●Written by Haemin Sunim ●Genre: Essay ●Published in January 2012 ●288 pages The end of year has already come closer. Meanwhile, many people will have difficulty in living and have stress from relationships, work and love. I recommend this book for those that do not take a rest and are mentally exhausted read this book or need to be comforted by someone. In the prolog, the author said that he wanted to inform many people that wisdom of life is not obtained by doing many things, but rather naturally comes from comfortable pauses. The essay The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down has con
Every human being always tries to be happy. Recently, the way to pursue happiness has changed. Many Koreans have preferred to be happy with small and certain things. This is called ‘So(小) Hwak(確) Heng(幸)’ in Korean. This trending concept for how Koreans enjoy their lives these days was selected as a 2018 keyword by the Seoul National University Research Institute of Human Ecology. According to the big data analysis of Nielson Korea, the buzz around this trend has been big with more than 451,780 uses of the tag on Instagram and increased mentions everywhere. So Hwak Haeng means small but certai
More than 60 million refugees have been reported worldwide over the past year, and more than 10,000 applications have been filed in South Korea. According to the Jeju Immigration and Foreign Office, the number of refugees who entered the island without a visa has soared from seven in 2016 and 42 in 2017 to 561 in June 2018. Of these, 549 applied for refugee status. The Jeju entry permit system has allowed foreigners to stay for 30 days without a visa since 2002 for tourism vitalization. However, it has been recently taken advantage of by Yemeni refugees, contrary to our intention. It has becom
The government announced that the minimum wage next year will increase to 8,350 won from 6,470 won in 2017. That is a 29.1% increase over two years. It is a drastic increase in only two years. As a result of this announcement, many self-employed people have complained about this change. Raising the minimum wage impacts all parts of Korean society. According to a survey conducted by Statics Korea, temporary employees decreased by 130,000 compared to last year. Also, South Korea has one of the highest rates of self-employed people among OECD countries at 25.5%. This is higher than all other adva
An inter-Korea summit was held on April 27. The leaders of South and North Korea, President Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un, met at Panmunjom. They talked nearly 100 minutes after starting at 10:15am. The two leaders had a serious and honest discussion on how to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, establish permanent peace and develop the South-North Korea relationship. The Panmunjeom Declaration shows that they have committed themselves to the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. In addition, they announced the end of the Korean War with a formal declaration later this year. This eve
The #MeToo movement was started by Alyssa Jayne Milano who was sexually assaulted by movie producer and director Harvey Weinstein. She posted that if you have been the victim of any kind of sexual assault or harassment, don't hesitate to write ‘Me too’on Twitter. After only 24 hours, #MeToo had spread like wildfire with many people retweeting the hashtag. The movement continued to spread to other countries around the world including Korea. In January 2018, a Korean female prosecutor appeared on news and confessed that she had been assaulted by a superior in the workplace. This shocked many peo
The Academic Affairs Office of Keimyung University announced that the electronic attendance system will be mandatory from March of this year. Keimyung University implemented the electronic attendance system in the second semester of 2017 when it was still okay for student attendance records to be recorded by hand. However, as of March, every class has to record student attendance through the electronic system on the mobile app or PC. This will help to reduce complaints about keeping the roll book and to improve the efficiency of notifying who is not coming to class. Seo Sang-ah KMG Reporterssa
Hengso Museum is hosting special classes about myths and tales for 12 weeks from 13 March to 5 June. During the lectures on Tuesdays, new professors host classes on various topic. It provides opportunity for local residents to study traditions and the humanities. This lecture is composed of topics about myths and tales and lecturers which teach historical content including eastern and western culture as well. Kwon-gu Kim, the chief of Hengso Museum, said that they invited respectable lecturers who are an authorities in their filed, so he felt honored. Also he hoped the students would have a go
On January 1, California started retail sales of marijuana. It is the sixth state to legalize marijuana, following Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Nevada. Adults who are at least 21 years old can legally purchase recreational marijuana from special shops in California. When the marijuana shops opened at 6 am local time, many customers were waiting to buy marijuana. More than 90 shops sell marijuana in California, but there are none in LA. Marijuana has not yet been authorized for sale there. Only shops with government authorization are allowed to sell marijuana. Existing shops that ha
The Writing Center held the Tabula Rasa Seminar on September 15, 2017. This seminar was a lecture for author, professor, that study and analyze eastern and western classics and modern masterpieces in order to teach students. This seminar was held five times in order to provide the various content. The purpose of these seminars was for KMU students to improve their knowledge of humanities and rouse their interest. This program is associated with the Quiz Contest and Reading Certification which is held by Dongsan Library. The final lecture referred to The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit Capitali
KMU announced that it was selected to join the Multicultural Society Implementation Agency, on August 25 and was awarded qualification to train multicultural society experts. A multicultural society expert is a professional worker who can teach courses for immigrants on adaptation and settlement into Korean society. The course includes an introduction to immigration policy, entry and residency of foreigners, process of rights and interests, and integration into society over a 15 hour course. Also, this class was taken from an expert in the immigration culture field. The Ministry of Justice wil
Recently, the number of people taking the teacher certification exam has increased dramatically, which makes it much more competitive. On August 26 this year, temporary teachers protested their situation and demanded to be made permanent teachers. They must renew contracts their each year, unlike permanent teachers, because they failed the exam. They can continue to get their contracts renewed or new contracts and work as teachers, but they don't have the security of stability of permanent teachers.Temporary teachers believe they do the same work and are as good as permanent teachers, so they
On May 22, 22 people including children who attended Ariana Grande’s performance at Manchester Stadium were killed in a terror attack. After the show, two huge explosions occurred at the entrance of the stadium. The terrorist died when he detonated the second bomb. The bomber, Salman Ramadan Abedi, was a British Sunni Muslim born in Manchester. Not long after, there was another terror attack in London. On June 3, citizens and travelers were attacked on and near London Bridge. Three men drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and then got out of the van and invaded the nearby pubs and res
Keimyung University's Dongsan Library held ‘Library Resource-sharing Mentoring’ program on from August 7. Library resource-sharing is for university students to volunteer for improving local libraries-specifically, school and small scale libraries. Since 2011, at the beginning of summer vacation, this library resource-sharing mentoring has been implemented seven times a year. Through this program, university students have volunteered to do various activities such as reading books, painting a mural, and arranging bookshelves. The library’s director said, “In the future, we will tend to encourag
Many people go to concert halls and theatres to see performances. Without staff members to assist in these places, people would enjoy performances less. One of the most important staff members is the 'House Manager'. Overseas, this is a critical professional position in theatres and concert halls. In Korea, it is not very familiar to us, but that has begun to change. If you have interest in performance art management, this information will help you. ● RoleA house manager plans, organizes and manages various kinds of performances from beginning to end. The house manager is executive director of
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