Throughout the long history of mankind, major diseases have always changed people's lives and society. In the past, the Black Death did it, and now COVID-19 is doing it. The infectious disease that started in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China on November 17, 2019 has bullied us so long. Since COVID-19, t

There is no greater spark for self-improvement than challenge, and there is no challenge quite like hiking one of South Korea’s many impressive and jagged mountain ranges. Hiking is a physically and mentally demanding activity that rewards both body and mind. It is also a great trial that tests you

"How old are you?" Koreans ask about age at the first time they meet someone. It is a normal act in South Korea, where people must use honorifics depending on a person’s age. With respect to age calculations, there was a new announcement on December 27, 2022. It was that Korea will use the internati

What is the International Baccalaureate (IB), and IB program?The International Baccalaureate is an educational institution founded in 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland that offers three educational programs for students aged 3 to 19. The IB program is an international certified school program developed an

What is the 2030 Busan World Expo?The World Expo also called the Economic and Cultural Olympics is a venue for introducing the industrial and technological developments of mankind and showing off the competence of the host country. Founded in 1928, the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) is a

The Kyungnam University Museum (KUM) studies the history and culture of the regions of Sough Gyeongsang Province and contributes to the development of the local community's history and culture by collecting, storing, researching, and exhibiting various cultural assets. It was established on November

President of Kyungnam University (KU) interviewed The Korea Times in regard to “China and Korea’s Roles in North Korea’s Nuclear Issue” on December 1st, 2022. The following is adapted from the contents of the interview between the reporter Kang Seung-woo from The Korea Times and KU President Park Ja

A workshop was held on December 19, 2022 at the International Seminar Room in Kyungnam University’s (KU) Main Building to establish the Institute for K-Democracy Studies. The workshop was attended by Park Jae-yoon, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Jung Eun-sang, Professor of School of Liberal St

Kyungnam University (KU, President Park Jae Kyu) announced that it signed an academic exchange agreement with Hawaii Pacific University (HPU, President John Gotander) to foster global future talent. In 2018, it signed an academic exchange agreement with HPU and continued to exchange for mutual impro

Park Jae Kyu (the former Minister of Unification) was appointed as the 12th President of Kyungnam University (KU). Hanma Academy, an educational foundation (Chairman of the board Lee Dae-soon) held a board meeting on November 29th and appointed Park Jae Kyu, the current president of the university,

Hello, Kyungnam Times (KT) readers. I'm Lee Sang-jun, a senior in the department of Korean language education. It is an honor to write an article as a reader who has been reading the Kyungnam Times since this year. Thanks to the KT, I could read articles about various social problems and topics that

I am Lee Beom-soo, majoring in business administration at Kyungnam University, and last September, I happened to read a KT article in the library. The summerlike cover caught my eye, and the design of the article was beautiful. Not only the design, but also the content in the article was interestin

Times are changing, and it is no longer appropriate to judge people by age. There are people who are mature even though they are young, and there are people who are not mature even if they are old. Young children can have a wide view of the world. despite their youth, These people are humble about t

What does a happy life mean to you? Happiness and wisdom are concepts that humans have discussed across the age. Every human aspires to live a life of happiness and looks for wise solutions to their problems. Regarding this topic, sages must have various opinion. Among them, we can learn a way of ac

Since the device called ‘smartphone’ was released in 2007, it has been 15 years. Now, the smartphone is being used in various areas of our daily life: chatting, studying, meeting, watching movies, listening to music, sending text messages and emails, taking notes, etc. In a word, we are in a insepar

At the ‘Colorado State Fair’s Fine Art Competition,’ a work took 1st place in the “Digital Category” on September 3 of 2022. However, this work has been faced with great controversy. This is because it is a work drawn by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The name of the award-winning work is "Space Oper

These days, the world has been rapidly changing due to the dramatic development of technology and globalization. It might be true that we don’t afford to see the stars in the sky and the flowers in the field since we are living a hectic life which makes us just look ahead. However, even in this radi

Someone once said that the process is beautiful because there is an end. Thinking that this is the last semester before my retirement makes me remember that phrase again. It may not be realistic to go back 31 years, but it seems formidable to look back on those days at this point. So many things hav

In 1989, when a photo of a nuclear industrial complex in Yeongbyun, North Korea was released by the French commercial satellite SPOT-2, the North Korean nuclear issue emerged as an international problem. From this point on, the international community's monitoring of North Korea's nuclear activities

Until recently, we dreamed of embracing a ‘You Only Live Once (YOLO)’ mentality to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime life without regret. But these days, the key word ‘God-saeng Life’ is popular on various social media services such as Instagram and YouTube, focusing on the MZ generation. What is ‘God-saen