Kim Sung-soo, a suspect in the recent murder at an internet cafe in Gangseo-gu on October 14, 2018, tried to reduce his sentence by insisting he needs psychosomatic medicine and is currently submitting a certificate of depression. He argued he committed the crime because he is mentally disabled and the reason he killed the man is just computer games. In the National Petition, there were even articles saying that Kim should not be given a reduced sentence because of his mental disability. Then, what is a mentally disabled person and why do people disagree with reducing their sentences? The ment
Keimyung University’s Center for Continuing Education has opened ‘The 1st Global Women’s Leadership Academy: Finding a Point of View as a Cultural and Art City’ for Daegu citizens in 2018. The Global Women’s Leadership Academy is a program hosted by the Center for Continuing Education at KMU and offers a wide range of programs aimed at overseas cultures and arts education. The program runs every Tuesday and Wednesday for 13 weeks from September 11 to November 7, and this program selects a particular city and explores its culture and art each semester. The 1st Global Women’s Leadership Academy
Students at Keimyung University held a Flea Market on September 10th and 11th of this semester. A total of four colleges: Business Administration, Engineering, Social Science and Artech College, voluntarily participated in the flea Market at the small stadium of Seongseo Campus, and collected 3,000 items of clothing and necessities. Students visited Sinae Orphanage, a social welfare company, on September 15th to donate all of their profits. Moreover, about 200 items that were left after the sale were donated to The Beautiful Store and at this very meaningful event.
In modern society, living standards are rising and the concept of “work-life balance” has changed, which have increased interest in leisure and travel. Because of that, the job of tourism product developer is getting attention. They plan and develop tourism products and consult with customers. What they Do They plan, develop and manage tours, tour schedules and tour costs. They also analyze existing tour packages to find problems and improve them. Moreover, they identify the needs of the consumers who want the tour products and introduce the characteristics of the products. Aptitude & In
Park Ji-hyun and she wrapped the German flag around her body. Keimyung University recruited exchange students for three weeks in August. The applicants who are accepted will be exchange students next semester. I interviewed a student who had been an exchange student in Germany to help KMU students. It’s good to hear from an exchange student before becoming one. 1) Please Introduce yourself. Hi. I am Ji Hyun Park. My major is International Business in KAC. I studied at Hochshule Dusseldorf in Germany as an exchange student from September 2017 to August 2018. 2) What was your motivation to ap
The Confucius Institute at Keimyung University has produced a number of Chinese government scholarship students reconfirming its status as a leading institution in Chinese language education in Korea. The institute held a departure orientation for 28 Chinese government trained students at Uiyanggwan on August 27. In order to apply for the scholarship program at the Confucius Institute, students are required to have a strong Chinese Language Proficiency Test (HSK, HSKK) grade and to participate in Chinese language education conducted at the Confucius Institute at Keimyung University. During the
The Hengso Museum of Keimyung University was selected as the University Museum Promotion Project for 2018. From August 1st to November 30th, an education program for the Hengso Museum Relics Explorer program will be held. The program is renamed as the experience and exploration of cultural relics combined with cultural properties representing the Hengso Museum. People from low-income and multicultural families, as well as elementary, middle, high school and college students are able to participate for free. Through this promotion project, the university expects the Hengso Museum to grow into a
The EU is currently facing three major challenges: the refugee crisis, eurozone reform and the trade war with the United States. According to AFP (Agence France-Presse), the biggest and most controversial issue is the refugee crisis and the policy change in Italy. The new government of Italy now refuses to accept refugees, which is causing trouble with Germany and other member countries. Recently, Italy and Malta shifted the responsibility to each other to accept 451 refugees who were rescued from the EU Border Control Agency Frontex and the Italian border security police on July 14. Italy’s I
The opening ceremony of the traveling exhibition ‘Packing Art of Joseon Dynasty’ was held on the first floor of the Hengso Museum on May 14th. The special exhibition, which runs from May 14th to July 14th, will display 43 items and 80 pieces related to Joseon’s royal packaging art, which is owned by the National Palace Museum of Korea. Shin Il-hi, president of Kemiyung University, mentioned through the ceremony that many people, including students, faculty members and Daegu citizens, could directly appreciate the wisdom of our ancestors who used to formally decorate package.
From May 9th to 11th, a total of three days, the Keimyung University Festival was held. The festival is called “Byeolhaje”, a pure Korean word that means to be a shining star. It means that students from Keimyung University gather in one place to enjoy the festival and hope to leap up to come a shining person, like a star. During the day, a special lecture and briefing session was held at each building of the Bauer Hall and Student Career Support Team, and at night, a singing and dancing contest was held in the stadium and the closing was decorated with performances.In addition, there were var