About So, what exactly?
Plain-English answers to questions people search, with sources: news issues and the words inside them, science, health and history.
What this site is
Every title is a question people actually search for. A short answer comes first, in the box at the top of each article, followed by the evidence, our own diagrams and photos. This is the English edition of the Korean blog그래서, 정확히 뭔데?; we translate selected articles.
How we cover news
When a story is in the news, one "issue" article explains what happened. The unfamiliar words and background inside that story get their own short explainers, one a day.
How we write
- Topics come from real search questions, and the editor picks or approves every one.
- Every article links the sources it relies on: research papers, public agencies and established media.
- We use AI tools for research and drafting. Numbers, dates and quotes are checked against the original sources before publishing.
- If you spot a mistake, please tell us. We check it, fix it and show the update date.
Our full standards, including how we handle health topics and photo credits, are in the editorial policy.
Memory game
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Who runs it
This site is run by one person, writing under the pen name 에밀리. She majored in big data and is a mother of two in her forties. The Korean blog opened on September 27, 2026, and the English edition on October 16, 2026.
Corrections and question ideas: hello@soexactly.com