to make their way through the crowd to find this person.Ko: 드디어, 한쪽 구석에서 그 의심가는 인물이 발견되었다.En: Finally, that suspicious figure was spotted in a corner.Ko: 은지와 민호는 그를 둘러싸고, 조심스럽게 사실을 말했다.En: Eunji and Minho surrounded them and spoke carefully about the matter.Ko: "그 책, 우리에게 돌려주세요," 은지가 용감하게 말했다.En: "Please return the book to us," Eunji said bravely.Ko: 가면을 벗은 사람은 은지와 민호를 바라보다가 마침내 고개를 숙이며 책을 내밀었다.En: The person removed the mask and looked at Eunji and Minho, then finally lowered their head and handed over the book.Ko: "나는 이 책을 수집하게 되면 좋겠다고 생각했다," 그가 말했다.En: "I thought it would be nice to collect this book," he said.Ko: 그들은 책을 다시 가져오게 되었고, 다음 날 도서관은 성황리에 개장했다.En: They managed to retrieve the book and the next day, the library opened successfully.Ko: 은지는 단호하게 문제를 해결한 자신이 자랑스러웠고, 민호에게 더욱 감사했다.En: Eunji was proud of having solved the problem decisively and was even more thankful to Minho.Ko: 한편, 그녀와 민호 사이에 오가는 눈빛은 어제와 조금 달랐다.En: Meanwhile, the exchange of glances between her and Minho felt a bit different than the day before.Ko: "감사해, 민호," 은지가 웃으며 말했다.En: "Thank you, Minho," Eunji said with a smile.Ko: "네 덕분에 힘낼 수 있었어."En: "I couldn't have done it without you."Ko: 민호는 얼굴을 붉히며 웃었다.En: Minho blushed and smiled.Ko: 두 사람은 도서관 문 밖으로 나가며, 더 깊어진 마음을 느꼈다.En: The two of them walked out of the library, feeling their bond deepen.Ko: 가을의 바람이 두 사람을 감싸며 주변을 맴돌았다.En: The autumn breeze wrapped around them and swirled around the surroundings. Vocabulary Words:corridors: 복도autumn: 가을scent: 향기lanterns: 등figures: 모형unusual: 특별한mysterious: 신비로운rare: 희귀한disappeared: 사라졌다concern: 걱정engrossed: 빠져있었다costumes: 복장bustling: 시끌벅적했다whereabouts: 행방recognize: 알아보다photos: 사진identify: 인식cautiously: 조심스럽게spotted: 발견되었다surrounded: 둘러싸고bravely: 용감하게retrieved: 가져오게successfully: 성황리에proud: 자랑스러웠고decisively: 단호하게thankful: 감사했다exchange: 오가는glances: 눈빛bond: 마음wrapped: 감싸며

Leave feedback!Today I am speaking with Hyung-Kyu Choi, also known as "HQ," Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at DSRV, a well-known blockchain infrastructure provider based in South Korea. DSRV is known for offering a range of web3 infrastructure solutions, including its validator services, serving over 50 protocols, blockchain RPC service, and development support tools like Welldone Studio.HQ shares his web3 journey, growing up in Seoul, South Korea, with a brief stint in Canada, and his research experiences at the university in the states. HQ talks about his childhood fascination with space that sparked an early interest in mechanical engineering, but his curiosity evolved toward computer science and programming, leading him to earn a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Seoul National University. During the interview, HQ also discusses his experiences working on the Ethereum Virtual Machine and AI inference engines during his time at Samsung and Ground X, as well as his motivation to co-found DSRV to solve the blockchain infrastructure challenges that builders face. HQ also talks about DSRV's involvement in The Graph ecosystem, starting with his participation in the Mission Control testnet and DSRV's recent hosting of The Graph's Sunrise Party in Seoul - sharing his perspective on the critical role The Graph plays in providing decentralized data infrastructure for web3.Show Notes and TranscriptsThe GRTiQ Podcast takes listeners inside web3 and The Graph (GRT) by interviewing members of the ecosystem.  Please help support this project and build the community by subscribing and leaving a review.Twitter: GRT_iQwww.GRTiQ.com

Hamid A. Formuli is a human rights practitioner, former career diplomat and a Research Fellow with RWI's Afghanistan program in 2024. His tenure at the Afghan foreign service spans over 8 years, boasting an impactful career across various roles, starting from a consular associate, law and treaties officer to special aide to the deputy foreign minister for economic cooperation. Hamid previously served as the Head of the Human Rights Section of the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN in Geneva, and alternative permanent representative to the Human Rights Council during Afghanistan's first ever membership of the body and as an expert at its Bureau during Afghanistan's vice–presidency in 2020. Since 2022 Hamid Formuli has been a founding member and Senior Fellow at the Center for Dialogue and Progress – Geneva, where he leads activities on human rights monitoring and advocacy through research, legal analysis, and events organization. Academically, he holds a Bachelors in Law and Political Science from Kabul University and earned a Master (Summa Cum Laude) of International Studies from Seoul National University, South Korea, focusing on International Development Cooperation Policy and Global Governance. His research interests include nexus between conflict and development, International and UN-mandated accountability mechanisms, politics of international human rights action, and management of diversity in pluricultural societies.

Send us a Text Message.Shalee Johansen is the Vice President of Sponsorship and Partner Relations here at the Huntsman World Senior Games. Shalee has over 25 years of extensive experience in tourism and real estate. She enjoys renovating old homes and buildings and even is an alpaca farmer! As a county director of tourism in Northern Utah, a board member of The Helper Project, and executive director of a trails committee, Shalee promoted her passion for all that Carbon County and the city of Helper have to offer.Den Dutson is a co-director of sports at the Huntsman World Senior Games. He is also a world champion in Olympic Taekwondo and the former owner of Denda Academy of Martial Arts. Den studied Korean studies at Seoul National University and majored in both Korean studies and business at Brigham Young University. Den has been involved in organizing international sports events and leading programs aimed at fostering leadership and personal growth among participants. At Denda Academy, the highest quality martial arts, self defense, bully prevention, and personal development were provided to students of all ages.Michael Hale is a co-director of sports at the Huntsman World Senior Games. Michael is a Washington state native who now loves living in beautiful St. George. As a fairly recent graduate of Brigham Young University - Idaho with a degree in recreation management, Michael enjoys working in parks and recreation. He has coordinated and created programs for thousands of youth, adults, and seniors and believes the hard work is worth it when he sees the joy in participants' faces.

The near extinction of vultures in India may be responsible for an additional half a million human deaths between 2000 and 2005. The widespread use of the painkiller diclofenac in herds of cattle, starting in 1994, led to a massive decline in vulture populations in India, as the drug is poisonous to them. We hear from environmental economist Anant Sudarshan of Warwick University. Cooking like a Neanderthal - Mariana Nabais of the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution has been replicating ancient butchering methods to learn how Neanderthals ate birds. A faster test for sepsis – we hear from Sunghoon Kwon of Seoul National University about a new method for identifying the pathogens involved in sepsis cases. The test has the potential to reduce the turnaround times normally associated with developing treatments for infections and may improve patient outcomes. And it seems we may have inherited some conversational habits from chimps – or rather from whatever came before us and chimps 6 million years ago. Cat Hobaiter of the School of Psychology and Neuroscience of St Andrews University and her colleagues have found that like humans, wild chimps engage in snappy, turn-taking conversations. Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Jonathan Blackwell Production Coordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth(Image: World Wildlife Day - Gyps fulvus feeding on a buffalo carcass at Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India. Credit: Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Kenneth O., a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas and the director of the Texas Analog Center of Excellence, and Dr. Wooyeol Choi, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University. We discuss their groundbreaking work on a terahertz imaging chip that promises to revolutionize mobile device capabilities.Subscribe to our Blueprint Newsletter for the best and exclusive scoops in engineering. 

In this beautiful new book, Dr. Youngna Kim draws on her vast understanding of Korean art to provide an overview of the peninsula's contemporary art scene. Korean artists have become increasingly active at an international level, with many being invited for residencies and exhibitions all over the world. Nonetheless, for various reasons, the general understanding of Korean contemporary art remains insufficient. Korean Art since 1945: Challenges and Changes (Brill, 2024) is volume 9 in the series Modern Asian Art and Visual Culture. The book draws on primary sources to discuss the ideological stakes that affected the art world, modernist art vs. political art, and the fluidity of concepts such as tradition and national identity. Moreover, the book also has a chapter on the art of North Korea. The book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Korean studies or contemporary art. Dr. Youngna Kim is Professor Emerita of the Department of Archaeology and Art History at Seoul National University and was the Director of the National Museum of Korea from 2011 until 2016. Dr. Kim received her bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg College and her Ph.D. in the History of Art from The Ohio State University. She has many publications to her name about Korea's ever-evolving art scene. Buy Youngna Kim's new book about Korean art before independence (only available in Korean) here. Leslie Hickman is a translator and writer. She has an MA in Korean Studies from Yonsei University and lives in Seoul, South Korea. You can follow her activities at https://twitter.com/AJuseyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this beautiful new book, Dr. Youngna Kim draws on her vast understanding of Korean art to provide an overview of the peninsula's contemporary art scene. Korean artists have become increasingly active at an international level, with many being invited for residencies and exhibitions all over the world. Nonetheless, for various reasons, the general understanding of Korean contemporary art remains insufficient. Korean Art since 1945: Challenges and Changes (Brill, 2024) is volume 9 in the series Modern Asian Art and Visual Culture. The book draws on primary sources to discuss the ideological stakes that affected the art world, modernist art vs. political art, and the fluidity of concepts such as tradition and national identity. Moreover, the book also has a chapter on the art of North Korea. The book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Korean studies or contemporary art. Dr. Youngna Kim is Professor Emerita of the Department of Archaeology and Art History at Seoul National University and was the Director of the National Museum of Korea from 2011 until 2016. Dr. Kim received her bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg College and her Ph.D. in the History of Art from The Ohio State University. She has many publications to her name about Korea's ever-evolving art scene. Buy Youngna Kim's new book about Korean art before independence (only available in Korean) here. Leslie Hickman is a translator and writer. She has an MA in Korean Studies from Yonsei University and lives in Seoul, South Korea. You can follow her activities at https://twitter.com/AJuseyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

In this beautiful new book, Dr. Youngna Kim draws on her vast understanding of Korean art to provide an overview of the peninsula's contemporary art scene. Korean artists have become increasingly active at an international level, with many being invited for residencies and exhibitions all over the world. Nonetheless, for various reasons, the general understanding of Korean contemporary art remains insufficient. Korean Art since 1945: Challenges and Changes (Brill, 2024) is volume 9 in the series Modern Asian Art and Visual Culture. The book draws on primary sources to discuss the ideological stakes that affected the art world, modernist art vs. political art, and the fluidity of concepts such as tradition and national identity. Moreover, the book also has a chapter on the art of North Korea. The book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Korean studies or contemporary art. Dr. Youngna Kim is Professor Emerita of the Department of Archaeology and Art History at Seoul National University and was the Director of the National Museum of Korea from 2011 until 2016. Dr. Kim received her bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg College and her Ph.D. in the History of Art from The Ohio State University. She has many publications to her name about Korea's ever-evolving art scene. Buy Youngna Kim's new book about Korean art before independence (only available in Korean) here. Leslie Hickman is a translator and writer. She has an MA in Korean Studies from Yonsei University and lives in Seoul, South Korea. You can follow her activities at https://twitter.com/AJuseyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art

In this beautiful new book, Dr. Youngna Kim draws on her vast understanding of Korean art to provide an overview of the peninsula's contemporary art scene. Korean artists have become increasingly active at an international level, with many being invited for residencies and exhibitions all over the world. Nonetheless, for various reasons, the general understanding of Korean contemporary art remains insufficient. Korean Art since 1945: Challenges and Changes (Brill, 2024) is volume 9 in the series Modern Asian Art and Visual Culture. The book draws on primary sources to discuss the ideological stakes that affected the art world, modernist art vs. political art, and the fluidity of concepts such as tradition and national identity. Moreover, the book also has a chapter on the art of North Korea. The book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Korean studies or contemporary art. Dr. Youngna Kim is Professor Emerita of the Department of Archaeology and Art History at Seoul National University and was the Director of the National Museum of Korea from 2011 until 2016. Dr. Kim received her bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg College and her Ph.D. in the History of Art from The Ohio State University. She has many publications to her name about Korea's ever-evolving art scene. Buy Youngna Kim's new book about Korean art before independence (only available in Korean) here. Leslie Hickman is a translator and writer. She has an MA in Korean Studies from Yonsei University and lives in Seoul, South Korea. You can follow her activities at https://twitter.com/AJuseyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/korean-studies

The Heritage Foundation is honored to announce that Professor John Yoo, the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, will deliver this year's Edwin Meese III Originalism Lecture for his speech titled, “Can Originalism Be Moral?”This annual lecture seeks to honor former Attorney General Ed Meese's legacy of advancing an understanding and jurisprudence of originalism. When the Framers wrote the Constitution, “Their intention was to write a document not just for their times but for posterity,” Meese said in a 1985 speech to the D.C. Chapter of the Federalist Society Lawyers Division. Meese reiterated the theme of Original Intention in several speeches, warning of the danger of “seeing the Constitution as an empty vessel into which each generation may pour its passion and prejudice.” The Great Debate that he launched over three decades ago placed the idea of judicial originalism at the center of American jurisprudence and fundamentally altered the constitutional landscape of this nation.Today, originalism is no longer a novel concept; instead, it is now widely embraced in legal circles, including academia and the judiciary. Building on the work of Ed Meese, this lecture aims to continue the conversation he started and examine new trends and themes in originalist thought today. Please join us for our third annual lecture.Professor John Yoo: In addition to his role as the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, Professor Yoo is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.Throughout his career, Professor Yoo served in all three branches of government. He was an official in the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked on national security and terrorism issues after the 9/11 attacks, he served as general counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, and he has been a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and federal appeals Judge Laurence Silberman. Professor Yoo has been a visiting professor at Seoul National University in South Korea, the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel, Keio University in Japan, Trento University in Italy, the University of Chicago, and the Free University of Amsterdam.We look forward to welcoming Professor Yoo to share his insights on the morality of originalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John is joined by Professor Song Sang-Hyun, retired Professor of Law at Seoul National University and former President of the International Criminal Court.  Professor Song explains the origins of the Korean civil justice system which is based upon the German system by way of Japan.  He discusses  how after World War II, American Army officers drafted many of Korea's statutes and, in the past two decades, American law in fields such as corporate law, shipping and aviation law, antitrust law, securities regulations, intellectual property, and class action lawsuits have increasingly influenced Korean law.  They then discuss Korean pretrial practice which does not involve voluminous document discovery or any depositions and often involves the trial judge also acting as a mediator.  Professor Song explains some of the unique aspects of Korean trial practice including Korea's recent adoption of juries that render advisory decisions on disputed facts and that cases average less than a year from filing through trial.  They also discuss that the loser must pay the winner's attorneys' fees, although, in practice, courts tend to award less than all the fees incurred.  Finally, they discuss some of the emerging issues in Korean law including labor, environmental and privacy law as well as the protection of personal information.Podcast Link: Law-disrupted.fmHost: John B. Quinn Producer: Alexis HydeMusic and Editing by: Alexander Rossi

진행자: 최정윤, Ali Abbot Death & denial: Why Koreans refuse to contemplate the end 기사 요약: '죽음'에 대해 이야기 하기를 꺼려하고 죽음에 대해 슬퍼하고 부정적인 인식이 유독 큰 한국인, 그 이유는? [1] A few years ago, Kim Sun-yong (not her real name) stumbled upon a Facebook post written by an acquaintance from work. The author, an American who was battling late-stage cancer with no prospects of recovery, asked his Facebook friends for suggestions on what to include on his bucket list as he braced for the inevitable. *stumble upon: 우연히 만나다/ 발견다하 stumble upon/across/on *inevitable: 불가피한, 필연적인, 반드시 있는 [2] Most comments expressed their sadness about the man's impending death and offered suggestions as asked. But one comment written by a person with a Korean name responded, “Please don't say that. You won't die.” There, in the acceptance of a friend's mortality, Kim sensed a significant cultural clash. *impend: 금방이라도 일어나려고 하다, (위험 등이) 임박하다, 머리 위에 드리워지다/ 곧 닥칠, 임박한 (=imminent) [3] It is quite common for Koreans to deny the imminence of death, even for patients in their final stages, encouraging them to hold on to hopes for recovery. Even when doctors say there's no hope, miracles are cited as a reason to keep hoping. *imminence: 절박, 촉박 *hold on to: ~에 매달리다, 의지하다 [4] Many fear that bringing up the topic of death might give the impression that they are giving up on the person who is fighting to live, or may dampen the person's courage to fight. Jung Hyun-chae, an honorary professor of internal medicine at Seoul National University, says that although fear of mortality is universal, Koreans collectively have a particularly strong aversion to accepting death and openly discussing it. *dampen: 기세를 꺾다/ 풀이 죽게 하다, 물에 적시다 *aversion: 혐오감 기사 원문: https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240225050076   [코리아헤럴드 팟캐스트 구독] 아이튠즈(아이폰):https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 네이버 오디오 클립(아이폰, 안드로이드 겸용): https://audioclip.naver.com/channels/5404 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638   위 팟캐스트 에피소드에는 스포티파이의 후원광고를 포함하고 있습니다. 지금 바로 스포티파이 포 팟캐스터에서 팟캐스트를 만들어보세요! http://podcasters.spotify.com

John DiMoia is Associate Professor of Korean History at Seoul National University, South Korea. He is the author of Reconstructing Bodies: Biomedicine, Health, and Nation-Building in South Korea since 1945 (2013)   Discussion Outline 0:00 What is History? 7:20 Korean Medicine 30:30 Plastic Surgery 39:30 Korea and the Pandemic 57:05 Korean Health 1:00:10 The Joseon Dynasty 1:27:30 Japanese Colonization 1:50:00 The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 2:09:33 The Division of Korea 2:26:55 Seoul National University 2:36:07 The Future of Korea   Book: https://www.amazon.com/Reconstructing-Bodies-Biomedicine-Nation-Building-Weatherhead/dp/0804784116   Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard ▶ Get in touch: datizzard@swu.ac.kr ▶ Yunseo Jeon: https://www.instagram.com/y_jeon_s/ ▶ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=62047873 ▶ Watch us on Youtube: /davidtizzard ▶ Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/kr/podcast/korea-deconstructed/id1587269128 ▶Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5zdXkG0aAAHnDwOvd0jXEE ▶ Listen on podcasts: https://koreadeconstructed.libsyn.com/ 

IN THIS EPISODE: In this inspiring episode, host Denise Silber sits down with HBS MBA  Pankaj Agarwal,  an EdTech entrepreneur who was born in an Indian village  and developed  a deep desire to pay it forward.  Today he and his team are  optimizing the education process in  thousands of Indian and Korean classrooms thanks to the  low-tech invention from Taghive,  his Samsung-backed startup headquartered in Seoul, Korea.  Because Panjak is a keen observer and deep thinker, you will learn as he shares his story, how simple technology can impact students and teachers  in a big way  and  create remarkable outcomes. Discover how his company, TagHive,  is bringing solutions to one of the  biggest problems for teachers: knowing which students have understood the lesson and are ready to move on. This episode is for any entrepreneur looking for inspiration and a new way of thinking about his or her life, goals, and hopes. GUEST BIO: Mr. Pankaj Agarwal, an alumnus of HBS is the Founder & CEO at TagHive, a Samsung funded education technology venture with operations in South Korea and in India. He is an inventor on over 75 international patents and was on the list of Fortune India 40 Under 40 in 2021. He was also one of the 10 winners of MIT TR35 India (Innovators Under 35) Award in 2017.  Prior to TagHive Mr. Agarwal was with Samsung Electronics for over a decade. Mr. Agarwal is the Founder and Chairman of the IIT Alumni Association of South Korea since 2015. He is also a board member of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea and an adjunct professor at the Ewha Woman's University.  Mr. Agarwal is a trained magician and is fluent in Korean. He has a Bachelor of Technology degree in EE from IIT Kanpur, an MS from Seoul National University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.  

BUFFALO, NY- December 12, 2023 – A new #researchpaper was #published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 15, Issue 22, entitled, “Tat-heat shock protein 10 ameliorates age-related phenotypes by facilitating neuronal plasticity and reducing age-related genes in the hippocampus.” In this new study, researchers Hyo Young Jung, Hyun Jung Kwon, Kyu Ri Hahn, Woosuk Kim, Dae Young Yoo, Yeo Sung Yoon, Dae Won Kim, and In Koo Hwang from Seoul National University, Chungnam National University, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Hallym University, and Konkuk University investigated the effects of heat shock protein 10 (HSP10) protein on memory function, hippocampal neurogenesis, and other related genes/proteins in adult and aged mice. “In the present study, we investigated the effects of HSP10 on hippocampal function in both adult and aged mice.” To translocate the HSP10 protein into the hippocampus, the Tat-HSP10 fusion protein was synthesized, and Tat-HSP10, not HSP10, was successfully delivered into the hippocampus based on immunohistochemistry and western blotting. Tat-HSP10 (0.5 or 2.0 mg/kg) or HSP10 (control protein, 2.0 mg/kg) was administered daily to 3- and 21-month-old mice for 3 months, and observed the senescence maker P16 was significantly increased in aged mice and the treatment with Tat-HSP10 significantly decreased P16 expression in the hippocampus of aged mice. In novel object recognition and Morris water maze tests, aged mice demonstrated decreases in exploratory preferences, exploration time, distance moved, number of object contacts, and escape latency compared to adult mice. Treatment with Tat-HSP10 significantly improved exploratory preferences, the number of object contacts, and the time spent swimming in the target quadrant in aged mice but not adults. Administration of Tat-HSP10 increased the number of proliferating cells and differentiated neuroblasts in the dentate gyrus of adult and aged mice compared to controls, as determined by immunohistochemical staining for Ki67 and doublecortin, respectively. Additionally, Tat-HSP10 treatment significantly mitigated the reduction in sirtuin 1 mRNA level, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 1, and postsynaptic density 95 protein levels in the hippocampus of aged mice. In contrast, Tat-HSP10 treatment significantly increased sirtuin 3 protein levels in both adult and aged mouse hippocampus. These suggest that Tat-HSP10 can potentially reduce hippocampus-related aging phenotypes. “Our results suggest that Tat-HSP10 treatment facilitates mitochondrial function, and Tat-HSP10 supplementation ameliorates the aging phenotypes in the mouse hippocampus.” DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.205182 Corresponding authors - Dae Won Kim - kimdw@gwnu.ac.kr, and In Koo Hwang - vetmed2@snu.ac.kr Keywords - aging, heat shock protein 10, hippocampus, memory, neurogenesis, synaptic plasticity About Aging-US Launched in 2009, Aging-US publishes papers of general interest and biological significance in all fields of aging research and age-related diseases, including cancer—and now, with a special focus on COVID-19 vulnerability as an age-dependent syndrome. Topics in Aging-US go beyond traditional gerontology, including, but not limited to, cellular and molecular biology, human age-related diseases, pathology in model organisms, signal transduction pathways (e.g., p53, sirtuins, and PI-3K/AKT/mTOR, among others), and approaches to modulating these signaling pathways. Please visit our website at https://www.Aging-US.com​​ and connect with us: SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/Aging-Us Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AgingUS/ X - https://twitter.com/AgingJrnl Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/agingjrnl/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@AgingJournal LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/aging/ Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/AgingUS/ Media Contact 18009220957 MEDIA@IMPACTJOURNALS.COM

South Korea has become the latest country to declare war on bedbugs following a wave of outbreaks, with bathhouses, university dorms, and train stations across the country on high alert.继臭虫接连在多个国家肆虐后，近日韩国成为又一个对臭虫宣战的国家，韩国各地的澡堂、大学宿舍和火车站都对臭虫高度戒备，严阵以待。Thirty suspected or confirmed infestations have been reported since the end of October, prompting the government to announce a four-week campaign aimed at eradicating the bloodsucking pests.截至10月底，已有30例疑似或被确认的臭虫感染事件上报，这促使韩国政府宣布了一个为期四周的除虫计划。Previously, the country had been practically free of bedbugs following past extermination campaigns, with just nine infestations being reported to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA) since 2014.先前，经过多轮灭虫运动，韩国已经基本上见不到臭虫的踪影，自2014年以来，韩国疾病控制与预防中心只收到过9例臭虫感染报告。The sudden resurgence of the pests, which follows reports of similar outbreaks in France and the United Kingdom and an increase in cases in the United States, is spreading alarm among members of the public, with social media awash with pictures and accounts of people's encounters with the insects.继法国、英国臭虫泛滥，美国臭虫数量也与日俱增后，臭虫在韩国的突然泛滥让公众感到恐慌，社交媒体上到处是人们遇到臭虫的图片和描述。Pest control firms have reported being inundated with requests for help while some websites have created dedicated sections to the problem, offering users a place to share tips on how to deal with the pests, with suggestions ranging from avoiding the cinema to standing on public transport.除虫公司报告称收到了铺天盖地的除虫请求，一些网站则专门为臭虫问题开设了一个版块，让用户可以在这里分享关于如何应对臭虫的建议，比如不去电影院或在公共交通工具上站着。Some of the comments reflect both the fear and confusion of a public that has largely not needed to deal with the pests for many years.有些评论反映出韩国民众的恐慌和困惑，大部分民众已经许多年都无需面对臭虫困扰。"Should I throw away all electronics if I spot a bedbug,” asked a user on one website, while another wondered: “If I put double-sided tape around my mattress, would that stop the bugs getting on me?”一名用户在一个网站上问：“如果我看见一只臭虫，我是不是应该把所有电子产品都扔掉？”另一位用户则想知道：“如果我在床垫周围缠上双面胶带，臭虫是不是就咬不到我了？”Another said simply: “I'd rather have the Covid than bedbugs.”还有一个人干脆说：“我宁愿得新冠肺炎也不要被臭虫咬。”While bedbugs do not spread diseases, the itching from their bites can cause a loss of sleep and secondary skin infections if people scratch them too hard. Being bitten by one of the insects – which are less than 1 cm (0.3 inch) in diameter - can also be seen as socially embarrassing.尽管臭虫不会传播疾病，但是被臭虫咬过之处的瘙痒会导致失眠，如果人们挠得太厉害，还会导致继发性皮肤感染。被臭虫（直径不到1厘米）咬到也是一件让人难堪的事情。In the capital of Seoul, the city government is launching a new “Bedbug Reporting and Management System” and a “Zero Bedbugs City, Seoul” initiative, under which it says it will inspect 3,175 lodging facilities, bathhouses, and jjimjilbangs (Korean saunas with rooms of varying temperatures).在韩国首都首尔市，市政府发布了新的“臭虫报告与管理系统”和“零臭虫城市计划”，这一计划将会检查3175家住宿设施、澡堂和桑拿房。The city has said it will also provide pest control support for small housing units known as jjokbang or gosiwon, which typically measure around 3-6 square meters (30-60 square feet) and house some of Seoul's poorest residents.首尔市政府表示，将会为考试院等小型住房提供除虫支援，这种房子通常只有3到6平方米，是首尔最穷的一些人居住的地方。Other areas deemed high-risk include subways and cinemas. The government says its campaign will include periodic steam-cleaning of subway seats.其他高风险地区还包括地铁和电影院。政府表示，除虫活动将包括对地铁座椅进行定期蒸汽清洁。"Bedbugs are developing resistance to the insecticides that we commonly use, so the most effective solution these days is heating. It turns out that a temperature of about 45 degrees Celsius can kill the bugs and the eggs,” said Lee Si-hyeock, professor of Agricultural Biotechnology at Seoul National University.国立首尔大学农业生物技术系教授李思赫表示：“臭虫对我们常用的杀虫剂已经产生了抗药性，因此现在最有效的方法就是高温杀虫。实践证明，45摄氏度左右的温度可以杀死臭虫和虫卵。”He said using a dryer or an iron could be an effective method for eliminating bedbugs and their eggs from fabric.李教授指出，用烘干机或熨斗可以有效地杀灭布料上的臭虫和虫卵。In its “Bedbug Prevention and Response Guidelines,” the Seoul City Government advises people against bringing items with a risk of infestation into their homes. It says high risk items include used furniture and old books.首尔市政府在其《臭虫防治和应对指南》中建议人们不要把有臭虫感染风险的物品带回家。这种高风险物品包括用过的家具和旧书。"Repairing damaged areas such as cracks and wallpaper can minimize potential bedbug habitats,” it adds.指南中还提到：“修补破损的地方，比如裂缝和墙纸，可以尽可能消除臭虫的潜在栖息地。”英文来源：美国有线电视新闻网

For decades, the West has held onto the hope that by aiding China's economic development, China would naturally transition toward democracy, embrace human rights, and reverse the longstanding suppression of its people. But has our assistance and investment in China truly helped the Chinese people? Or have we unwittingly allowed China's communist rule to flourish?   We're at Seoul National University, South Korea's most esteemed educational institution. Surprisingly, there exists a library dedicated to and named after Xi Jinping, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. This surreal presence in one of our allied country's top universities raises a critical question: How deeply has the Specter of Communism permeated the free world?   ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

Recorded October 4, 2023 Signed on Oct. 1, 1953, in the wake of the armistice, the U.S.-South Korea alliance has matured into a dynamic partnership, deterring conflict and fostering cooperation with respect to trade, technology and people-to-people ties. This expert panel reflected on the legacy and future of the alliance. This program was jointly hosted by The Korea Society, the Korea Defense Veterans Association and the Korea-Pacific Program at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. About the Speakers: Thomas J. Byrne joined The Korea Society as its President in August of 2015 following a distinguished career that included Senior Vice President of Moody's Investor Services and Senior Economist of the Asia Department at the Institute of International Finance. Byrne has an M.A. degree in International Relations with an emphasis on economics from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Before doing graduate work at SAIS, he served in South Korea for three years as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer. His commentary on Korean affairs has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Financial Times among others. Stephen Haggard is the Lawrence and Sallye Krause Distinguished Professor and director of the Korea-Pacific Program at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. He teaches courses on the international relations of the Asia-Pacific at GPS covering political economy as well as security issues. He has done extensive research on North Korea in particular. In addition, he has a long-standing interest in transitions to and from democratic rule and the current phenomenon of democratic backsliding. His recent research on South Korea addresses the issue of political polarization, including with respect to foreign policy. Allison Hooker is a foreign policy and national security specialist with 20 years of experience in the U.S. Government working on Asia. She served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asia, where she led the coordination and implementation of U.S. policy toward the Indo-Pacific region. Prior to that, Hooker served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for the Korean Peninsula, where she staffed the U.S.-DPRK Summits in Singapore, Hanoi, and the DMZ. Prior to her service at the White House, Hooker was a senior analyst for North Korea in the Department of State and staffed the Six-Party Talks on North Korea's nuclear program. She received a Masters' of Arts Degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and has been a research fellow at Osaka University and Keio University, where she focused on Japan-Korea relations, and Japan-China relations, respectively. Youngwan Kim is a career diplomat who joined the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Korea in 1993. He worked at various Ministries of the Korean Government, including Foreign Ministry, Unification Ministry, and Office for Government Policy Coordination, Prime Minister's Office. Prior to his current post as Consul General in LA, he served as Director-General for National Security and Foreign Policy at the Prime Minister's office. He also worked as Director-General for Planning and Management of the Foreign Ministry. His most recent foreign post was a Member of the Panel of Experts, UN Security Council Sanctions Committee at the United Nations headquarter. His foreign posts also include Washington D.C., New York, Beijing and Baghdad. Munseob Lee is an economist who concentrates his research efforts on macroeconomics, growth and development, firm dynamics, and Korea. He has investigated the factors that determine the growth of firms, with a particular focus on how government purchases can promote long-term growth of small businesses. Additionally, he examined the disproportionate effect of inflation, revealing that low-income households and black families are the most affected by rising prices in the United States. Lee, who is an Associate Director in GPS's Korea-Pacific Program, teaches courses including Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Macroeconomics of Development and The Korean Economy. In 2019, General Curtis “Mike” Scaparrotti completed a distinguished 41-year career in the U.S. Army as the Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO. Prior to that he served as the Commander of U.S. Forces Korea / United Nations Command / Combined Forces Command in Seoul from 2013 to 2016. Other prominent postings in his highly-decorated career include Director of the Joint Staff, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, the Deputy Commander of U.S. Forces – Afghanistan, the Commanding General of I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and the Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division. Additionally, over the years, General Scaparrotti served in key leadership positions at the tactical, operational, and strategic level. He has commanded forces during Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), Support Hope (Zaire/Rwanda), Joint Endeavor (Bosnia-Herzegovina), and Assured Response (Liberia). General Scaparrotti holds a Master's degree in Administrative Education from the University of South Carolina. In addition to his work with The Cohen Group, General Scaparrotti sits on the boards iof the Atlantic Council and Patriot Foundation, and is a Senior Fellow at the National Defense University. Yoo Myung-hee served at the Ministries of Trade, Industry and Energy and Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea for nearly three decades before becoming Korea's first female trade minister (2019-2021). In a variety of roles she designed and implemented Korea's trade policy and negotiation strategies and led numerous bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations as Korea's chief negotiator, including the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) and Korea's free trade agreements with the United States and ASEAN. As trade minister, she contributed to international initiatives to ensure supply chain resilience and to address digital trade policy. She received her BA and MPA from Seoul National University and JD from Vanderbilt University Law School and currently teaches at the Graduate School of International Studies of Seoul National University. For more information, please visit the link below: https://www.koreasociety.org/policy-and-corporate-programs/item/1745-the-u-s-republic-of-korea-alliance-at-70-legacy-and-future

진행자: 홍유, Beth Eunhee Hong 1. S. Korea to work closely with Morocco for support over devastating quake 기사 요약: 정부가 강진으로 대규모 피해를 본 모로코에 필요한 지원 제공하기 위해 긴밀히 협조하겠다고 밝혔다. [1] South Korea's foreign ministry said Sunday it will closely cooperate with Morocco and the international community to provide necessary support for the North African country over a massive earthquake. *cooperate: 협력하다 *international community: 국제사회 *massive: 거대한 [2] Late Friday, the 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Morocco and killed more than 2,000 people, according to foreign media reports. *magnitude: 지진 규모 [3] The ministry issued a statement and expressed condolences to the people of Morocco affected by the earthquake. *issue: 발표하다 *condolence: 애도, 조의 [4] It vowed to have close consultations with the government of Morocco, as well as the international community, to help the country overcome difficulties. *consultation: 협의, 상의 *overcome: 극복하다 기사 원문: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230910000186 2. Why everyone wants a white coat in Korea 기사 요약: 의대 쏠림 현상을 분석하고 대책의 중요성을 살펴본다. [1] Last week, the college entrance exam academy Jongno Hagwon released its analysis of the state's official education data that showed 2,131 students in the past five years have dropped out of Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University, the top three most prestigious tertiary education institutes in South Korea. *drop out: 탈퇴하다, 퇴거하다 *prestigious: 명망 있는, 일류의 *tertiary: 고등교육기관 [2] According to other data compiled by SNU and released in May, 6.2 percent of the school's 3,606 freshmen this year took a leave of absence immediately after enrolling. *compile: 엮다, 편집하다 *enroll: 입학시키다, 등록하다 [3] Private education experts believe that such a phenomenon is caused by students who, after being accepted at top universities, prepare to take the college entrance exam again. *private education: 사교육 *phenomenon: 현상 [4] “A leave of absence right after entering SNU, the top Korean school, appears to be an attempt to get admitted to colleges of medicine, dentistry, or oriental medicine, which require higher grades,” said Lee Man-ki of the Uway Educational Assessment Research Institute. *attempt: 시도 *get admitted to: 입소하다 기사원문: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230910000040 [코리아헤럴드 팟캐스트 구독] 아이튠즈(아이폰):https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 네이버 오디오 클립(아이폰, 안드로이드 겸용): https://audioclip.naver.com/channels/5404 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638

In this eye-opening episode of TCAST, Alexander McCaig and Jason Rigby dive deep—literally—into the consequences of our insatiable thirst for groundwater. Can human activity really impact the tilt of the Earth's axis? The revelation that rampant groundwater pumping has led to measurable shifts in the planet's rotation is more than just groundbreaking—it's a testament to the scale of human influence on our planet. Join us as we explore how and why this is happening and what it means for our future. Show Notes: Introduction A quick recap of the article from Scientific American by Davide Castelvecchi. The astonishing fact: Earth has lost over 2 trillion tons of groundwater between 1993 and 2010. The Earth Wobbles Explanation of how the tilt of Earth's axis is generally stable. How significant shifts can occur when large masses relocate within and on the surface of the planet. A Deeper Dive with Ki-Weon Seo's Insights Discussing Seo's findings and his journey to understand the changes in Earth's water content. Unraveling the mystery: how groundwater was the missing piece in explaining the tilt. Gravitational Surveys & Their Revelations The link between irrigation practices, particularly in northwestern India and western North America, and depletion of underground reservoirs. How this depletion has contributed to global sea-level rise. Consequences & Future Implications Delving into the potential outcomes of the shift in Earth's axis. The direction of the shift: towards Russia's Novaya Zemlya islands. Allegra LeGrande from NASA's take on the impact of this research. Closing Thoughts The broader theme: the undeniable impact of human activities on Earth. How data and technology can help us become more aware and perhaps find solutions. Upcoming on TCAST A sneak peek into future episodes and exciting guests. Recommendations & References: Rampant Groundwater Pumping Has Changed the Tilt of Earth's Axis - Scientific American Research by Ki-Weon Seo, geophysicist at Seoul National University. Insights from Allegra LeGrande, a climate scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Connect with TCAST: Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts. Stay updated with the latest trends in big data, AI, and humanity. Dive deep with TCAST.

An ethnography of advertising in postmillennial South Korea, Flower of Capitalism: South Korean Advertising at a Crossroads (U Hawaii Press, 2022) details contests over advertising freedoms and obligations among divergent vested interests while positing far-reaching questions about the social contract that governs advertising in late-capitalist societies. The term "flower of capitalism" is a clichéd metaphor for advertising in South Korea, bringing resolutely positive connotations, which downplay the commercial purposes of advertising and give prominence to its potential for public service. Historically, South Korean advertising was tasked to promote virtue with its messages, while allocation of advertising expenditures among the mass media was monitored and regulated to curb advertisers' influence in the name of public interest. Though this ideal was often sacrificed to situational considerations, South Korean advertising had been remarkably accountable to public scrutiny and popular demands. This beneficent role of advertising, however, came under attack as a neoliberal hegemony consolidated in South Korea in the twenty-first century. Flower of Capitalism examines the clash of advertising's old obligations and new freedoms, as it was navigated by advertising practitioners, censors, audiences, and activists. It weaves together a rich multi-sited ethnography--at an advertising agency and at an advertising censorship board--with an in-depth exploration of advertising-related controversies--from provocative advertising campaigns to advertising boycotts. Advertising emerges as a contested social institution whose connections to business, mass media, and government are continuously tested and revised. Olga Fedorenko challenges the mainstream notions of advertising, which universalize the ways it developed in Transatlantic countries, and offers a glimpse of what advertising could look like if its public effects were taken as seriously as its marketing goals. A critical and innovative intervention into the studies of advertising, Flower of Capitalism breaks new ground in current debates on the intersection of media, culture, and politics. Dr. Fedorenko is an associate professor of anthropology at the Seoul National University. She received her MA and Ph.D. from the East Asian Studies Department at the University of Toronto, and her BA in Korean studies from the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Lomonosov Moscow State University. She has published a number of articles on advertising, popular culture, and the sharing economy in South Korea. You can find her on Research Gate here.  To view the commercials mentioned in “Flower of Capitalism,” go here. Leslie Hickman is a translator and writer with an MA in Korean Studies from Yonsei University. You can follow her on X at https://twitter.com/AJuseyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

An ethnography of advertising in postmillennial South Korea, Flower of Capitalism: South Korean Advertising at a Crossroads (U Hawaii Press, 2022) details contests over advertising freedoms and obligations among divergent vested interests while positing far-reaching questions about the social contract that governs advertising in late-capitalist societies. The term "flower of capitalism" is a clichéd metaphor for advertising in South Korea, bringing resolutely positive connotations, which downplay the commercial purposes of advertising and give prominence to its potential for public service. Historically, South Korean advertising was tasked to promote virtue with its messages, while allocation of advertising expenditures among the mass media was monitored and regulated to curb advertisers' influence in the name of public interest. Though this ideal was often sacrificed to situational considerations, South Korean advertising had been remarkably accountable to public scrutiny and popular demands. This beneficent role of advertising, however, came under attack as a neoliberal hegemony consolidated in South Korea in the twenty-first century. Flower of Capitalism examines the clash of advertising's old obligations and new freedoms, as it was navigated by advertising practitioners, censors, audiences, and activists. It weaves together a rich multi-sited ethnography--at an advertising agency and at an advertising censorship board--with an in-depth exploration of advertising-related controversies--from provocative advertising campaigns to advertising boycotts. Advertising emerges as a contested social institution whose connections to business, mass media, and government are continuously tested and revised. Olga Fedorenko challenges the mainstream notions of advertising, which universalize the ways it developed in Transatlantic countries, and offers a glimpse of what advertising could look like if its public effects were taken as seriously as its marketing goals. A critical and innovative intervention into the studies of advertising, Flower of Capitalism breaks new ground in current debates on the intersection of media, culture, and politics. Dr. Fedorenko is an associate professor of anthropology at the Seoul National University. She received her MA and Ph.D. from the East Asian Studies Department at the University of Toronto, and her BA in Korean studies from the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Lomonosov Moscow State University. She has published a number of articles on advertising, popular culture, and the sharing economy in South Korea. You can find her on Research Gate here.  To view the commercials mentioned in “Flower of Capitalism,” go here. Leslie Hickman is a translator and writer with an MA in Korean Studies from Yonsei University. You can follow her on X at https://twitter.com/AJuseyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

An ethnography of advertising in postmillennial South Korea, Flower of Capitalism: South Korean Advertising at a Crossroads (U Hawaii Press, 2022) details contests over advertising freedoms and obligations among divergent vested interests while positing far-reaching questions about the social contract that governs advertising in late-capitalist societies. The term "flower of capitalism" is a clichéd metaphor for advertising in South Korea, bringing resolutely positive connotations, which downplay the commercial purposes of advertising and give prominence to its potential for public service. Historically, South Korean advertising was tasked to promote virtue with its messages, while allocation of advertising expenditures among the mass media was monitored and regulated to curb advertisers' influence in the name of public interest. Though this ideal was often sacrificed to situational considerations, South Korean advertising had been remarkably accountable to public scrutiny and popular demands. This beneficent role of advertising, however, came under attack as a neoliberal hegemony consolidated in South Korea in the twenty-first century. Flower of Capitalism examines the clash of advertising's old obligations and new freedoms, as it was navigated by advertising practitioners, censors, audiences, and activists. It weaves together a rich multi-sited ethnography--at an advertising agency and at an advertising censorship board--with an in-depth exploration of advertising-related controversies--from provocative advertising campaigns to advertising boycotts. Advertising emerges as a contested social institution whose connections to business, mass media, and government are continuously tested and revised. Olga Fedorenko challenges the mainstream notions of advertising, which universalize the ways it developed in Transatlantic countries, and offers a glimpse of what advertising could look like if its public effects were taken as seriously as its marketing goals. A critical and innovative intervention into the studies of advertising, Flower of Capitalism breaks new ground in current debates on the intersection of media, culture, and politics. Dr. Fedorenko is an associate professor of anthropology at the Seoul National University. She received her MA and Ph.D. from the East Asian Studies Department at the University of Toronto, and her BA in Korean studies from the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Lomonosov Moscow State University. She has published a number of articles on advertising, popular culture, and the sharing economy in South Korea. You can find her on Research Gate here.  To view the commercials mentioned in “Flower of Capitalism,” go here. Leslie Hickman is a translator and writer with an MA in Korean Studies from Yonsei University. You can follow her on X at https://twitter.com/AJuseyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

An ethnography of advertising in postmillennial South Korea, Flower of Capitalism: South Korean Advertising at a Crossroads (U Hawaii Press, 2022) details contests over advertising freedoms and obligations among divergent vested interests while positing far-reaching questions about the social contract that governs advertising in late-capitalist societies. The term "flower of capitalism" is a clichéd metaphor for advertising in South Korea, bringing resolutely positive connotations, which downplay the commercial purposes of advertising and give prominence to its potential for public service. Historically, South Korean advertising was tasked to promote virtue with its messages, while allocation of advertising expenditures among the mass media was monitored and regulated to curb advertisers' influence in the name of public interest. Though this ideal was often sacrificed to situational considerations, South Korean advertising had been remarkably accountable to public scrutiny and popular demands. This beneficent role of advertising, however, came under attack as a neoliberal hegemony consolidated in South Korea in the twenty-first century. Flower of Capitalism examines the clash of advertising's old obligations and new freedoms, as it was navigated by advertising practitioners, censors, audiences, and activists. It weaves together a rich multi-sited ethnography--at an advertising agency and at an advertising censorship board--with an in-depth exploration of advertising-related controversies--from provocative advertising campaigns to advertising boycotts. Advertising emerges as a contested social institution whose connections to business, mass media, and government are continuously tested and revised. Olga Fedorenko challenges the mainstream notions of advertising, which universalize the ways it developed in Transatlantic countries, and offers a glimpse of what advertising could look like if its public effects were taken as seriously as its marketing goals. A critical and innovative intervention into the studies of advertising, Flower of Capitalism breaks new ground in current debates on the intersection of media, culture, and politics. Dr. Fedorenko is an associate professor of anthropology at the Seoul National University. She received her MA and Ph.D. from the East Asian Studies Department at the University of Toronto, and her BA in Korean studies from the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Lomonosov Moscow State University. She has published a number of articles on advertising, popular culture, and the sharing economy in South Korea. You can find her on Research Gate here.  To view the commercials mentioned in “Flower of Capitalism,” go here. Leslie Hickman is a translator and writer with an MA in Korean Studies from Yonsei University. You can follow her on X at https://twitter.com/AJuseyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

An ethnography of advertising in postmillennial South Korea, Flower of Capitalism: South Korean Advertising at a Crossroads (U Hawaii Press, 2022) details contests over advertising freedoms and obligations among divergent vested interests while positing far-reaching questions about the social contract that governs advertising in late-capitalist societies. The term "flower of capitalism" is a clichéd metaphor for advertising in South Korea, bringing resolutely positive connotations, which downplay the commercial purposes of advertising and give prominence to its potential for public service. Historically, South Korean advertising was tasked to promote virtue with its messages, while allocation of advertising expenditures among the mass media was monitored and regulated to curb advertisers' influence in the name of public interest. Though this ideal was often sacrificed to situational considerations, South Korean advertising had been remarkably accountable to public scrutiny and popular demands. This beneficent role of advertising, however, came under attack as a neoliberal hegemony consolidated in South Korea in the twenty-first century. Flower of Capitalism examines the clash of advertising's old obligations and new freedoms, as it was navigated by advertising practitioners, censors, audiences, and activists. It weaves together a rich multi-sited ethnography--at an advertising agency and at an advertising censorship board--with an in-depth exploration of advertising-related controversies--from provocative advertising campaigns to advertising boycotts. Advertising emerges as a contested social institution whose connections to business, mass media, and government are continuously tested and revised. Olga Fedorenko challenges the mainstream notions of advertising, which universalize the ways it developed in Transatlantic countries, and offers a glimpse of what advertising could look like if its public effects were taken as seriously as its marketing goals. A critical and innovative intervention into the studies of advertising, Flower of Capitalism breaks new ground in current debates on the intersection of media, culture, and politics. Dr. Fedorenko is an associate professor of anthropology at the Seoul National University. She received her MA and Ph.D. from the East Asian Studies Department at the University of Toronto, and her BA in Korean studies from the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Lomonosov Moscow State University. She has published a number of articles on advertising, popular culture, and the sharing economy in South Korea. You can find her on Research Gate here.  To view the commercials mentioned in “Flower of Capitalism,” go here. Leslie Hickman is a translator and writer with an MA in Korean Studies from Yonsei University. You can follow her on X at https://twitter.com/AJuseyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

In July's edition of Asia Inside Out, our Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) podcast that explores the latest news and developments in Asia foreign policy, we walk through the U.S.-Korea relationship, what it looks like today, and what the future might hold. Joining us for this conversation with ASPI Managing Director Rorry Daniels are two esteemed Korean diplomats, Ahn Ho-Young and Jaemin Lee. Ambassador Ahn Ho-Young is currently a chair professor at Korea's Kyungnam University following a distinguished career in government that saw him serve as Korea's Ambassador to the U.S., Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union, and Deputy Minister of Trade, among other positions. Professor Jaemin Lee is both Chairman of Korea's Trade Commission and Ambassador for Economic Security, and currently a professor of law at the School of Law, Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea. He is currently serving as the Director of the Asia-Pacific Law Institute at Seoul National University, as well as Chairman of Korea's Trade Commission and Ambassador for Economic Security. A special thanks to the Korea Foundation for helping make this conversation possible. Asia Inside Out brings together our team and special guests to take you beyond the latest policy headlines and provide an insider's view on regional and global affairs. Each month we'll deliver an interview with informed experts, analysts, and decision-makers from across the Asia-Pacific region. If you want to dig into the details of how policy works, this is the podcast for you. This podcast is produced by the Asia Society Policy Institute, a “think-and-do tank” working on the cutting edge of current policy trends by incorporating the best ideas from our experts and contributors into recommendations for policy makers to put these plans into practice.

On episode 108 Seoul National University master's student An HaKyeng's joins hosts Andre Goulet in Montreal and Gennie Pimentel in Toronto for a conversation unpacking her research on the immigration experience for new arrivals, the challenges migrant workers face in South Korea, ethnonationalism, fertility rates, government policy and more. Works cited in this episode: Immigration in Japan and Social Mobility: Policies and Implications - HaKyeng An, Henry Cho, Wakana MoriguchiSocial capital and assimilation of migrant workers and foreign wives in South Korea: The case of Wongok community -Jun Hee-jung Ha Seong-kyu Creating hierarchies of noncitizens: race, gender,and visa categories in South Korea - Erin Aeran ChungThe citizenship of foreign workers in South Korea - Seol Dong-hoonSupport the show at patreon.com/thekoreafile

Join America's Roundtable (https://americasrt.com/) radio co-hosts Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy with a brilliant mind and a principled leader — John Yoo, visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California–Berkeley School of Law, and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Key topics covered with John Yoo include: — Reviewing the Supreme Court's significant rulings on the vital issues impacting Americans and the future of the Republic. — The Supreme Court's three ringing blows for liberty. — What comes next for the Supreme Court? "Just before this Fourth of July weekend, the United States Supreme Court struck three ringing blows for American liberty. It upheld freedom of speech; it affirmed that the power of the purse belongs to Congress, not the president; and it forbade racial discrimination by the government. Americans should applaud these decisions and a constitutional order that produced them." — John Yoo and Robert Delahunty | FoxNews.com (https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/supreme-court-three-ringing-blows-liberty) Bio | John Yoo Constitutional scholar, author and former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and federal appeals Judge Laurence Silberman John Yoo is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California–Berkeley School of Law, and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. His most recent book is Defender in Chief: Donald Trump's Fight for Presidential Power (St. Martin's 2020). Yoo has served in all three branches of government. He was an official in the US Department of Justice, where he worked on national security and terrorism issues after the September 11 attacks. He served as general counsel of the US Senate Judiciary Committee under its chairman, Orrin Hatch of Utah. And he has been a law clerk for Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas and US Court of Appeals judge Laurence Silberman. He held the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Trento in Italy, and he has also been a visiting professor at Keio Law School in Japan, Seoul National University in Korea, Chapman Law School, the University of Chicago, and the Free University of Amsterdam. Professor Yoo also has received the Paul M. Bator Award for excellence in legal scholarship and teaching from the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy. Yoo is the author of a number of books: Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War(2017); Point of Attack (2014); Taming Globalization (2012); Crisis and Command (2010); War by Other Means (2016); and The Powers of War and Peace (2005). He has co-edited three other books, most recently Liberty's Nemesis: The Unchecked Expansion of the State (2016) (with Dean Reuter). Professor Yoo received his B.A., summa cum laude, in American history from Harvard University. Between college and law school, he worked as a newspaper reporter in Washington, D.C. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was an articles editor of the Yale Law Journal. John Yoo co-hosts the Pacific Century podcast with Michael Auslin, broadly addressing developments in China and Asia. They discuss the latest politics, economics, law, and cultural news, with a focus on US policy in the region. He also co-hosts LawTalk with Richard Epstein and Troy Senik, discussing the latest developments in law and politics. Fox News | Striking down affirmative action is John Roberts' 'greatest opinion': John Yoo (https://www.foxnews.com/video/6330362874112) The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court By John Yoo and Roberty J. Delahunty (https://www.amazon.com/Politically-Incorrect-Guide-Supreme-Guides/dp/1684513553) americasrt.com (https://americasrt.com/) https://ileaderssummit.org/ | https://jerusalemleaderssummit.com/ America's Roundtable on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-roundtable/id1518878472 Twitter: @JohnYooFanPage @ileaderssummit @AmericasRT @NatashaSrdoc @JoelAnandUSA @supertalk America's Roundtable is co-hosted by Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, co-founders of International Leaders Summit and the Jerusalem Leaders Summit. America's Roundtable (https://americasrt.com/) radio program - a strategic initiative of International Leaders Summit, focuses on America's economy, healthcare reform, rule of law, security and trade, and its strategic partnership with rule of law nations around the world. The radio program features high-ranking US administration officials, cabinet members, members of Congress, state government officials, distinguished diplomats, business and media leaders and influential thinkers from around the world. Tune into America's Roundtable Radio program from Washington, DC via live streaming on Saturday mornings via 65 radio stations at 7:30 A.M. (ET) on Lanser Broadcasting Corporation covering the Michigan and the Midwest market, and at 7:30 A.M. (CT) on SuperTalk Mississippi — SuperTalk.FM reaching listeners in every county within the State of Mississippi, and neighboring states in the South including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. Listen to America's Roundtable on digital platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, Google and other key online platforms. Listen live, Saturdays at 7:30 A.M. (CT) on SuperTalk | https://www.supertalk.fm

Episode page with video, transcript, and more⁠ My guest for Episode #217 of the ⁠My Favorite Mistake⁠ podcast is ⁠Dr. Timothy R. Clark⁠, an organizational anthropologist, and founder/CEO of ⁠LeaderFactor⁠, based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tim pioneered the field of data-driven cultural transformation and ranks as a global authority in senior executive development. He earned a Ph.D. in Social Science from Oxford University as a British Research Scholar and was a Fulbright Scholar at Seoul National University in Korea. Tim is the author of five books, including his most recent, ⁠The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety⁠. I've learned so much from this book, his training class, his ⁠podcasts⁠, and more. In this episode, Tim shares his favorite mistake story about a pattern of being overtaken by emotion when making a decision. What did he do about this pattern and what did he learn about hiring people for his company? We also discuss the concept of “⁠psychological safety⁠” and what leaders need to do to create conditions where people can feel safe speaking up about mistakes, ideas for improvement, and more. I feel honored that Tim ⁠endorsed⁠ my new ⁠book⁠: ”Making mistakes is not a choice. Learning from them is. Whether we admit it or not, mistakes are the raw material of potential learning and the means by which we progress and move forward. Mark Graban's ⁠The Mistakes That Make Us⁠ is a brilliant treatment of this topic that helps us frame mistakes properly, detach them from fear, and see them as expectations, not exceptions. This book's ultimate contribution is helping us realize that creating a culture of productive mistake-making accelerates learning, confidence, and success.” Questions and Topics: Instead of the question I normally start with… how do you define “psychological safety”? How would you explain “vulnerable acts”? Why is it so much more helpful for leaders to MODEL behaviors?? You can't just demand that people “should” speak up in the hierarchy (healthcare or otherwise)?? Why is the safety to learn from mistakes required for innovation to thrive? Please ⁠follow⁠, rate, and review via ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, Podchaser, or your favorite app — that helps others find this content, and you'll be sure to get future episodes as they are released weekly. You can also financially support⁠ the show through Spotify⁠. You can now ⁠sign up to get new episodes via email⁠, to make sure you don't miss an episode. This podcast is part of the ⁠Lean Communicators network⁠.

Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #217 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Dr. Timothy R. Clark, an organizational anthropologist, and founder/CEO of LeaderFactor, based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tim pioneered the field of data-driven cultural transformation and ranks as a global authority in senior executive development. He earned a Ph.D. in Social Science from Oxford University as a British Research Scholar and was a Fulbright Scholar at Seoul National University in Korea. Tim is the author of five books, including his most recent, The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety. I've learned so much from this book, his training class, his podcasts, and more. In this episode, Tim shares his favorite mistake story about a pattern of being overtaken by emotion when making a decision. What did he do about this pattern and what did he learn about hiring people for his company? We also discuss the concept of “psychological safety” and what leaders need to do to create conditions where people can feel safe speaking up about mistakes, ideas for improvement, and more. I feel honored that Tim endorsed my new book: ”Making mistakes is not a choice. Learning from them is. Whether we admit it or not, mistakes are the raw material of potential learning and the means by which we progress and move forward. Mark Graban's The Mistakes That Make Us is a brilliant treatment of this topic that helps us frame mistakes properly, detach them from fear, and see them as expectations, not exceptions. This book's ultimate contribution is helping us realize that creating a culture of productive mistake-making accelerates learning, confidence, and success.” Questions and Topics: Instead of the question I normally start with… how do you define “psychological safety”? How would you explain “vulnerable acts”? Why is it so much more helpful for leaders to MODEL behaviors?? You can't just demand that people “should” speak up in the hierarchy (healthcare or otherwise)?? Why is the safety to learn from mistakes required for innovation to thrive? Please follow, rate, and review via Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or your favorite app — that helps others find this content, and you'll be sure to get future episodes as they are released weekly. You can also financially support the show through Spotify. You can now sign up to get new episodes via email, to make sure you don't miss an episode. This podcast is part of the Lean Communicators network. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/favorite-mistake/support

Marina Cortes, is a venture capitalist in Toronto, Canada. Alumni from Seoul National University with a Master's in Medicine, and with nearly a decade in Venture Capital, she is investing in AI across verticals like health, climate, fintech and space technologies. Connect with here here: Instagram @just_marina_cortes Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinacortes/

In this episode, Lesley has a chat with Dr. Sang Jeong Kim about his research on the neural mechanisms of pain and plasticity. Dr. Kim is the Director for the Neuroscience Research Center and a professor at the Seoul National University, College of Medicine in South Korea. Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear more. Max Planck Florida's Neurotransmissions Podcast Website: www.neuropodcast.org Social Media: @MPFneuro Episode Host: Lesley Colgan @colgan_lesley

ABOUT THE BOOK Hope from the Garden of Eden to the End of the Patmos Island, author Andrew presents us with a Bible that shares the hope; discussing the fact that God promised a Messianic hope at the time of fall; Jesus' crucifixion and the resurrection gives hope the us; how the reconciliation with God would give us a hope. Hope from the Garden of Eden to the End of the Patmos Island is an inspired biblical commentary and spiritual guidebook that explores the biblical narrative from Genesis to Revelation and it should offer readers a way to think about God's plan and the hope that He has given to all of us through His Son, Jesus Christ. In this life, each person is destined to contend with trials and tribulations. However, we are not alone even though we are forced to face these issues. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Andrew Choi received his doctorate degree in ministry from Houston Graduate School of Theology. He devoted his life to evangelizing the youngsters of Colleges for 15 years, including Seoul National University, UCLA, UC Berkeley, CA, and many other campuses. He served as a US Army Chaplain for 21 years. The highlight of his Chaplain's ministry was when he served as a community pastor of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) 1997–1999. His previous book includes Hope from the Garden of Eden to the end of the Patmos Island, On a Stormy Days, and Soar on Wings Like the Eagle. He and his wife, Sarah Choi has two children, Josephine and David.

EPISODE 1477: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to SparkLabs Group co-founder Bernard Moon about the latest innovation in South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam Bernard Moon is a Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group, which is a network of accelerators and venture capital funds that has invested in over 350 companies across 6 continents since 2013. With 8 accelerators in locations such as Seoul, Taipei, Sydney, Singapore and working with major research universities, such as Arizona State University. SparkLabs Global Ventures is a seed and Series A fund that primarily invests in the U.S. and Asia. SparkLabs Ventures is a Series A fund in South Korea. Bernard was previously Co-founder & CEO of Vidquik, a web conferencing & sales solutions platform, and continues to serve as an advisor and board director. Previously, he was Managing Director of the Lunsford Group, which is a private investment firm consisting of entities in technology, health care, and real estate. He was Co-founder and VP of Business Development at GoingOn Networks, a social media platform for companies. He led their product development where BusinessWeek recognized GoingOn in their "Best of the Web" list for 2007. Bernard is also a guest writer to various technology journals, such as VentureBeat, Mashable, TechCrunch and ReadWriteWeb. Prior to this, Bernard was a Director at iRG, a leading boutique investment bank in Asia. Prior to iRG, Bernard was Co-founder & VP of Business Development & Marketing at HeyAnita Korea, a leading voice portal and solutions provider, which was joint venture between Softbank and HeyAnita, Inc. Bernard was responsible for establishing strategic partnerships and helping to build the company from its conceptual stage to a 54-person operation. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.He serves on the advisory boards to Seoul National University's Graduate School of Data Science and Nanyang Technological University's EcoLabs (Centre of Innovation for Energy), and sits on the Board of Directors for the American Red Cross of Silicon Valley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Henry Murray is the co-founder and CMO of waterdrop. With an impressive educational background, Henry is waterdrop's resident jack of all trades. After working for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Henry joined his brother, Martin Donald Murray, and friend, Christoph Hermann, to co-found the beverage-industry disrupting company, earning him a spot on Forbes prestigious 30 under 30 list. Henry is currently in charge of overseeing waterdrop's global expansion, with a focus on the U.S. Murray holds a Master of Science from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), an exchange semester in Business Administration and Management, General from Seoul National University, and a Bachelor of Science in International Business Administration from WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business). waterdrop, the fast-growing hydration brand based in Vienna, has been shaking up the beverage industry since 2016 with its innovative waterdrop® Microdrink and global hydration platform. The company's mission is to encourage people to drink more water in a more sustainable way. Its sugar-free, flavored cubes, which dissolve in water and enrich it with natural fruit & plant extracts and valuable vitamins, have been praised by consumers for supporting them to Drink More Water. waterdrop significantly reduces plastic use and CO2 emissions. The 98% saving in plastic compared to traditional bottled drinks is achieved through the individual recyclable packaging of each cube: the plastic contained in a single cap of a traditional bottle is equivalent to 10 Microdrinks. In partnership with Plastic Bank, waterdrop pledges to collect one plastic bottle for every 12-pack sold, meaning consumers can not only drink more sustainably, but they can also support waterdrop's cause for a better environmental future. Now established for six years, the company has grown to having more than 2 million online customers and over 300 employees, as well as product listings in over 20,000 retail outlets and more than 40 waterdrop stores in Europe, America and Singapore.In This Conversation We Discuss: [00:00] Intro[01:00] The products of waterdrop[03:46] The R&D process and the initial launch[05:00] How the team validated the product[06:05] The duration from R&D to product launch[07:01] Launching a CPG is quite a process[08:21] Acquiring new customers for waterdrop[10:11] The budget range to move the needle[11:20] Limiting your budget is a limiting belief[12:07] Sponsor: Electric Eye electriceye.io/connect[13:04] Sponsor: JSON-LD For SEO jsonld.app[14:21] Sponsor: Retention.com retention.com/honest[15:12] Why did waterdrop chose tennis specifically?[17:24] waterdrop's innovative hydration bench[17:58] Why waterdrop chose top-tier tennis athletes[18:59] US vs EU markets[21:48] The perspective of an EU brand coming to the US[24:07] Where to find waterdropResources:Subscribe to Honest Ecommerce on YoutubeHelping you drink more water with bursts of delicious flavors made from real fruit and plant extracts — anytime, anywhere waterdrop.comConnect with Henry linkedin.com/in/thomas-henry-murray-00578a55Schedule an intro call with one of our experts electriceye.io/connectGet your free structured data audit for your store jsonld.appBook your demo today and get 20% off the annual commitment fee retention.com/honestIf you're enjoying the show, we'd love it if you left Honest Ecommerce a review on Apple Podcasts. It makes a huge impact on the success of the podcast, and we love reading every one of your reviews!

Korean rock and ice climber Young Hoon Oh is a student of the mountains and the culture borne from them. While pursuing a PhD in anthropology, he spent two years living among Sherpa communities in Nepal and studying the outsized impact Sherpas have on Himalayan mountaineering.  Today, Young Hoon represents Korea as a member of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), and is a lecturer in anthropology at Seoul National University. A father of two young children, he doesn't get to climb rock and ice as often as he used to, but he's found new ways to explore and experience South Korea's wild places with them in tow. Young Hoon also served as the editor of Alpinist Korea, before returning to his love of research, teaching and climbing advocacy. Young Hoon urges his fellow climbers to explore the unknown and pursue adventure, and to look past stories of western heroes, first ascents and summits conquered. He looks beyond the physical and mental wellness aspects of climbing, and reflects on what we can learn from facing danger and even confronting the possibility of death in the mountains.  This episode is brought to you by Rab Equipment Alpinist Magazine: Website | Instagram | Facebook Host: Abbey Collins Guest: Young Hoon Oh Producer + Engineer: Mike Horn  

0. Lee Jaemyung's former aide was found dead 1. Controversy surrounding Jeong Soon-shin's son still continues - the Education Committee of the National Assembly questioned officers from Seoul National University and Banpo High School 2. Both the DP and Justice Party are pushing for a special counsel probe into allegations surrounding first lady Kim Kun-hee, but the two parties have failed to narrow their differences. 3. Yesterday, labor and civic groups held up a red card to criticize the Yoon Seok-yeol government for its poor policy performance in social and economic areas. 4. In just one year since the Yoon administration launched, prosecutors are now dominating public offices 5. The Presidential Office is collecting public opinions about abolishing mandatory payment of the TV license fee 0. 이재명 r경기지사 시절 초대 비서실장 숨진 채 발견 1. 서울대, 정순신 아들 논란에 "할 수 있는 최대한 감점 2. 민주·정의, '김건희 특검법' 뜻 모았지만…후보 추천 등 입장차 여전 3. 시민사회, 출범 1년차 尹 정부에 '레드카드'…"국정 운영 퇴행" 4. 윤 ‘검찰 멤버' 임명 1년새 70여명…밥 총무에 카풀 인연까지 5. KBS 수신료 강제징수 폐지 나서나…대통령실, 국민 의견 듣는다

Dr. Olga Fedorenko is scholar of Korean Studies and anthropology of media at Seoul National University. Her research interests revolve around media and its connection to social and political life in contemporary South Korea. Her book The Flower of Capitalism: South Korean Advertising At a Crossroads: https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/flow... T his is a discussion about Korea, media, and the advertising landscape. Dr. Fedorenko also taught me a staple of anthropology: Find the strange in the familiar, and the familiar in the strange. I love this idea. My next two conversations are in-person so Olga might be the last Zoom discussion that takes place on Korea Deconstructed. There's something about being in-person.   Discussion Outline  0:00 Early Experiences of Korea 8:47 Contemporary South Korea 19:17: The Liberalization of Korean Media 28:00 Life in a Korean Advertising Agency 47:40 Marxism in Academia and South Korea 54:00 Celebrities in South Korea 1:14:10 Advertising in Daily Life 1:31:30 Advice and the Future   Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard ▶ Get in touch: datizzard@swu.ac.kr ▶ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=62047873 ▶ Watch us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidTizzard ▶ Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast... ▶ Listen on podcasts: https://koreadeconstructed.libsyn.com... ▶ Music by Kev at Disorientalz. https://www.instagram.com/disorientalz/

February 9, 2023 - Join our discussion about the consequences of Korea's rapid economic development on the family unit and society at large, featuring Seoul National University sociology Professor Chang Kyung-Sup. This program is a collaboration with the Policy Department and the Education Department. For more information, please visit the link below: https://www.koreasociety.org/policy-and-corporate-programs/item/1631-consequences-of-korea-s-compressed-modernity

On Episode 24 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the January 2023 issue of Stroke: “Covert Brain Infarction as a Risk Factor for Stroke Recurrence in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation” and “Subarachnoid Hemorrhage During Pregnancy and Puerperium.” She also interviews Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis about his article “Clinical, Neuroimaging, and Genetic Markers in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         Let's start with some questions. 1) When during pregnancy is an intracranial aneurysm at the highest risk of rupture? 2) What does the presence of covert brain infarcts mean in the setting of atrial fibrillation? 3) And, finally, how is the inflammatory form of cerebral amyloid angiopathy different from the classic CAA form, and why is it important to differentiate between the two? We'll be answering these questions and much more in today's podcast. We're covering the latest in cerebrovascular disorders, and this is the best in Stroke. Stay with us. Welcome back to another issue of the Stroke Alert Podcast. My name is Negar Asdaghi. I'm an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and your host for the monthly Stroke Alert Podcast. Together with my co-editors, Drs. Nastajjia Krementz and Eric Goldstein, here's our article selection for the month of January. Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage is a feared complication of reperfusion therapies in acute stroke, so there's a lot of interest in looking for predictors of development of this complication, especially when you're making decisions for pursuing endovascular therapy. For many years now, we've known about some of these predictors, such as presence of a large infarct core and high blood glucose levels. But in the recent years, other radiographic markers of tissue viability, such as a poor collateral status and unfavorable venous outflow profile, have been shown to be predictors of post-reperfusion hemorrhagic transformation. In this issue of the journal, we learn about another imaging marker that can potentially predict parenchymal hemorrhage occurrence post-endovascular therapy, which is high hypoperfusion intensity ratio, or HIR, as measured by perfusion imaging. What is HIR? It's a long name for a simple ratio that can easily be measured by dividing the volume of tissue with Tmax delay of over 10 seconds to the volume of tissue with Tmax delays of over 6 seconds. Simply put, Tmax 10 divided by Tmax 6. These volumes, as you know, are typically provided to us by almost all post-processing perfusion softwares, and so this ratio can be easily calculated in the acute setting. So, in this paper led by Dr. Tobias Faizy from University Medical Center in Hamburg and colleagues, we learned that higher hypoperfusion intensity ratios are strongly associated with parenchymal hemorrhage occurrence after endovascular therapy. So, in summary, HIR, that is a quantitative ratio, can be used as a marker to risk stratify patients that are undergoing endovascular therapy in terms of helping us predicting the risk of development of intracerebral hemorrhage after reperfusion therapies. In a separate study in this issue of the journal, we read a very interesting paper titled "Anti-Epileptic Drug Target Perturbation and Intracranial Aneurysm Risk." How are intracranial aneurysms even related to anti-epileptic drugs? Well, first of all, it's been known for a long time based on genome-wide association studies that there are multiple common genes that are associated with increased risk of intracranial aneurysm development. Now, some of the largest genetic studies to date have shown pleiotropy between genetic causes of development of intracranial aneurysms and genes encoding targets for anti-epileptic drugs. Now that's a fascinating finding because finding commonalities between these genes may help find new treatment targets for intracranial aneurysms. So, in this paper in this issue of the journal, the investigators from the University Medical Center in Utrecht found an association in the expression of anti-epileptic drug target gene CNNM2 and intracranial aneurysm risk. They found that certain anti-epileptic drugs, such as phenytoin, valproic acid, and carbamazepine, that are expected to lower CNNM2 levels in the blood may subsequently lead to a lower risk of development of intracranial aneurysms. And, of course, a reasonable follow-up study to this would be to investigate whether persons exposed to these anti-epileptic drugs have indeed a lower risk of unruptured intracranial aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage, and how variation in CNNM2 expression can lead to development of aneurysms. Bottom line, CNNM2 may be a relevant drug target for treatment of cerebral aneurysms. As always, I encourage you to review these papers in detail in addition to listening to our podcast today. My guest on the podcast today is the Chairman of Neurology at the University of Athens, Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis. He joins me all the way from Greece to talk about cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation, or CAA-ri. He's a remarkable researcher, and I can say with absolute confidence that we cannot find a better summary of this very tough topic elsewhere. He ends the interview with an intriguing account of the early description of dementia in Greek mythology. But first, with these two articles. What are covert brain infarcts, or CBIs? Are these the John Wick or the James Bond of the stroke world? After all, they operate undercover. They're ominous and attack without warning. That's probably why they're also called silent infarcts. Now, whatever we call them, we need to know how prevalent they are and what does their presence actually mean. Let's dive into this topic. For at least two centuries, if not longer, we've known about covert brain infarcts. Early description of these lesions is credited to Amédée Dechambre, a medical intern at Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris who noted that there are strokes that can cause symptoms like hemiplegia, but also strokes that are asymptomatic, or so he thought at the time. In the modern times, while we agree with our pathology forefathers that CBIs are different from symptomatic strokes, we also know that they are not entirely asymptomatic. The symptoms can be subtle and tend to sneak up on the patient, but what is clear is that amassing of covert brain infarcts results in an overall decline in cerebrovascular reserve of the brain. With the advent of neuroimaging, we now know that CBIs are age-dependent and prevalent, seen in almost 10 to 30% of even healthy adults, but much more prevalent in those with vascular risk factors, and they can be caused by nearly the entire spectrum of neurovascular disease, including large vessel, small vessel disorders, cardioembolism, and others. Now, how do these covert infarcts catch up in those with atrial fibrillation? Neuroimaging studies have shown that patients with A-fib, especially those untreated, have a higher percentage of embolic-appearing CBIs, and conversely, those with embolic formed pattern of CBIs are more likely to have undiagnosed A-fib. So the question is, what's the significance of CBI in those with confirmed A-fib? In this issue of the journal, Dr. Do Yeon Kim from Seoul National University and colleagues help us answer this question using the EAST-AF, which stands for East Asian Ischemic Stroke Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Study. So, the paper included over 1300 patients with A-fib and first-ever stroke without a prior history of TIA or stroke. And then they categorized these patients into those who had evidence of CBI on neuroimaging and those who didn't. So, what did they find? Forty-two percent of patients with A-fib and first-ever stroke had evidence of covert brain infarcts on neuroimaging. Let's think about it for a moment. These patients presented with what was thought to be their first-ever stroke, not knowing they already had some in their brain. Now, what makes things really worse is that over a quarter of these subjects had more than just one covert infarct. Not surprisingly, those with CBI tended to be older, had higher blood pressure, and had worse white matter hyperintensity burden. This is kind of expected and also not expected was the fact that most of these covert infarcts were actually embolic in pattern. Over 60% of them were embolic. Another 14% of cases had combined embolic and non-embolic-appearing CBIs. Now, overall, the one-year incidence of ischemic stroke and all-cause mortality was higher in those that had CBIs at baseline. When they started looking at the specific patterns of CBIs, those embolic-appearing CBIs had a threefold higher risk of recurrent ischemic stroke, whereas those with non-embolic-appearing covert infarcts had oddly a higher all-cause mortality rate but not recurrent ischemic stroke. And finally, just briefly, the authors noted that the addition of CBIs to the classic CHA2DS2-VASc score didn't meaningfully otherwise statistically improve the scoring metrics, so they left it at that. So, the take-home message is that 42% of A-fib patients presenting with first-ever stroke actually had prior strokes without even knowing based on this study. And most of these strokes were embolic-appearing, and these covert brain infarcts can be used as predictors of future clinical strokes in this population. Strokes should be the last thing to worry about when we think of pregnancy. In the United States, around 30 in 100,000 women, unfortunately, experienced a stroke during pregnancy, and between 6 to 8 in 100,000 deliveries are complicated by subarachnoid hemorrhage. What's the most common cause of pregnancy-associated subarachnoid hemorrhage? In the general population, close to 80% of subarachnoid hemorrhage cases are aneurysmal. Is this true for the pregnant population as well? And importantly, what's the contemporary incidence trend, risk factors, and outcomes of pregnancy-related subarachnoid hemorrhage? In this issue of the journal, Dr. Korhonen and Petra [Ijäs] and their colleagues from the Departments of Neurology and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Helsinki University Hospital will give us the answers to some of these questions through a nationwide population-based study in Finland. So, they looked at over one and a half million pregnant women who gave birth during a 30-year time period between 1987 to 2016. Subarachnoid hemorrhage was identified through appropriate ICD codes and then further adjudicated based on confirmatory information, including neuroimaging and data from lumbar puncture. A total of 57 cases of pregnancy-related subarachnoid hemorrhage was identified in this paper. The mean age of women was 33, ranging from 23 to 45, and the clinical presentation was typical for subarachnoid hemorrhage, including thunderclap headache and mild neurological symptoms. So, what did they find? So, first off, in terms of general observations, the overall incidence rate of pregnancy-related subarachnoid hemorrhage in this study was 3 over 100,000 deliveries. This is almost half the incidence rate reported from the nationwide registries in the United States. Seventy-seven percent of pregnancy-related subarachnoid hemorrhage cases were aneurysmal, so very similar to the general population. The other 23% were non-aneurysmal cases, but it's important to note that 40% of those non-aneurysmal cases also had vascular etiologies, so etiologies such as moyamoya syndrome, postpartum angiopathy, AVM, to name a few. Like non-pregnant patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, the aneurysmal cases were sicker patients in general. They had a lower GCS at presentation, higher Hunt and Hess scores, and required more ICU admissions. The next finding is very important because it actually shows that development of subarachnoid hemorrhage during pregnancy significantly impacted obstetrical care. A total of 66% of women with subarachnoid hemorrhage during pregnancy ended up having a C-section and a high percentage of these cesarean sections were actually elective. This is in contrast with subarachnoid hemorrhages in the postpartum period where 67% of women had spontaneous vaginal deliveries. The other important finding of the paper was really highlighting the differences between pregnancy-related aneurysmal versus non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhages. We already talked about how, in general, aneurysmal cases had more severe neurological presentations, so, not surprisingly, they also had worse outcomes with a mortality rate of 16% for the aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage cases, and only 68% of women with pregnancy-related aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage reached a favorable outcome, which was defined in this study as modified Rankin Scale of 0 to 2. Other important differences included the fact that the incidence of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage increased towards the end of pregnancy and was highest in the third trimester. This ties in with the findings from prior studies all indicating that rupture of an aneurysm is most common in the third trimester. By contrast, the incidence of non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage peaked in the second trimester in this study. And finally, in terms of risk factors, first let's talk about age. The incidence rate of pregnancy-associated subarachnoid hemorrhage increased with age of the mother. So, in this study, there were no cases noted amongst women aged below 20 years of age to an incident rate of 12 per 100,000 deliveries among women aged 40 years or over. So that's a fourfold increase from the overall incidence rate of pregnancy-related subarachnoid hemorrhage, and very important point that we learned from this paper. Apart from age, smoking beyond 12 weeks of gestation and hypertension were also independent factors associated with pregnancy-related subarachnoid hemorrhage. So, overall, hypertension, smoking are bad and are significant risk factors for pregnancy-related subarachnoid hemorrhage. And if we have to remember just one thing from this paper, let it be this one: The rupture of an aneurysm is most common in the third trimester of pregnancy. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, or CAA, is an important cause of intracranial hemorrhage and refers to deposition of β-amyloid fibrils in the wall of the small- and medium-sized cerebral blood vessels, mostly involving cortical and leptomeningeal arteries. It is believed that the deposition of β-amyloid results in architectural disruption of the blood vessels, which then leads to perivascular leakage. That's the pathophysiological mechanism behind the development of cerebral microbleeds. And this process, of course, can cause frank vascular rupture resulting in cortical intracerebral hemorrhage or development of high-convexity subarachnoid hemorrhages. It is important to note that varying amounts of perivascular inflammation, that is inflammation surrounding β-amyloid-laden blood vessels, may be present in some CAA cases, rendering them the designation of inflammation-related CAA. However, frank vasculitic destruction of the vessel wall, such as what is found in amyloid-β-related angiitis, or ABRA, and primary angiitis of the central nervous system, is usually absent in most CAA-related inflammation cases. How these entities are best defined, diagnosed, and treated is subject of intense research. In this issue of the journal, in the study titled "Clinical, Neuroimaging, and Genetic Markers in CAA-Related Inflammation," Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis and colleagues take us through a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies of patients with CAA-related inflammation. I am joined today by Dr. Tsivgoulis himself to discuss this paper. He's a Professor of Neurology and Chairman of the Second Department of Neurology at the University of Athens School of Medicine. Dr. Tsivgoulis is the residency program director and the director of cerebrovascular fellowship program with extensive research and expertise in the field of stroke. Good morning, Georgios, and welcome to our podcast. Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: Good morning, Negar. I'm delighted to be here and delighted to present our findings, on behalf of all our co-authors. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         Thank you very much for being here and congrats again on the paper. So, Georgios, let's start with this interest that's going on with using clinical and radiographic features to make the diagnosis of CAA-related inflammation in contrast to moving ahead and performing brain biopsy. Can you please start us off with a brief review of the newly proposed clinico-radiographic criteria for this condition, please? Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: Yes. As you mentioned, Negar, CAA-ri is a distinct, however, rare subset of cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Firstly, Greenberg and the Boston group published in Neurology in 2007 a paper highlighting that a diagnosis of a probable CAA-ri patient could be made on the basis of characteristic clinical and neuroimaging findings without requiring a biopsy. Following this observation, Chung and colleagues in 2010, in a seminal paper in JNNP, proposed the first diagnostic criteria for probable and definite CAA-ri. For the definite diagnosis, besides the typical clinical presentation with headache, encephalopathy, focal neurological signs and seizures, and the characteristic neuroimaging findings with T2 or FLAIR hyperintense asymmetric white matter lesions complicated with microbleeds and leptomeningeal or parenchymal gadolinium enhancement, and histopathological confirmation with amyloid deposition within cortical leptomeningeal vessels associated with perivascular, transmural or intramural inflammation was also required. The latest criteria developed in 2015 by Auriel and colleagues that were published in JAMA Neurology using a validation study modified the current criteria for the diagnosis of CAA-ri. In this paper, the author supported the use of empirical immunosuppressive therapy, avoiding brain biopsy, for patients meeting the criteria proposed for probable CAA-ri. They suggested that a brain biopsy should be considered in empirically treated patients who failed to respond to corticosteroid therapy within three weeks. The criteria by Auriel and colleagues are widely applicable in everyday clinical practice, and we also use this criteria for the inclusion of studies in our current meta-analysis. I would like to highlight for our audience that the latest criteria for CAA-ri were published in 2015 by Auriel and colleagues. However, these are different for the criteria for cerebral amyloid angiopathy than the latest criteria were published in 2022 in Lancet Neurology, OK? Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         Georgios, that was a great start for this interview. You had mentioned a lot of information here. I just want to highlight what you just said. So, we are using for this meta-analysis, the latest criteria in CAA-related inflammation published in JAMA by Auriel and colleagues. That's slightly different than, we're not referring to the 2022 criteria of cerebral amyloid angiopathy. It's an important distinction. We're going to talk about this a little more as we go through the interview, but I want to come back to your current paper and start from there. Can you please tell us about the importance of this paper, why doing a meta-analysis was important in your view, and tell us a little bit about the studies that were included in your paper? Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: Yes, thank you for that question. CAA-ri is an increasingly recognized entity since the recent diagnostic criteria by Auriel and colleagues published in 2015. In collaboration with the greater availability of the high-resolution MR, we can have now a reliable non-invasive diagnosis of possible or probable CAA-ri, avoiding the risk of brain biopsy. However, I need to highlight that the early diagnosis remains a great challenge for the clinicians and neurologists. Searching the literature, we observe that there is scarce data regarding the prevalence of the distinct clinical, neuroimaging, and genetic markers among patients diagnosed with CAA-ri. We believe that pooling all this information in the current meta-analysis would be very helpful for every clinician, increasing a comprehensive understanding of this rare cerebrovascular disorder. Consequently, we conducted this meta-analysis including 21 studies that recruited a total of 378 patients with CAA-ri. Our study involved only 4 prospective and 17 retrospective hospital-based cohorts of patients diagnosed with CAA-ri based on autopsy or biopsy or on the recent Auriel diagnostic criteria that do not require autopsy or biopsy. Due to limited data in the literature regarding this entity, we had to include only small cohort studies with at least five patients in our meta-analysis. We excluded case reports and case series with less than five patients. This is, by far, the largest available sample of CAA-ri patients in the literature. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         OK, great. So, let me just recap this, more so for myself. So, we have 21 studies, and you excluded studies that included less than 5 patients. So, practically speaking, case reports. Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: Yes, and single-case reports. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         Yes. And practically speaking, of the total number of patients that are included in this meta-analysis, you have 378 cases, and basically the diagnosis of CAA-related inflammation was either based on the newly proposed criteria or based on biopsy-confirmed or autopsy cases. Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: Which is the standard criteria. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         So, now, I'm dying to ask you about these clinical and radiographic characteristics of patients with CAA-related inflammation in this meta-analysis. Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: The mean age of patients in the included studies was approximately 72 years old, and there was no obvious gender predominance. Fifty-two percent of the patients were of female sex. In our study, 70% of the included patients presented with cognitive decline, which was the most common neurological manifestation, while 50% of the total sample had focal neurological signs and 54% encephalopathy presentation. Symptoms such as headache and seizures were less common, 37 and 31% respectively. With regard to the radiological findings, hyperintense T2 FLAIR white matter lesions were very, very common in 98% of our patients, and they were also complicated with lobar cerebral microbleeds, with a prevalence of 96%, and these two were, by far, the most prevalent neuroimaging findings, that white matter hyperintensities coupled with a cerebral microbleed. The pooled prevalence rates of gadolinium-enhanced lesions was 54%, and also the prevalence of cortical superficial siderosis was 51%, which is also very high in this cohort of patients with CAA-ri. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         OK. So many of the features Georgios said, you mentioned, from presence of white matter hyperintense lesions on T2 FLAIR to presence of cortical microbleeds or superficial siderosis, these features are also seen in patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy. What are some of the important differentiating features between the two conditions? Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: Yes, this is an excellent clinical question. First of all, the lower age threshold for CAA-ri is 40 years old, whereas in cerebral amyloid angiopathy, the lower age threshold is 50 years. So, patients who are younger than 50 years can be diagnosed with CAA-ri, but they cannot be diagnosed with CAA. Another issue is that comparing the result of this meta-analysis with another recent meta-analysis focusing on CAA, on cerebral amyloid angiopathy, that our international multi-collaborative group published in Stroke in 2002, we also evaluated the presence of clinical phenotypes and radiological markers among patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy. We have documented that transient focal neurological episodes are much more common in patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy in contrast to patients with CAA-ri. These episodes, which are called TFNEs, transient focal neurological episodes, are attributed to cortical subarachnoid hemorrhage or cortical superficial siderosis. So, I think this is another important clinical distinction. The most important, however, differentiating features between the two entities are neuroimaging markers, in specific, in particular, T2 FLAIR hyperintense unifocal or multifocal lesions with mass effect. These are the most prevalent neuroimaging features among patients with CAA-ri, but they're very seldomly described in patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy, in patients with CAA. Another characteristic neuroimaging finding very indicative of the inflammation is the leptomeningeal or parenchymal gadolinium enhancement. This finding has been very rarely described in patients with non-inflammatory cerebral amyloid angiopathy. So, the clinical distinction is not so solid. However, the neuroimaging distinction would provide us with very strong information that can help us differentiate these two conditions. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         Excellent points, I have to say, golden points, not just excellent points. I'm going to try to recap this and see if I understood it correctly. So, for our listeners, we have two conditions that potentially have many common points. One is the cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and the second one, which is obviously the subject of this interview, is cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation. The most important differentiating factors between the two are actually the neuroimaging features, as Georgios mentioned. So, the first feature that was mentioned is presence of T2 FLAIR hyperintense lesions. Some of them are large and have actually mass effects. This feature is rarely seen in patients with CAA, and it's an important radiographic factor that is seen in patients with CAA-related inflammation. The second distinguishing feature was leptomeningeal enhancement, again, rarely seen in non-inflammatory CAA, but was seen in a significant proportion of patients with CAA-related inflammation. These were the neuroimaging features. You also mentioned two other factors. The median age of CAA-related inflammation was lower than CAA. That can be helpful. And also the entity of transient focal neurological episodes, or TFNE, is rarely seen in inflammatory cases of CAA, whereas it is described in cases with cerebral amyloid angiopathy and mostly related to development of either cortical subarachnoid hemorrhage or cortical superficial siderosis. I think I got this all, correct? Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: Excellent. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         All right, so let's come now to the genetics of CAA. The apolipoprotein E gene is associated with the presence of amyloid angiopathy and development of lobar intracerebral hemorrhage, and we've learned about this in cases with cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Is there an association with ApoE, and did you find anything in this meta-analysis? Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: Another very exciting question. In 2007, there was a first report that the apolipoprotein ε4 homozygosity may be considered a risk factor for CAA-ri, and there was a strong correlation reporting a high prevalence of 77% of this apolipoprotein ε4 alleles among patients with CAA-ri. To justify this correlation, the hypothesis was that an underlying pathogenic mechanism, which increases the amyloid-β deposition and has a pro-inflammatory effect, may be suspected as the cause of this disorder. The largest, however, prospective cohort of CAA-ri patients conducted by Antolini and colleagues and was published in 2021 in Neurology, reported a much lower prevalence of apolipoprotein ε4 carriers accounting for 37%, 23% heterozygotes and 14% homozygotes. So, we also documented a pool prevalence of apolipoprotein ε4 homozygosity of 34%. So, we did not confirm the initial finding of 77%. However, in our meta-analysis, the homozygosity was 34%, and we need to have a cautious interpretation of these results because data is limited, and we need larger future population-based studies and in larger cohorts to evaluate the prevalence rate of these specific genetic markers. So, we can confirm an association between apolipoprotein ε4 homozygosity, however not as strong as originally reported in 2007. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         OK. So, Georgios, thank you. And again, very important factor to keep in mind for our clinicians listening in. Unfortunately, based on what you mentioned, we don't have yet a genetic marker to, for sure, tell us if we're dealing with CAA-related inflammation, yes or no, as you mentioned. Just to recap, earlier on, there was studies to suggest a very strong association between apolipoprotein ε4 homozygosity and CAA-related inflammation. But later on, this was not confirmed by subsequent studies, and in your meta-analysis, you found 34% ApoE ε4 homozygosity amongst patients with CAA-related inflammation and could not confirm that original high association. OK, so with all of that, it's a lot of information. I have to go to the next question regarding controversies involving the levels of Aβ40, Aβ42, and P-tau proteins in CSF in the setting of CAA-related inflammation. Can you please tell us more about these biomarkers? Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: Yes. The overlap of Alzheimer's disease and CAA can be attributed to the coexistence of some degree of cerebrovascular amyloid deposition and amyloid plaque pathology, which is very common. And, of course, the evaluation of amyloid and tau proteins in CSF is of high significance for the prognosis and the evolution of CAA patients. In our previous review, we have summarized the literature and noticed that CSF concentrations of Aβ40 and, secondarily, Aβ42 were much lower in patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy compared with Alzheimer's disease. Total tau and phospho-tau CSF levels were comparable to healthy controls in CAA and lower than patients with Alzheimer's disease. Moving now to CAA-ri, there were scarce data about these biomarkers amongst CAA-ri patients. The majority of the relevant studies have found relatively low levels of Aβ42 and Aβ40 in the CSF and high levels of P-tau. In the present meta-analysis, the pooled means of biomarker levels were based on the findings of only two studies with heterogeneity, and these limit substantially the validity of our observations. However, they confirm the previous reports indicating, as I said before, but I would like to repeat, low levels of Aβ42 and Aβ40 in the CSF and high levels of P-tau. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         Perfect. So, thank you, Georgios. I'm going to recap what you said. So, we're talking about CSF biomarkers, and first what you mentioned is going back to the original studies concentrated on using these biomarkers as ways of differentiating between cerebral amyloid angiopathy and Alzheimer's disease. And very briefly, to recap what you said, in general, the levels of Aβ40 and, secondarily, Aβ42 was found to be much lower than the Alzheimer's levels in patients with CAA. Now coming to the inflammatory form of CAA, what you mentioned and what you found in this meta-analysis, practically speaking, confirmed that the levels of Aβ40 and Aβ42 in CSF are low and the levels of P-tau are high in this condition as well. So, one thing I want to ask as a secondary question to that is, that it sounds like these biomarkers are more or less similar in CAA and CAA -related inflammation, not that different. Is that correct? Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: It's absolutely correct. And I would also like to highlight a major limitation of the meta-analysis that we had available data from only two studies to pool the mean of these CSF biomarker levels. So, these results need to be acknowledged with caution, and we would love to repeat our meta-analysis after the publication of more studies and prospective cohorts measuring the CSF biomarkers in patients with CAA-ri. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         OK. So, again, important to note, as you mentioned, that there's heterogeneity in data because of just paucity of information on this, but as we stand today, the biomarkers won't really help us in terms of differentiating between the two conditions that are CAA or CAA-related inflammation. And so, I think I've learned a lot from this interview myself, but I think we have to just talk briefly about the available therapies for CAA-related inflammation. Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: Yes. In our meta-analysis, we sought to summarize the available information regarding different therapeutic strategies and outcomes among CAA-ri patients. Our results supported our clinical experience indicating that corticosteroids represent the first-line treatment in these patients' outlook. Steroids have been associated with clinical and radiological improvement of the primary disease episode and decreased risk of subsequent relapses in patients with CAA-ri. Additional immunosuppressive therapies, including cyclophosphamide, mycophenolate mofetil, azathioprine, IVIG, or rituximab, have been also reported as adjunct therapies in selected cases with a more severe course of the disease. However, this is another limitation that needs to be acknowledged. That data regarding the treatment and the outcomes are limited and heterogeneous, which prevented us from drawing robust conclusions using a meta-analytical approach. And we believe that we need future cohort studies with prospective data validation in order to generate a proposal for a therapeutic algorithm management in these cases. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         Thank you, Georgios. So, we have a condition that is now being more and more recognized. We now have criteria based on clinical and radiographic presentation features of patients that might help us with this diagnosis to differentiate it from cerebral amyloid angiopathy. And in terms of therapies, the idea is that the most studied drug is really just first-line therapy, that's corticosteroids. And then there's positive data regarding use of all other forms of immunosuppression, including, as you mentioned, cyclophosphamide, rituximab, and oral agents such as mycophenolate mofetil or azathioprine. We have limited information about those, but I want to highlight something you actually mentioned earlier on in the interview, which is the field is moving towards making these diagnoses based on clinical features and radiographic features that you had highlighted and actually giving patients immunosuppression early on and only move on to a biopsy if the patient had failed these therapies for a period of time, which you mentioned three weeks. So, I think it's important for us as clinicians to keep this evolving criterion and recommendations in mind. And before we end, I want to ask you a hypothetical question, Georgios. In your opinion, what's an ideal randomized trial for CAA-related inflammation in the future? Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: I think before going to the randomized, the ideal randomized trial for CAA-ri, and designing this trial, we need much more information regarding the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. There are many unanswered questions. What is the diagnostic value of CSF biomarkers such as amyloid, we discussed earlier, and tau protein? And, of course, what is the value of CSF and the amyloid-β autoantibodies, if there is any? What is the value of genetic markers such as apolipoprotein E genotype and a correlation with the co-existing inflammation in CAA-ri? However, I don't want to defer this question. So, a typical answer would be that with regard to the ideal patients, we would want a young patient without comorbidities after the first manifestation of CAA-ri who has shown a good clinical and radiological response to corticosteroids in order to define the best second-line therapy. However, before answering all these questions in a clinical trial, if we can, I think that we need to understand the CSF and genetic biomarkers in order to uncover mechanisms regarding pathophysiology that can help us to design more targeted clinical trials studying novel disease-modifying treatments. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         Thank you. Dr. Georgios, it's been a pleasure having you on the podcast, and I can say we've learned a lot. We look forward to having you back here and talk about that hypothetical randomized trial, and I'm sure one day hopefully will happen in our lifetime. Thank you for being here. Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: Thank you. Thank you for having me. It was a pleasure. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         Thank you. Homer, the legendary Greek poet, described a case of dementia in his seminal work, The Odyssey, in the late eighth century before Christ. He described the cognitive decline of Odysseus's father, King Laertes. The detailed account of the king's mental decline, loss of short-term memory with retention of long-term memory combined with his depression and despair over the loss of his son, is dramatically accurate for a nearly 3,000-year-old description of dementia. Before I ended the interview, I had to use this opportunity to ask Georgios about lessons learned from ancient Greeks and this seemingly timeless disease. Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis: Thank you for this question. King Laertes was indeed Odysseus's father, and it's a great paradigm describing dementia. However, the ancient history of dementia may be separated according to the Greek philosopher Posidonius in two periods. The first period is called dementia appearing due to old age, which is called in Greek, eros. And the second one is dementia appearing in other ages and mainly due to other reasons, called morosis. Posidonius of Rhodes was a Greek stoic philosopher of the second first century BC who strongly believed and suggested that morosis, which is that dementia appearing in younger ages due to other disorders, should be treated immediately after its onset. So, if I would like to end this podcast, I would just suggest that CAA-ri could be classified as morosis according to Posidonius. And what we could learn is that the early diagnosis is essential since the prompt initiation of corticosteroids should not be unreasonably delayed. Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         And this concludes our podcast for the January 2023 issue of Stroke. Please be sure to check this month's table of contents for the full list of publications, including a series of Focused Updates on post-stroke neurological recovery, from management of post-stroke attention deficit, neglect and apraxia to post-stroke memory decline. And with this, we end the start of our 2023 podcast series. Like all new things, a new beginning can come with new directions, and sometimes a new direction is all that we need. After all, as the legend has it, it was a direction of that falling apple back in the year 1666 that gave Isaac Newton the idea of the universal law of gravitation. Now, Isaac Newton has, without a doubt, given science some of its biggest discoveries in mathematics, physics, and astronomy. But most may not know that Newton had a pretty rough start in life. A January-born premature baby, he was thought not to survive the first few days of life. Newton had a difficult childhood, and at the age of 16, he was pulled out of school by his family and forced to become a farmer, a job he didn't like and he was miserably bad at. So, as we start a new year, let's remember that even the smartest people are not good at everything, and it does take time to find one's passion in life. Now, while things may not always be clear, what is clear is that a great way to find that center of gravity is, as always, staying alert with Stroke Alert. This podcast is produced by Wolters Kluwer and supported by the editorial team of Stroke. Our Stroke Alert podcast and production staff includes Danielle Cross, Eric Goldstein, Nastajjia Krementz, Ishara Ratnayaka, Erinn Cain, Rebecca Seastrong, and Negar Asdaghi. This program is copyright of the American Heart Association, 2023. 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Korea24 – 2022.11.30 (Wednesday) News Briefing: Two labor unions of Seoul Metro launched a general strike on Wednesday morning, calling for the subway operator to withdraw restructuring plans that include layoffs. (Eunice KIM) In-Depth News Analysis: Last week, President Yoon Suk Yeol held a dinner event with President William Ruto of Kenya and ambassadors from 31 African nations, where he pledged to pursue a free trade agreement with African nations, and hold a special South Korea-Africa summit in 2024. To discuss such plans and learn more about the current state of Korea-Africa relations, Dr. Cho Joonhwa, research fellow at Seoul National University’s Asia Center joins us in the studio. Korea Trending with Walter Lee: 1. Education authorities have launched an investigation after an 8-year-old student punched his teacher in the face last week in Gunwi County. (초등학교 3학년이 40대 여교사 폭행) 2. The head coach for South Korea's football team Paulo Bento apologized for getting suspended for the last group match at the 2022 World Cup. (벤투 감독, 선수단에 사과…“3차전도 우리의 축구 할 것”) 3. JackMa, the founder of the e-commerce giant Alibaba, who disappeared from public view since China’s tech crackdown, is reported to be in Tokyo. (‘실종설’ 마윈 어딨나 했더니… “도쿄서 반년째 은신”) Korea Book Club: Literary translator Beth Eunhee Hong introduces us to the Munhak Dongnae’s Young Writers Award, and this year’s grand prize winning story ‘초파리 돌보기 (Looking After Fruit Flies)’ by Lim Solah (임솔아), a quietly devastating story about a woman in her 50s who has had various odd jobs throughout her life as she raised her daughter. Morning Edition Preview with Richard Larkin: - In tomorrow’s Korea Herald, Park Ga-young reports on pianist Lim Yun-chan’s album with the Gwangju Symphony Orchestra becoming a "platinum-selling" album within hours of its release. - Tomorrow’s Korea Times features an article by Park Han-sol on a limited-edition book about director Park Chan-wook’s 30-year career that will be published next month.

This Wisdom Podcast features translator and philosopher Mark Siderits, trained in Asian and Western philosophy at the University of Hawaii and Yale University. Mark  has taught both Asian and Western philosophy for many years at Illinois State University, and as Professor of philosophy at Seoul National University. He is the author or editor of five books […] The post Mark Siderits: Buddhism as Philosophy (#152) appeared first on The Wisdom Experience.