Issue 11

SM Entertainment is one of K-pop's biggest entertainment labels. It coloured Jakarta with pink-the company's signature colour-and hosted their concert titled "SMTown Live 2023".

In the spirit of giving, Among and Around collaborated with Saya Suka Membaca in hopes to improve the literacy rate of children in Indonesia. You may be asking, why does the Journalism Club, which focuses on writing and designing articles, want to help children to read?

The bestselling novel ‘Before the Coffee Gets Cold’ is a heart-wrenching yet lighthearted novel focusing on a cafe in Japan. Written by Toshikazu Kawaguchi、 the book was originally published under the title of ‘コーヒーが冷めないうちに’ meaning ‘While the coffee is warm’. It was eventually changed to ‘Before the Coffee Gets Cold’ after translation.

By now, it's common knowledge that the K-pop sensation NCT127 has been lighting up the Korean entertainment scene for quite a while, and its members are nearing closer and closer to the age of 30. In South Korea, there's a law mandating all males to undergo 18-21 months of military training as they reach around 30.

The penultimate week of April experienced one of the largest conflicts in the modern K-pop world.

If you were a History Buff like myself, you might have perhaps scoured and rummaged through history books. And inside those books you might find countless anecdotes, specifically on the role that alcohol and other addictive substances such as tobacco and drugs played in shaping societies throughout human history.