Culture
Greek Mythology Applied to Life: Atlas
A titan, a book of maps, a mountain range and an ocean. How one name ended up on all of them.
Juwon Kim/Sep 2026
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A titan, a book of maps, a mountain range and an ocean. How one name ended up on all of them.
Juwon Kim/Sep 2026
Weeks of FRQs and last-minute cramming end, and the conversation turns to summer, graduation and prom.
Hanna Seo/May 2026
A page of photographs from the Lipa team, printed without a word of copy.
Valor Times Staff/Mar 2026
Badges, points and leaderboards look like engagement on a dashboard. The argument here is that they destroy it.
Jalen Park/Mar 2026
Billions of prescribed pills, idols as diet inspiration, and a culture that treats appearance as a credential.
Jalen Park/Sep 2026
Everyone knows Spider Man; almost nobody remembers Peter Parker. Tom Holland is back for an emotional new chapter.
Sungyoon Park/Sep 2026
On being a scholar before a teacher, League of Legends, pineapple pizza, and whether he is leaving Valor.
Caiden Kim/May 2026
Four teams, three countries, and a trip the paper reports back on after the fact.
Seoyun Lee/Mar 2026
It is 3am and the power nap went wrong. Three methods, one of which the writer cannot officially recommend.
Hannah Cho/Mar 2026
Yeouido, Seokchon, Bomun, Nami, Jinhae. Go in the early days of April or you will miss them.
Caiden Kim/Mar 2026
The laptop is open, the highlighter is uncapped, and an hour later nothing has been learned.
Seoyun Lee/Mar 2026
P3 at Yas Marina, two points clear of Verstappen, and the first McLaren champion since Hamilton in 2008.
Yujin Lee/Dec 2025
Six kilometres into the Run for One, a sheep appears. A three-step guide to riding it across the finish line.
Caiden Kim/Dec 2025
A new organelle, found in ocean algae at UC Santa Cruz. New organelles almost never appear.
Hyunji Song/Dec 2025
City beat Villarreal 2-0 on October 22. Haaland now has 24 goals in his last 14 appearances.
Jongchan Yoon/Nov 2025
Past Lotte Tower and Namsan: a pavilion on Maebongsan and an overpass in Seongsu with the whole Han in view.
Anthony Kong/Sep 2026
Published at eight in the Boston Herald, dead at thirty. The paper prints Mirror, Edge and Lady Lazarus.
Victoria Oh/Dec 2025
An ice avalanche on the Nepal-China border sent floods down the Trishuli and Bhote Koshi. The death toll has passed 1,100.
Dongyun Hwang/Sep 2026
Back from summer and out of practice? Ten well-placed lines to fix your social life. Satire, probably.
Caiden Kim/Sep 2026
Short-form video lets us watch more. It does not always help us experience more.
Hyunji Song/Sep 2026
An English and Psychology teacher from South Africa, a whippet, ginseng, and the one teacher she would be afraid of.
Caiden Kim/Sep 2026
Do Ho Suh's fabric houses, and why home can be made from all the places we have been.
Seoyeon Jeon/Sep 2026
Three-hour lines at Gangnam, bowls from 12,800 won, and a four-step guide to ordering your first one.
Yujin Lee/Sep 2026
Rich, nutty pork belly with the heat and salt of gochujang. The dinner to reach for when you have no idea what to make.
Hayeon Son/Sep 2026
Why only females bite, why the bite itches, and why mosquito prevention is a small part of protecting community health.
Yena Seo/Sep 2026
Earworms, and why the same five seconds of a song can play on a loop all day.
Hanna Seo/Sep 2026
Final exams begin next week, and the break behind them is the only thing left between students and summer.
Hanna Seo/Jun 2026
The unpressed submit button, the notes-page alibi, and two more. Flagged by the editor as satire (probably).
Caiden Kim/Jun 2026
Matcha is only popular because it looks aesthetic.
Seoyun Lee/Jun 2026
Nine siblings, a pet wild hog, Cast Away, and why she is leaving VIS after two years.
Valor Times Staff/Jun 2026
Bone is living tissue. Three sessions a week at a decent intensity, and it remodels itself around the load.
Hyunji Song/Jun 2026
A survival mechanism that still runs, and still gets people wrong.
Yebynn Son/Jun 2026
Many teenagers sleep under six hours on a school night. Counselors say pressure, phones and no rest are the cause.
Dongyun Hwang/May 2026
Pocket Bronze, Highlight Milk and three limited-edition tints. 9pm PST on June 9th, rhode's site only.
Yujin Lee/May 2026
Two Korean words that survive no dictionary, and what they say about how a society holds itself together.
Juwon Kim/May 2026
Nobody sat next to them on the subway. It was not what they thought it was.
Juwon Kim/May 2026
Available on Baemin and Coupang Eats. Start at level 1. Nine toppings the writer will vouch for.
Hayeon Son/May 2026
CRISPR is a molecular scissor. It won a Nobel in 2020, treated sickle cell in 2023, and edited embryos in 2018.
Hayeon Son/May 2026
You will not remember every quiz. You will remember the peak and the ending, which is why June feels like this.
Seohyun Choi/May 2026
Why do people pretend to like people they secretly dislike?
Seohyun Choi/May 2026
4.7 million accounts revoked. The minister calls it 'behavioural cocaine'. Teenagers call it unnecessary.
Yujin Lee/Mar 2026
Five years for obstruction. Prosecutors asked for death. Seven trials still to come.
Jalen Park/Mar 2026
New power units, a Mercedes loophole, and drivers warning that the energy-saving rules are dangerous.
Valor Times Staff/Mar 2026
Their first road playoff win in 33 years, and what it means to a fanbase that had stopped expecting one.
Sungyoon Park/Mar 2026
Sixteen million viewers, a village head with a scheme, and a boy king sent into exile.
Kai Lee/Mar 2026
56% say one, 44% say two. A straw is a stretched donut, and stretching changes nothing.
Juwon Kim/Mar 2026
The Head of Upper School on a fast transition, hobbies she jokes she doesn't have, and not rushing the next stage.
Victoria Oh/Mar 2026
Brain-wave activity does not match the feeling of deep sleep. The dream does.
Hyunji Song/Mar 2026
Students stop the clock for bathroom breaks and cry over eight hours. The correlation is weaker than expected.
Hayeon Son/Mar 2026
The limbic system versus the prefrontal cortex. Procrastination is not laziness. It is emotional regulation.
Yebynn Son/Mar 2026
An hour and forty-five minutes of songs, and a man who collects people society calls unique.
Juwon Kim/Feb 2026
Four steps to a fully functioning coin farm run by hard working crows. Requires a bucket and a lot of bread.
Caiden Kim/Feb 2026
A triathlete on what starting the day with a run does for deadlines, expectations and everything before first period.
Haakyoon Lee/Feb 2026
The least-popular site by distance, and a country that leads on conservation, renewables and tourism.
Victoria Oh/Dec 2025
France, Australia and the courts. A Pediatrics study links preteen smartphone ownership to depression and lost sleep.
Jalen Park/Dec 2025
A follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean killed the survivors. Total death toll: 11.
Jalen Park/Dec 2025
Fifty things, possibly heavily inspired by what the writer wants for Christmas.
Yujin Lee/Dec 2025
Human nature, power, fear and society, and the recognition that Golding was not writing about monsters.
Seoyun Lee/Dec 2025
It started as a New Yorker essay. The editor-in-chief on why the book is brave, and what it means on a re-read.
Victoria Oh/Dec 2025
Gentle strings, light jazz, and a reminder that the season is not about expensive gifts.
Sungyoon Park/Dec 2025
"The Lord is my shepherd; I lack nothing." Also: can you find all the purple?
Hailey Hong/Dec 2025
Two letters back to the club: one from Ezer after a fire in the Philippines, one from Beirut.
Valor Times Staff/Nov 2025
Bible study opens, D-pod and Vision Hall are renovated, and a Destresso Day is being built for finals.
Jalen Park/Nov 2025
Brad Pitt, Joseph Kosinski, real tracks, real cars, and the Mercedes-AMG F1 team behind the camera.
Sungyoon Park/Nov 2025
The leaves change, school gets busy, and the season goes past. A few small ways to notice it.
Yujin Lee/Nov 2025
Twenty years in Korea, board games and fantasy football, and why he would pick teleportation.
Caiden Kim/Nov 2025
Everyone knows KFC, Yoajung, BHC and Dominos. Here is the local list instead.
Miel Park/Nov 2025
