1883 -- The Joseon Dynasty designates the Taegeukgi as the national flag. 1959 -- Lee Dong-jun, a correspondent of the Soviet Union's Pravda newspaper in Pyongyang, defects to South Korea through the ...

There is always a symbol when it comes to TV series that make it a point to defy social order, the elite, and capitalism. In Mr. Robot, F Society became synonymous with its mask. The characters in ...

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