Complex sentence: Because sales are dropping, and it is increasingly difficult for the paper to sustain itself, even as a parasitic entity of a big Korean newspaper, the national desk director has begun asking the high school interns for their home phone numbers, their home addresses.
Split into simpler sentences: Because sales are dropping, it is increasingly difficult for the paper to sustain itself, even as a parasitic entity of a big Korean newspaper. The national desk director has begun asking the high school interns for their home phone numbers, their home addresses.