Do you ever worry about being bitten by a dog? Recently, an entertainer’s dog bit a restaurant owner who then contracted septicemia and died from the bite. The biggest reason the dog bit the person was that he was not wearing a leash and muzzle even though he was a breed of dog that can be aggressive. Accidents like this have occurred frequently lately. Every dog is capable of losing control and biting people, so there needs to be better protection for people to prevent this situation. Fortunately, the government just introduced a new policy and will enforce the old policy, so this situation s
● Margaux Laura Micheline Monique, PSB Paris School of BusinessThis semester, about 180 foreign students have come as part of an exchange student program to Keimyung University, and about 90 of them are from France. I heard from them that the French press reports there is a risk of war in Korea now, so I had an interview with one of the French students about it.Q1. Please introduce yourself.Hi. My name is Margaux. I’m 22 years old and I came from France as an exchange student. Q2. What was the reason for coming as an exchange student and why did you choose Korea?In our school, we have to go to
Since the blind recruitment system has been applied to public institutions in Korea from the second half of this year, it has caused great controversy. Some people agree with it because it is an equal recruitment system which only considers applicants’ skills. On the other hand, some people disagree with it because of its reverse discrimination and side effects.ProThe Korean government started to make blind recruitment mandatory at the 332 public organizations in the second half of this year. Blind recruitment is a method to focus on a candidate’s aptitude and capability, so it ignores factors
On January 23, 2017, the Korea Tour Card for foreign tourists was released. It is a transportation and tourism card only for foreigners that has become popular with more than 10,000 cards sold in the two months after its release. Through this card, foreign tourists can receive many discounts and benefits for transportation, tourism, shopping, and concerts that 25 companies offer in Korea. It’s convenient for foreign tourists to use the card for public transportation like subways, buses, and taxis because they don’t need cash. Places that offer shopping benefits are Lotte World Mall, Shinsegae
On May 18, Arts & Humanities conference of the silk road was held at Dongcheon Hall. It was sponsored by university of Isfahan, Keimyung university, and initiative for college of humanities’ research and education. It went on for about 7 hours with 2 sessions. In the first session, Lee Hee-soo, Esmaeil Sangari, and Kim Tschung-sun lectured about Korean-Iran relations : understanding emerging markets through humanity perspective. And in the second session, Komail Tayebi, Seo Jung-soo, Somkiat Mansumitrchai, and Erdem Cagri lectured about Korean-Iran relations : understanding emerging markets th
On May 2, 2017, a special lecture by a domestic businessman who had experience working in India was held at the College of Business Administration in KMU. The businessman was Park Sang-gil, a representative of SG Autotech Solutions PVT. LTD. The contents of the lecture were regarding India’s recent industrial, entrepreneurial, and employment trends. The goal of the lecture was to introduce the idea of developing specialized business managers in the Middle East and East Asia. Through this, students could learn about employment in India, develop a global mindset, and have a new sense of challeng
At the 2017 Daegu International Textile Fair, which was held from March 8-10, KMU students from the Fashion Marketing Department attracted a lot of attention. They participated in the fair as Da-Mi Lab (Daegu-Milano Laboratory), which was a joint Daegu-Milan booth. The students were responsible for installing and planning the booth, talking about products, directing products’ design, and exhibiting them. At the fair, they exhibited five bags that were designed by fashion marketing students for their graduation exhibition last year and made by artisans of a company called Gli Artegianim Ilano.
In 2017, KMU established two colleges, Tabula Rasa College and Artech College, to deal with the rapidly changing educational environment in 2017. The Tabula Rasa College is an extension of the existing College of Education and Artech College isr to reinforce creativity competence.The Tabula Rasa College aims to cultivate creativity in talented people. To do this, it will redefine the vision and goals of general education and reorganize the school affair system based on the emergence of an intelligence-based society. It consists of a division of humanities and social sciences as well as a divis
On February 28, KMU students won first prize and prize money of 5 million won at the 14th MTN College Student Advertising Competition held at the FKI Conference Center in Yeouido. This was the third prize for them at the competition over its 14 year history. The students chose Samik Furniture as an advertising topic, which is an unfamiliar traditional furniture company. They thought Samik Furniture has a strong but older image, and tried to transform it into a friendly brand image. The judges commented, “The novel ideas and visual editing techniques of nonprofessional students are as good as p
The Ministry of Education announced that they would start writing national textbooks in November 2015, and schools would begin using them in March 2017. National textbooks are textbooks that are written by nations in order to control the content. It takes at least two years to compile national textbooks, but they spent only one year and four months. Even the writers of the textbooks were not chosen when it began. In this situation, we cannot expect a good history textbook to come out.Recently, these types of textbooks have caused a big controversy in Korea because they have many problems. Rece
In the global economy, trade between countries is increasing, so there are more and more opportunities in this field. One of the jobs in international trade is a customs broker. Here you will find information about the role, qualifications, and prospects of this job.● RoleRoles of customs brokers can be divided into two fields: customs clearing procedures for imports and exports, and consulting. All products must be declared to the customs offices when they cross the border. However, import and export declaration is not easy for trade companies or the public because import/export laws change r
On December 22, a free semester system event was held by KMU. Its purpose was to advocate the free semester system and to improve public education across all schools.In this event, there were 20 experience booths which consisted of representative departments from each university. Through this experience, students considered their potentials and aptitude, and were able to have mentoring session and psychological tests. At this exhibition, achievements from students who have participated in the free semester system programs in 2016 were displayed. Also, at the free semester system conference of
Recently, the government adopted a performance-based annual salary system. Some people agree with this policy, but some don’t.ProA performance-based annual salary system is in effect in public offices and financial institutions. It is a different system from the step system that allocates salaries to employees by position and years of experience. The new system determines salary on the basis of an employee’s abilities and production, not rank. Labor unions are opposed to the policy, but people are generally in favor of it, as am I.First, when the performance-based annual salary system starts,
The Business Incubator Center helps students to learn about establishing businesses through many programs. This article is about the location and roles of the center.1) Please introduce yourself. I’m Bae Jae-young, the head of the Business Incubator Center. I manage the whole center.2) Where is the Business Incubator Center and what departments are in this center?The Business Incubator Center is in Dongsan Hall in Daemyeong campus, on the eighth floor. It consists of 6~7 centers and departments such as the Technology Foundation Department, Global Support Department, Foundation Education Center
On November 20, Keimyung University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Expo was held at the AW Hotel in Dalseo-gu, Daegu. Executives and employees of various companies in Daegu and KMU professors and students participated in this event. At this expo, KMU shared the achievements of the Foundation through various programs such as the industry-academic cooperation forum, lecture, and consultation with companies. There were also announcements about best-practices of industry-academic cooperation, business items, and impressions about participating in overseas business programs. Moreover, KMU