Nepal was celebrating Loktantra Diwas, or Democracy Day, on April 25. People were just eating lunch or were preparing lunch when there was a very strong earthquake of magnitude 7.8. Buildings collapsed and transmission towers that carried electricity also collapsed. The Nepalese government announced 8492 deaths and 16,808 injured on May 13.The epicenter of the earthquake was 81km from the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu. The earthquake was strong enough to injure citizens not only in Nepal but also in China and India. Starting from the first earthquake at midday on April 25, 32 aftershocks between
·Period: Feb. 27 - March 16·Place: Daegu Culture and Arts Center·Time: 10:00 ~ 20:00On the first floor, 234 undisclosed pieces from 2010 are exhibited as well as stories related to the pictures and interviews with winners. The second floor has a special exhibition under the theme of “6.25, The Forgotten War” by Pulitzer Prize winner Max Desfor. The Pulitzer Prize was founded in 1917 by a $500,000 fund from Joseph Pulitzer’s will. There are 3 categories for the Pulitzer Prize, which are Journalism, Letters, Drama, and Music. In 1942, a category for news photos was added. News photos had been di
A flight to South Korea returned to the gate of John F. Kennedy International Airport before take-off on December 5, 2014. There were about 250 passengers including an executive of Korean Air, Cho Hyun-ah. Cho rebuked Chief Steward Park Chang-jin for inappropriate nut service by a stewardess before the departure. She reprimanded Park for not carrying out his duty of training stewards and forced the pilot to taxi back to the gate. Cho got much criticism after the incident spread to the public, not only for what she did on the flight, but also for what she did after the incident. During the inci
An inspection team from the Ministry of Industry from Ethiopia, including Minister Ahmed Abtew Assaw, visited the Fashion-Textile Design R&D Center of Keimyung University on February 27. As part of the Growth and Transition Plan 2010-2015 in Ethiopia, this visit was done to view the Korean textile industry and use it to build this kind of industry in Ethiopia. They showed great interest in collaboration with the Fashion-Textile Design R&D Center in setting up textile businesses. The inspection team and the R&D center agreed to draw up a plan for collaboration. The inspection team visited texti
Most university students find buses and trains essential factors in their trips since not many own cars. Some adults also enjoy taking a trip by train, because driving is sometimes long and tiresome. For these reasons, KORAIL, or the Korean Railway, has special offers on train trips. Here are two famous and interesting trains for traveling: the O-train and the V-train. Their greatest advantage is that they provide people with seasonal views of canyons and mountains around various provinces in Korea. The O-train and the V-train visit many regions, including Cheoram in Taebaek city, which was fa
An agreement of cooperation was made between Keimyung University and the Korean Gas Corporation (KOGAS) in the name of cultivating men of talent in the energy industry. The agreement was finalized in the main meeting room of the main building at Keimyung University. President Synn Ilhi of Keimyung University, President Jang Seok-hyo of KOGAS and other key actors from both institutions attended this meeting. The main content of the agreement includes supporting sponsoring funds for the training of talented individuals in the local city, executing an academic exchange of knowledge and technologi
Keimyung University and Maeil Business Newspaper have developed the Training Course for Financiers to train experts in business and finance. 30 students from the College of Business in Keimyung University were provided with lectures by current workers in business. As one program of the course, a visit to an international financial hub was held from January 12 to 15 in Shanghai, China. This program consisted of visiting four banks in China, including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Woori Bank, Shanghai branch, KTB Network, and Mirae Asset Tower, and special lectures. Park Dong-wook
Pohang is a small city in Gyeongsangbuk-do located on the eastern side of the Korean peninsula. It takes about an hour and a half by bus from Daegu to Pohang. It is considered to be the city of guamegi, or half dried Pacific herring or Pacific saury. Pohang is well known for its big steel company, POSCO. Throughout history, Pohang has had a close relationship with Japan, which explains the existence of the Guryongpo Modern Culture and History Street composed of Japanese houses from the 1920s. There is also a lighthouse with its special reason for its construction. Pohang and the East Sea can p
From 2017, not all students from nursing colleges can apply for the National Health Personnel License in the nursing category after graduation. Nursing colleges from various universities should acquire the nursing education accreditation from the Korean Accreditation Board of Nursing Education. The accreditation determines nursing education programs that have reached the point of producing capable nurses to fulfill their social responsibilities as nurses. On December 30, 2014, the dean of the Nursing College of Keimyung University reported the Nursing College secured the nursing education accr
Displayed old books and calligraphy frames Exhibited old documents Students looking at the old documents
Korea is known by many foreigners as the country divided into the North and South. The Korean War from 1950 to 1953 left thousands of casualties as well as many ruins that recall the pain of the Korean War. Cheorwon in Gangwon-do has many traces of the war since it has the DMZ, or demilitarized zone, on its northern border facing North Korea. One of the remains that Cheorwon keeps is the North Korean Labor Party Cheorwon Office Building. This building was built by North Korea in 1946 to control residents. It was only made out of bricks and cement without rebar. The parts that contained rebar l
The 2014 Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) Orientation was held in Euiyang Hall at Keimyung University on September 4. About 230 KGSP students from Keimyung University, Yeungnam University, and Dongseo University attended the program. The event started at 3 p.m. with a welcoming speech by the director of KGSP Program at Keimyung University as well as a student representative who came to Korea through KGSP. After the welcoming speech, there were welcoming performances, including a sing-a-long with a twelve-string Korean zither (gayageum) and a traditional percussion quartet. Then the
Geochang High School is a private school founded in 1953. The school was established to overcome the problems of public education and to carry out humanist education. Geochang High School is mentioned frequently for its outstanding grades among high schools in Korea. This interview was conducted with the principal of Geochang High School, Park Chi-yong, about their way of teaching.1. Is there any method your school tries to keep high academic grades?Geochang High School is an academic high school, so teachers try hard to maintain high academic grades. The effort of teachers plays an important
Regardless of sex or age, autumn makes people think more. Scientifically it is the effect of interbrain’s nucleus. To give you some time to think, it looks like a good idea for us to take a trip to the quiet western sea of Korea around Dangjin. Dangjin-si is located in Chungcheongnam-do above Taean-gu. Although designated as si, or city, it looks more like a mixture of countryside and city since a 20 minute drive can get you to farmland from the shopping district. Dangjin has various sea features such as mud flats, reed fields and the distinctive difference of low tide and high tide. Because o
Nowadays, the pollution of rivers is mentioned frequently on TV and in newspapers. Illegally discharged water from chemical factories generates algal blooms, which kill a great number of organisms in rivers. In addition, many plants and animals indigenous to Korea have gone extinct, and foreign species have increased dramatically. The pollution of rivers shows up in diverse ways.Pungam Reservoir in Gwangju and Yeongsan River are suffering from green tide. In 2014, the police exposed 35 dyeing and jewelry making businesses for discharging waste water. When waste water gets discharged without pu
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