Have you heard about Guatemala’s education system? Perhaps it is something that you could not commonly experience. Luckily, I interviewed Woo Choong-whan, who was a professor of the department of English Education.1. First, would you tell me about your career? I heard you had worked at Kyungnam Univ

This is my first time reading KT and there was an article that really came to me. That article is about the experiences abroad as an exchange student. In fact, I do not have any exchange student experience however personally I think I have lots of international experience through various ways. And b

The title quote tells you the importance of your attitude. The remarkable thing is that you have a choice every day of what your attitude will be. You cannot change your past, the actions of others, and the inevitable. The only thing you can change is your attitude. That is why it is more important

Students as well as professors probably had an unprecedented experience this spring. Schools and universities have temporarily closed in huge numbers not just in Korea, but worldwide, because of COVID-19, which has been announced as a global pandemic. There were no orientation and entrance ceremony

The human race is experiencing unprecedented changes in life with the Coronavirus pandemic. In many parts of the world, the COVID 19 crisis has led to an economic crisis, hatred of other peoples has brought about an ethical crisis, and so many futurists warn that human civilization will face frequen

A lot of young people take the civil service examination in Korea as such Korea is called the republic of civil servants. According to JOBKOREA and Albamon, more than half of the youth in Korea prepare for the civil service examination, with 47.5 percent of college students, 58.7 percent of job seek

1. What does the Office of International Services do?“There are two big services that we offer. The first one is an outbound program. It means we send KU students abroad. The other is an inbound program. It means that we bring foreign students to KU.” 2. What is the outbound program?“It is the progr

Let me start my letter by giving a great appreciation to my sister Cho Hye-lin, a KT reporter, which she gave me a chance to express my thoughts about KT article. Since I’m majoring in the Integrated Science and Engineering Division, I have a great interest about energy generation trends and how the

I have read KT and always thought that it was full of interesting topics. I used to think that I would like to put my writing on KT. Luckily, my best friend became a director of KT and gave me a chance that I can fulfil my dream. After reading the article to write, I found out that there is more use

An unexpected surge of Corona 19 has changed our daily lives a lot. Some people say that we cannot go back into the world as it is before Corona 19. We have experienced a totally different way of living or surviving the sorrowful pandemic era. Unfortunately, we have been forced to stay at home in th

There are so many serious issues like poverty, disease, war and so much more happening in this world. But for this time, take a look at an issue to which this generation is prone. Everybody, look to your left and then to your right. There are many kinds of discriminations such as sexism, racism and

Have you ever heard about a word, lookism? Lookism means the preference for the beauty and attractiveness. In Korean society, it is important to show a nice appearance to others because there is a stereotype that nice appearance makes people competitive. The better appearance they have, the more cha

I study Korean in my free time. Lately, I have been particularly interested in neologisms (신조어). Studying neologisms has for me been a good way to learn about contemporary Korean culture and current affairs.One rather controversial word I learned recently is 꼰대 (kkondae). While kkondae is not techni

Have you ever eaten lunch in the school cafeteria at KU? What are your favorite menus among pork cutlets, ramen, and fried rice? It is a place to sell meals to students who have no big income and are burdened with food expenses outside of school. The menus change every day, so students can eat a var

The abrupt outbreak of the novel virus, officially named as Corona Virus Infectious Diseases-19 (COVID-19), has been dominating headlines around the world. The World Health Organization declared that the global COVID-19 crisis is a pandemic as the virus has spread to every continent except Antarctic

These days, it has been becoming more important to judge a student’s abilities by the achievement of tasks rather than the results of regular tests. In step with this change, KU has reorganized its liberal arts courses, one of which was English. Required English course has shifted its name from Glob

The KU Newspaper, the Kyungnam Times, and Kyungnam Broadcasting System interviewed President Park Jae Kyu on May 12th, 2020 to celebrate the KU’s 74th anniversary as well as to commemorate the 63rd, 43rd, and 43rd anniversary of each media.Q1. The outbreak of COVID-19 has made academic calendars and

KU was selected as the best university in the 2019 University Evaluation from an Industrial Perspective, organized by the Ministry of Education and the Korean Council for University Education.Industrial Perspective University Evaluation is a project which aims at suggesting that universities develop

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, KU has come up with several measures. KU decided to put off the opening day of the semester and chose to give lessons online. The new semester started on March 16th, 2020, with online classes that KU students are able to take by using e-class or Hello LMS application

The Institute for Far Eastern Studies of KU hosted an Invited International Scholar Seminar on 14th February, 2020. Kim Dong-yup, a professor in the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, presided the seminar. Furthermore, Lee Sang-soo, head of Korean branch of the International Society for Developmenta