If you’re an international student living in Seoul (or arriving soon), you’ll quickly learn that eating well on a student budget is an essential survival skill — and Cheongnyangni Market is one of Seoul’s best-kept bargains. This sprawling traditional market on the city’s eastern edge mixes wholesale fruit & vegetable stalls, bustling seafood counters, meat … Read more
Washington, D.C., August 2025 — The Biden administration has announced a major policy shift aimed at attracting more international students, particularly those pursuing studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, to the United States. Under the new measures, student visa rules are being relaxed to make the U.S. more competitive in drawing global … Read more
In 2020, campus recruiting changed faster than any class of students could adapt. Big banks like Citi were still actively visiting top schools to run info sessions, virtual events, and interviews — but the context (COVID-19, travel restrictions, remote interviewing) meant every session had two jobs: (1) communicate what the firm needed and (2) reassure … Read more
Introduction — a diary, a city, and the pressure cooker of early 2020 In late January 2020, as the world was slowly learning the name of a new coronavirus, a bestselling writer in central China began to publish short, blunt dispatches from inside a city under lockdown. Those daily entries — later collected as Wuhan … Read more
Introduction — 21 Days That Changed Everything The first morning I noticed the silence, Tokyo still sounded like Tokyo—trains murmuring, distant shop announcements, the soft tick of bicycles at intersections—but there was a new quality to it: a cautious hush, like a city holding its breath. I had arrived at Waseda University the previous autumn, … Read more
Introduction: The Mystery at Wuhan’s Heart In late December 2019, hospitals in Wuhan, China, began seeing patients with an unusual form of pneumonia. The illness didn’t respond to common treatments, spread rapidly, and left doctors puzzled. Soon, the world would know it as COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. One of the most urgent … Read more
Sleepless Nights: Stories of Insomniacs Waking Up at 4 a.m. Meta Description:Explore the real-life stories of insomniacs who wake up at 4 a.m. every night. Discover the causes, effects, and coping strategies for early-morning awakenings. Introduction: The World Before Sunrise For most people, 4 a.m. is a time for deep, restful sleep. But for countless … Read more