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BTS: The Debate on the Draft
Photo Credit: EMMA MCINTYRE/GETTY IMAGES Staff WriterHarshita Devavarapu Earlier this week, Big Hit Music, world supergroup BTS’ management company, released a statement that Kim Seok-jin, the oldest member, is going to initiate the process of compulsory military enlistment. This came as a huge surprise for the BTS ARMY– fans of the boy band– and sparked […]
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Azerbaijani Forces Execute 7 Armenian POWs: Human Rights Watch Demands Accountability
Photo credit: Ministry of Defense of Russia By Lilit ArakelyanStaff Writer Human Rights Watch demands accountability from Azerbaijani authorities after video footage shows the extrajudicial executions of seven Armenian prisoners of war (POWs). In a 40-second video investigated and verified by Human Rights Watch, Azerbaijani soldiers are seen gathering and shooting eight Armenian POWs at […]
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The Historical and Modern Antecedents to the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict
Pictured Above: The People’s Friendship Arch, built in 1982, symbolized the political and cultural unity between Russia and Ukraine. Following significant deterioration over the following decades, Ukrainian activists painted a crack on the arch to resemble this rupture. Photo Credit: Timon91 By Manuel Aguilera-PrietoContributing Writer The political circumstances surrounding Ukraine have been marked by a […]