Social Issues
North Korean Troops in Ukraine War: What We Know
Talks that began a year before deployment, 2,288 dead, and most of them in their teens and early twenties.
Dongyun Hwang/Sep 2026
49 stories found.
Talks that began a year before deployment, 2,288 dead, and most of them in their teens and early twenties.
Dongyun Hwang/Sep 2026
Sixteen million viewers, a village head with a scheme, and a boy king sent into exile.
Kai Lee/Mar 2026
92% of students use AI tools. Detection software flags non-native writers at 61.2%. Nobody has drawn the line.
Jalen Park/Jun 2026
Held at Once Upon a Nature: dresses, suits, raffle tickets and an awards ceremony to close the night.
Hanna Seo/May 2026
New power units, a Mercedes loophole, and drivers warning that the energy-saving rules are dangerous.
Valor Times Staff/Mar 2026
Billions of prescribed pills, idols as diet inspiration, and a culture that treats appearance as a credential.
Jalen Park/Sep 2026
From pop-punk to shoegaze: two albums, and a handful of songs to start with.
Haakyoon Lee/Sep 2026
Mercury to Neptune, plus Pluto: the gods behind every planet's name.
Anthony Kong/Sep 2026
Back from summer and out of practice? Ten well-placed lines to fix your social life. Satire, probably.
Caiden Kim/Sep 2026
Everyone knows Spider Man; almost nobody remembers Peter Parker. Tom Holland is back for an emotional new chapter.
Sungyoon Park/Sep 2026
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
The most American thing there is did not start in America.
Juwon Kim/Sep 2026
Reuters named the man behind the stencils. Very little changed — and that is the point.
Seoyeon Jeon/Sep 2026
Short-form video lets us watch more. It does not always help us experience more.
Hyunji Song/Sep 2026
A meal can look and taste normal and still make you sick. What happens between the fridge and the stomach.
Yena Seo/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
Final exams begin next week, and the break behind them is the only thing left between students and summer.
Hanna Seo/Jun 2026
Nine siblings, a pet wild hog, Cast Away, and why she is leaving VIS after two years.
Valor Times Staff/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
"you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love" lands June 12th. Two songs are already out, and fans are reading the lyrics closely.
Yujin Lee/May 2026
Best Picture, 2019. A working-class driver, a Black concert pianist and a tour through the segregated South.
Sungyoon Park/May 2026
On being a scholar before a teacher, League of Legends, pineapple pizza, and whether he is leaving Valor.
Caiden Kim/May 2026
Available on Baemin and Coupang Eats. Start at level 1. Nine toppings the writer will vouch for.
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
Four teams, three countries, and a trip the paper reports back on after the fact.
Seoyun Lee/Mar 2026
Twelve student-run booths on 11 February, raising funds for the Philippines, Korea, Kenya and Thailand.
Hayeon Son/Mar 2026
Badges, points and leaderboards look like engagement on a dashboard. The argument here is that they destroy it.
Jalen Park/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
The limbic system versus the prefrontal cortex. Procrastination is not laziness. It is emotional regulation.
Yebynn Son/Mar 2026
Foot-in-the-door and door-in-the-face. Your friends use both, and so do advertisements.
Seohyun Choi/Mar 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
Most people are too busy worrying about themselves to focus on you. Knowing that helps.
Seohyun Choi/Feb 2026
C2 House takes Best Overall. C1 House most creative, MB 4006 most interactive, MB 4005 honourable mention.
Valor Times Staff/Dec 2025
The least-popular site by distance, and a country that leads on conservation, renewables and tourism.
Victoria Oh/Dec 2025
The Christmas Community Event lands at the Samjung Hotel on 16 December, with YANA, Miral and IFCJ.
Hayeon Son/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
Published at eight in the Boston Herald, dead at thirty. The paper prints Mirror, Edge and Lady Lazarus.
Victoria Oh/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
Gentle strings, light jazz, and a reminder that the season is not about expensive gifts.
Sungyoon Park/Dec 2025
Each sleep cycle runs about 90 minutes. Wake at the end of one and the morning is survivable.
Hannah Cho/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
세계를 건너 너에게 갈게, by Lee Kkot-nim. A letter written in 2016 arrives in 1982.
Hannah Cho/Nov 2025
The leaves change, school gets busy, and the season goes past. A few small ways to notice it.
Yujin Lee/Nov 2025
Matthew 6:6. Prayer is talking to God with your heart.
Dongyun Hwang/Nov 2025
