‧ Directed by Choo Chang-min‧ Genre : Historical drama‧ Starring : Lee Byung-hun, Ryoo Seung-ryong‧ 131 Min. Recently, there is a lot of information available about the presidential candidates for the upcoming election Candidates promise many things during their campaigns to get the most votes. However, most citizens want a leader who thinks of them like they are family. They think the most important quality of a good president is being a good communicator. I want to recommend a movie that may help you to pick a better leader for us. The box office hit Masquerade: Gwang
There are many sports events that people can call world festivals. Korea hoped to host the Winter Olympics for a long time, and finally we got a chance to host it in 2018. We are looking forward to watching this worldwide sports festival in Korea. This winter, before the Olympics, we can enjoy winter sports in Pyeongchang. In 2013, the Pyeongchang Special Olympics World Winter Games will be held in Korea. The games will start on January 29. Many people wonder what the Special Olympics World Games are and mix up the Paralympics and the Special Olympics World Games. The Special Olympics World Ga
A Keimyung University student won second prize in the 31st National Exhibition of Korean Architecture. This exhibition is the most famous and best competition in the Korean architecture field. Among 800 competitors, Lim Hoon, whose major is architecture, got a 2,000,000 won scholarship. The exhibition’s theme was houses and science. Lim Hoon exhibited his work Linear Yard. His work was a presentation of a way to improve the quality of life of students who live near Keimyung University. He said he got the idea from an advertisement near the school. In his opinion, residents can make residents g
Students from the Department of Urban Planning won the grand prize in the open poster exhibition of the EAROPH (Eastern Regional Organization of Planning and Human Settlements) Forum. This exhibition was held in Daegu EXCO from October 17 to 19. It is one event of the 23rd EAROPH World Congress.The exhibition was held to find ideas to develop urban planning and housing policy. Keimyung University’s team advanced to the final with the topic “Green City.” Their idea was a solution for Daegu’s urban heat island. The problem can be solved by planting trees in the center of the city. They call it G
We can easily think that enjoying art is a very royal thing. We also have to pay expensive fees for appreciating art works in galleries. Because of these things, art seems like it is separated from us. Well, don't think like this anymore. I will tell you about good places to enjoy art easier and better than before. I found awesome places in Daejeon. Daejeon is a little bit far from Daegu, but you can go there easily by KTX. It just takes 50 minutes from Dong Daegu station to Daejeon Station. And don't worry about the distance between the train station and galleries. They are close to Daejeon s
Keimyung University students and faculty members helped Seong-ju residents who had been damaged from flooding after typhoon Sanba. About 200 people from Keimyung University worked hard to repair houses and roads and help farmers who suffered damage to their crops.Jang Hyun-il, president of Keimyung University’s student union, said that every student who had volunteered expressed their own regrets and did their best to help. For 2 days, they provided their helping hands to reconstruct the town, and they will provide more help to them.In addition, KMU is going to give scholarships to students wh
Jeong Jae-hoon, who is a student of Keimyung University, was the best performer in the Samsung Young Campus Reporter competition. He is a junior in the College of Social Sciences and his major is Consumer Information Science. Samsung Young Campus Reporter is a program where university students selected from the whole country report their own schools’ useful information and local events. Since last year, Jeong has been a member of this program. He has written articles, taken pictures for his articles, and posted them on the Samsung homepage. Also, he planned an exhibition to express university
Twenty-five Keimyung University students got scholarships from the Chinese government. Twelve students get scholarships for one semester, eight students for one year, and five students get a scholarship to study for a master's degree .They were selected among brilliant students recommended by all of the Confucius Institutes located in various countries. Students chosen for this program will learn Chinese and Chinese culture in China. They are excused from all tuition and boarding fees, moreover they will get living expenses. On July 25th, the scholars were awarded certificates issued by the Ch
For a long time, education has been most important and every country has tried hard to teach their children to be fit for society. Also, students can learn about society and citizenship in their school days. While they get education in school, they grow up to be members of their country. However, schools aren’t educational centers anymore. School has become more violent and students can’t study with an easy mind. Lots of accidents occur because of increasing school violence. Many people think that fights between children are a necessary evil that makes children stronger. However, these are not
In the U.S.A, 36 Keimyung University students who attended the Global Career School for overseas cultural and corporate experience performed a flash mob dance to promote Dokdo 4 times. They had a flash mob campaign in the Smithsonian Museum, Independence Hall, and South Street Seaport during their busy 11 nights and 12 days program. They ended their flash mob activities in Times Square in New York on July 3.Before their departure for the U.S.A, they planned their campaign and worked hard for a flash mob, and they made t-shirts and placards by themselves. They made a great effort to prepare to
On April 11, 300 assemblymen were elected members of the Korean National Assembly. This event was important in that we chose our leaders. Even though it was the most significant event in recent months, there were regrettable things.First, the election turnout was low like many previous elections. Although there were lots of events which encouraged people to vote, lots of citizens didn’t vote. Because most people didn’t change their thought that assembly members will continue to work for themselves not citizens, they didn’t want to join the voting. As a result, the election turnout didn’t grow
Vladimir Ivanovich Ilyukhin, a governor of Kamchatka (Russia) visited Keimyung University to give a speech on April 5. His speech was held in the Hengso Museum on the Seongseo campus of Keimyung University. About 250 people, including Keimyung University President Shin and students of the Department of Russian Language and Literature, attended his special speech.At the start of the speech, he said that he had a good impression from Korea. Because his state is near the Korean peninsula, he has always thought that Korea is a very close friend of them. In his speech, he emphasized the economic co