This year marks the 120th anniversary of our university. One of the ways to celebrate it was making an International Professor and Students Semester called ‘InProfSS’ and leading KMU’s internationalization. The foundation of Keimyung University was established by a few foreigners on an American Presbyterian mission. Now, Keimyung University has 144 foreign professors, 11 percent of its 1,294 professors. The nationalities of the international professors are various, coming from 30 countries around the world. Every major has more than one foreigner professor. There are also 2,133 foreign student
Most Korean Universities, including our university, use aregistering system that has a first-come first-served basis because it isthought to be the fairestsystem. However, the systemis not fair to students now. Because a classschedule made at the beginning of a semesterdominates campuslife throughout that whole semester,studentsshould devote their best efforts to make their schedule as goodas possible. To get a greatschedule,studentsstarted traffickingin classes. ‘Everytime’ is an application of KMU’s anonymous socialcommunity. Users talk about everything from campus life to their general liv
Since last July, you may have frequently seen #BOYCOTTJAPAN and #NOJAPAN on Korean social networks. The relationship between Korea and Japan has always been precarious because of their history. Koreans’ #BOYCOTTJAPAN started for almost the same reason, history. Last October, the Korean Supreme Court ordered a Japanese steel company who exploited Korean workers during the Japanese colonial period to pay each Korean victim of forced labor at that time a 100 million won in damages. The Japanese government lodged an appeal, but the Korean government ignored it. Last July, the Japanese Ministry of
13th Daegu International Musical Festival Date: 2019. 06. 29(Fri) ~ 07.08(Mon) Location: Various theaters and the entire metropolitan area of Daegu Website: www.dimf.or.kr Daegu Metropolitan City is known as the Musical Metropolitan City from late June to early July because of the DIMF (Daegu International Musical Festival). DIMF is held every summer and features great musicals which usually can’t easily be seen. Though DIMF, the British musical, Flash Dance, was premiered to Korean audiences in July of last year and itspopularity has continued until this March. This year, various internation
Thanks to developed technology, many people are getting medical benefits these days. Some of them want better medical care at a good price, so medical tourism has become a new kind of tourism business. Thus, the job international medical tour coordinator, as a guardian of international patients, was formed just few years ago. Role An international medical tour coordinator’s role is so important before a patient comes to Korea until after leaving Korea. What coordinators have to do first is being a marketer to attract customers for their hospital. When international patients come to Korea for
If foreigners ask Korean people what the saddest moment in Korean history is, they will all say the Japanese colonial era. Koreans were shorn of their freedom by Japan in 1910 and held hostage until 1945. Japan brutally ruled Korea during this period, and Korean people repeatedly tried to reclaim their nation. There were many attempts to overthrow the Japanese occupiers, but the most popular one was the ‘March 1 Movement’ which started March 1, 1919. The March 1 Movement played an important role in the efforts for the independence of Korea. As the result, March 1 is one of the most popular ho
● Trần Trang, Trương Mỹ Chi, Hoàng Uyên of University of Languages and International studies - Vietnam National University Our newpapers reporters went to Hanoi and Halong Bay in Vietnam lastw inter vacation. During the trip, we sawso much Korean language on the streets it felt like Korea. At that time, we guessed the Korean wave has been sweeping Vietnam, so we visited a Vietnamese university to meet Vietnameses tudents. Many students are interested in Korean and quite a few have already started to learn Korean. 1. Please introduce yourselves. Hi, we are Vietnamese students majoring in Kore
This year marks the 120th anniversary of our university. Keimyung has been growing for more than a century. Keimyung’s spirit and values were established by Woodbridge O, Johnson as a Jaejungwon, the origin of Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, in 1899. The hospital had been started tot each with new health education, medical services and the soul of Christianity by American missionaries. Moreover, Jaejungwon was established to care for the region, serve the community and nurture young talent. Rev. Edward Adams (also known by his Korean name An Duhwa), representing the American presbyterian
Humanities are in danger. The humanities are studies about original elements of humans and human culture, such as linguistics,literature, philosophy, and history. The humanities make aperson educated, but not necessarily for a specific profession.Most people require a more specific area of study beyond thehumanities. Thus, most Korean companies don’t want to hirehumanities students anymore. It is not only a Korean problembut also the world’s problem. The popularity of studying the humanitieshas been decreasing since the financial crisis of 2007- 08. Many students want practical studies to get
●Director : Ol Parker ●Starring : Amanda Seyfried, Lily James, Meryl Streep ●Running Time: 114 minutes ●Release date: August 08th, 2018 One of the most popular films, Mamma Mia has released the second in its series in 10 years. In the first series, Dona’s daughter, Sophie grew up with a single mother and wants to find a father. She finds 3 nominees for her father, but no one knows who the real father is?even the mother. The new Mamma Mia , Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, is about Dona’s (Meryl Streep) youth before Sophie was born and the meeting of Sophie’s 3 fathers. The Mamma Mia Series has re
As important as actors and actresses are, the place setting is also very important in a movie or drama. Many producers show indefatigable zeal in choosing appropriate places, which is why the existence of location managers is important for movies. A lot of sites could qualify as settings, but universities are especially loved by many staff as there are many buildings to utilize, are easy to compose a story around, and it is easy to control the public entering the during vacations and weekends. While many producers are using universities in their works’ background, Keimyung University is often
A new semester is here. During the summer break, many students studied abroad to experience the international community and gain a wider perspective. Furthermore, there are lots of foreign exchange students studying abroad here at Keimyung University. This semester has the most foreign exchange students at Keimyung University in history. Fortunately, KMU has a variety of programs for foreign and Korean students to gain a broader perspective by experiencing other cultures and languages. For Korean students who want to experience a wider community in Korea, Keimyung University puts forth a lot o
The Keimyung archery team has received lots of attention due to record setting performances in a few contests this year. Park Sung-cheol, a member of the team, got first place in the All-Korea Archery Tournament. Park won a gold medal by recording 331 points in the 90m event, and set a new record by recording 349 points in the 70m event. Moreover, he won the triple crown by also getting the gold medal in the 50m event. This is his second straight win after having received two gold medals in the last contest. In addition, the team, which included, Park won the triple at National Championship. A
● Park So-jung, a volunteer of PyeongChang2018As everyone knows, the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games recently finished. Everyone enjoyed the games thanks to athletes’ performances and moving stories. However, there was another Korean national squad: not of athletes, but of volunteers.1. Please introduce yourself.Hi. I am Park So-jung, a volunteer at the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and a university student from Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do.2. Why did you decide to be a volunteer at the Winter Games? I wanted to meet a lot of people from around the world and
●Director: Kim Yong-hwa●Genre: Fantagy, Drama●Starring: Ha Jung-woo, Cha Tae-hyun, Joo Ji-hun, Kim Hyang-gi●Running Time: 139minuteHave you ever thought about the afterlife? When you die, where do you think you will go: heaven, hell or reincarnation? Or, are there other realities? Of course, we who have not died do not know. Recently, a movie was released whose theme is about the judgement in the afterlife. It is Along with the gods: the Two Worlds, and was shown at the 16th Korean film which recorded over 10 million viewers.It was one of the most popular webtoons, and was turned into a film t