From May 16th, 2022 until May 19th, 2022, foreign alumni will be holding lectures for undergraduate foreign students of KMU. Several alumni who have completed their PHDs and MBAs at KMU and current KMU students will be delivering to help foreign students increase their employability in South Korea as well as how to acquire an employment visa such as E-7, F-2, and F-5, tips for improving Korean language, the need for academic degrees, and tips for living in Korea. The mentoring program will be held on the second floor of Bauer Hall, room no. 1202. The application is limited to students in the u
Busan is a city where tourists have been constantly visiting for a long time. Numerous tourists head to the same destination, Busan, but there are also various tourism resources available to the extent that their travel schedules are all different. And art is an attractive tourist resource that can never be left out. From now on, let us meet Busan, a city where the arts flourish. [Bexco, Art Busan] BEXCO, as known as Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, is a convention and exhibition center located in Centum City, Haeundae-gu, Busan. According to the BEXCO information center, it features ov
1. Please introduce yourself briefly. I am Professor Yun-joo Park, in charge of Latin sociology and cultural studies in the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies. I got my B.A. in Spanish, my master's degree was in Latin American Studies, and my doctorate was in sociology. After working in the Department of Sociology at Cleveland State University in the United States for about four years, I was hired in 2009 to teach in Keimyung University's Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies, which was established in 2007. 2. As a sociologist, are there any social problems that you ar
We are now in an unprecedented era of the climate crisis. Everyone knows the seriousness, but lots of people do not know how to act. For those people, this article introduces ‘Climatus College’, which is a climate change communication platform for the MZ (Millennials& Generation Z) generation. [Climatus College] Climatus College is a compound word of the two words of “Homo Climatus” and “College”. The word “Climatus” means "Homo Climatus" for humans who adapt to changing climates, and the word “College” means that citizens can realize the learning necessary for life. As one of the projects
Independent bookstores sell books that are not sold in general bookstores. These kinds of bookstores mainly sell books which is published on a small scale, individual books, and overseas books that are difficult to get. [Daebong Bookshop] This bookstore is located near Gundulbawi Station on Line 3 of Daegu. There is a complex cultural space called ‘C1912’. In the C1912, an art gallery called ‘Void Gallery’ is located, and a coffee shop is also located. Under the theme of ‘The whole world is a garden’, Daebong Bookshop is in operation. Like the theme, Daebong Bookshop is decorated like a garden
[The process of making microplastics] As the production and consumption of disposable products increase, the seriousness of environmental pollution caused by plastic waste is increasing. If such plastic is less than 5mm in size, it is called microplastic. There are many other problems that arise from its small size. We are too insensitive to the use of these plastics. Especially in the case of microplastics, people almost don't care more because they are invisible. Microplastics also occur when washing clothes made of synthetic fibers, and they also occur when automobile tires are worn out. St
The Nawruz Festival, which means a "new day", is a traditional festival held in Central Asia to commemorate the beginning of spring and the beginning of the year. To celebrate the season, KMU held the ‘2022 Nawruz Festival’ on March 21st in the Seong-seo campus. Various programs were hosted at the festival, such as ▲ Central Asian Cultural Festival ▲ Special Lecture by Akmal Nuridinov ▲ Uzbekistan Online Film Festival. The cultural festival featured five booths run by international students from different countries, including Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Turkey, and the Silk Road Central
1. Can you introduce yourself? Hi, my name is Haewook Kang who loves traveling and reading books. As a student in the class of 16, I am majoring in international relations in KAC (Keimyung Adams College). Currently, I am studying in Bogazici University of Istanbul, Turkey as exchange student. 2. Why did you decide to go abroad as an exchange student? What do you want to acquire from the experience? I thought the exchange student program is an absolutely beneficial program. I could travel abroad, but I thought it would be a more valuable experience to live in another culture and study as a stud
A forest fire broke out in Uljin, Gyeongsangbuk-do, around 11:17 a.m. on March 4, 2022. The forest fire spread not only to the northeast of Uljin but also to Samcheok, Gangwon-do. The cause of the forest fire is presumed to be from cigarettes because the fire broke out immediately after three vehicles passed the initial ignition point. The east coast forest fire, which started in Uljin and spread to Samcheok was contained after 213 hours and 43 minutes (about 9 days) with 20,000 ha of forest burned, setting a record for the longest-lasting forest fire since 1986 when the Korea Forest Service c
Written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald genre: Drama Published in May 2003 288 pages The Great Gatsby was published in 1925 by American novelist Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The plot of the book is that Gatsby, born to incompetent parents, became an army officer with an ambition to succeed and met Daisy. However, Daisy marries Buchanan, a rich man and Gatsby, who has nothing, thinks that material wealth is important to marry Daisy, who comes from an upper-class family. Gatsby, who eventually does make a fortune, is convinced that Daisy will someday return to him because he continued to love her even
Director: Hong Jong Chan Genre: Drama Running time: 595 minutes Juvenile Justice is a Netflix original drama that was released February 25, 2022. It is a legal drama that deals with the theme of the Juvenile Act and the Criminal Underage System. A total of 10 episodes will feature famous Korean actors such as Hye soo Kim, Moo yeol Kim, Sung min Lee, and Jung eun Lee. It tells the story of Eun seok Shim (actor Hye soo Kim), a judge who hates juvenile offenders, being newly appointed to the juvenile department of a district court. Juvenile Justice deals with episodes based on actual incidents th
K-LACE, the Korean Language and Culture Exchange, is one of the programmes held by the KMU International Lounge. The programme liaises a Korean student and two or three non-Korean students, for the Korean Student to act as a Korean teacher for the non-Korean students. Through this programme, both KMU students and international students are offered the chance to meet and socialise with each other and exchange language and culture. As KMU foreign students’ Korean language skills vary greatly, the KMUIL created three different levels from Beginner to Intermediate which the foreign students can ch