"How are you?"
    "We are not fine, and you?"

    All through the winter, the '"We Are Not Fine" Poster Phenomenon' was a hot issue in Korea. This phenomenon started with a hand-written poster by Ju Hyun-woo, a Korea University student, who expressed his frustration with Korea's social and political situation. He wants students to keep their eyes on Korean society. Since then, the posters titled "We Are Not Fine" have gone viral mainly through university students' spontaneous participation. Students wrote about various social issues like the conflict between Korea Railroad Corporation and their employees over the privatization of the train operation. A lot of people, especially students shared photos of numerous hand-written posters on school bulletin boards through social networking services. This movement has attracted the attention of citizens who are not interested in the serious situations in Korea.
    In addition, the hand-written posters of the same title have also paid attention to the problems at various universities in Korea. The young students who will be the future of the country presented their anxieties about the future, which comes from potential unemployment after graduation, high tuition fees, academic restructuring, and so on. They also pointed out student council elections at their universities are problematic, for example rigged elections, low voting rates, and students' indifference to the elections. There are some more untouched issues remaining related to universities and campus, but already, this phenomenon seems to have gotten weak. It worries me that the feelings all students had would vanish into smoke and there would be nothing left but a memory.
    Last year, university students have written posters that made their point on social issues to redress injustices in Korea. I think through the "We are not fine" posters, people found the hope needed to go through with this grey situation of Korean society and that they would overcome it with other people who sympathize with them. I hope students continue this movement at Korean universities and keep paying attention and raise their voices to internal issues not only for employment but also about student unions, and the campus media crises at the universities. As students' attention has had a good influence on society, their small attention to the university issues could lead to the revival of the 'real' university.

By Pyun Ja-seong, Editor-in-Chief