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Originally Posted 2020. 01.07.  Wikus takes refuge in Christopher’s shack and discovers his concealed command module dropship of the spaceship. After learning from Christopher that Wikus can be cured in the mothership, and the confiscated fluid is crucial to his plan of returning to the mothership, Wikus attempts to acquire alien weapons from the District 9 Nigerian arms dealer Obesandjo. Obesandjo wants to eat Wikus’s alien body parts to gain… Read more: [MOVIE REVIEW #10] Aliens Don’t Click to Read! – “District 9” (2009) Part. 2

Originally Posted 2020. 01.03.  [Photo from nme] District 9 is a 2009 science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. It is a co-production of New Zealand, the United States and South Africa. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David James, and as adapted from Blomkamp’s 2006 short film Alive In Joburg. This film… Read more: [MOVIE REVIEW #9] Aliens Don’t Click to Read! – “District 9” (2009) Part. 1

Video Mediated/negotiated relations between representatives. Summary of the course! There are 195 different countries in the world today, with over 4000 cities that each have their own sovereignty. Most of the countries and cities can not survive on their own: they must interact and coexist with other cities. In order to create diplomatic relationships with other nations and cities, diplomacy is integral. The world is now a cluster of different… Read more: [Let’s Study Together: Global Diplomacy] Week 5 – To engage with and reflect on the course.

Video – Where have you seen diplomacy in action? (other than ambassadors) Non-state centric diplomacy, business diplomacy: becoming increasingly important. Intelligence cooperation, military relations, the enmeshing of computer networks and databases. Multilateral groupings. ex) Brahmi in Afghanistan My submission – “Where have you seen diplomacy in action?” The international dispute between Korea and Japan.

Video Perseverance, patience, creative, the ability to take risks. Never give up. Good Creativity. A sense of good humor. Calmness. Knowing when to get involved and when to step back. Major tasks of diplomats:  Linking their government’s decision-makers to foreign counterparts. Advocacy of their government’s policies and views. Negotiation on their government’s behalf Commendation to their government of ways to advance or defend its interests Promotion of trade and investment… Read more: [Let’s Study Together: Global Diplomacy] Week 3 – What are the qualities of a good diplomat?

Success in Diplomacy Reaching some kind of agreement that everybody is happy with. Starts with some sort of dialogue, builds understanding, then negotiates. COntinuous engagement and dialogue; Just keeping talking. Both parties have changed in some way by the experience. Immeasurable patience. Is about getting to some sort of agreement, but with the knowledge that there are constraints. More in establishing relationship, rather than this bargain of give and take.… Read more: [Let’s Study Together: Global Diplomacy] Week 2 – Evaluate the success and failure of diplomacy.

What is the Global Diplomacy: The Global Diplomacy course is a unique offering to the MOOC environment. Bringing together cutting edge research in the broad fields of Diplomatic and International Studies, award winning distance learning delivery and the instructors previous experience of delivering a successful MOOC. Please see the volume Global Diplomacy: Theories, Types and Models authored with Dr Alison Holmes, (Westview, 2016), and the Understanding Research Methods MOOC. (From… Read more: [Let’s Study Together: Global Diplomacy] Week 1 – Introduction to Global Diplomacy

Posting share from GAON Newsletter (Waseda Univ. Korean Contents Creating Circle) Original Writer: MIN Jungwan Posted on this blog: 2019. 10. 22. [Photo from YouTube] Chernobyl is a 2019 historical drama miniseries premiered in five series in May 2019. Directed by Johan Renck and written by Crag Mazin, Chernobyl dramatizes the nuclear power plant disaster occurred in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and its after-purification operation. It also depicts those… Read more: [Drama Review #8] Reconstitution of the worst man-made calamity, HBO drama (Chernobyl)

Originally Posted 2019. 03. 19 [Photo from: Wikipedia] Logan is a 2017 American superhero film starring Hugh Jackman. It is the tenth film in the X-Men film series and the third and final installment in the Wolverine trilogy. All about this movie! In an alternate timeline in 2029, Logan has been aging with his healing ability falling. He is taking care of Chales Xavier, the founder of the X-Men in… Read more: [MOVIE REVIEW #7] I lost everything… but I will keep her for sure! “Logan” (2017)

Originally Posted 2019. 02. 10. [Photo from: wallpaperaccess] Howl’s Moving Castle, ハウルの動く城 in Japanese, is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. About the Movie! The story is set in a fictional western kingdom during the early 20th century. The film tells the story of a young, content milliner named Sophie, who is turned into an old woman by a curse of the Witch of… Read more: [MOVIE REVIEW #6] Never seen this movie before? but pretty sure you have ever heard of the OST! “Howl’s Moving Castle” (2004)

[MOVIE REVIEW #5] Even if everyone forgets me, you will remember me forever – “Se7en” (1995)    Originally Posted 2019. 01. 27.  [Photo from:Wikipedia] Seven is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey and John C. McGinley. Released on September 22, 1995 by New Line Cinema, Seven was the seventh-highest-grossing film of… Read more: [MOVIE REVIEW #5] Even if everyone forgets me, you will remember me forever – “Se7en” (1995)

[Photo from: imdb] Originally Posted 2019. 01. 08. 2012 is a 2009 American disaster film co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich. The film was produced by Harald Kloser, Mark Gordon and Larry J. Franco. The film refers to Mayanism and the 2012 phenomenon in its portrayal of cataclysmic events. The film stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny GLover and Woody Harrelson. All about the… Read more: [MOVIE REVIEW #4] The Fear that had been on the Lips of the Whole World – “2012” (2009)

Originally Posted 2018. 12. 19 The Host (괴물) is a 2006 South korean monster film directed by Bong Joon-ho and starring Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae-Doona and Go Ah-sung. The film concerns a monster kidnapping a man’s daughter, and his attempts to rescue her. The director got his inspiration from a local news article about a deformed fish with an S-shaped spine caught in the Han River. All… Read more: [MOVIE REVIEW #3] Carelessness of Men stirs up the Catastrophe – “The Host” (2006)

Originally posted 2018. 12. 02 [Photo from: imdb.com] WALL-E is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, produced by Jim Morris, and co-written by Jim REardon. It follows a solitary trash compactor robot on a future Earth that is deserted and no longer inhabitable. All about this movie! [Photo from: Disney +] Rampant… Read more: [MOVIE REVIEW #2] Destroyed Earth, Space Shelters, and Emotional Robots – “Wall-E” (2008)

Originally posted 2018. 11. 24 [Photo From: Pinterest]  The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 American science-fiction disaster film co-written, directed, and produced by Roland Emmerich and starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ian Holm, Emmy Rossum, and Sela Ward. The movie is based on the book The Coming Global Superstorm by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber. All about this Movie! The movie begins as Jack Hall, an American paleoclimatologist, and… Read more: [MOVIE REVIEW #1] In front of natural disaster, mankind is helpless – “The Day After Tomorrow” (2004)