After a grueling workout, I love to float on my back and simply enjoy the feeling of weightlessness. I take advantage of such rare times to put my problems in a different perspective, without any worries clouding my judgment. In those scarce moments of peace, I can be myself, without any expectations weighing down on me. It may be tiring, and I may smell like I use chlorine as deodorant, but swimming has become the key that unlocked a door...

For the past 60 years, relationships in Far East Asia have been defined by the tensions created by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the after-effects of the Cold War. Under the leadership of Kim Il-Sung and his progeny, Kim Jong-Il, and Kim Jong-Un, North Korea has created an authoritarian police state that has closed off its borders and strictly regulated personal freedoms. The political, social, and economic strife created by North Korea's antagonism has seized the attention of major...

Growing up in a “tiger dad” environment, there was a strict limit on activities considered frivolous such as, playing video games, watching TV, and chatting on Facebook. The only acceptable outlet for entertainment that I was afforded was reading. I often lost myself in fiction, spending hours reading at home and at school. Then, my father handed me an abridged version of The Histories, by the father of history, Herodotus, and told me to read it like a story; I...

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