Name: Nur Diyana Binti Muhammad HasrinNationality: BruneiAge: 191. What do you think of the Korean wave?During high school, I was really into K-pop stuff and copied everything Korean people do. I was quite amazed and stunned that the Korean wave was spreading all over the world. Some of my friends used to hate me being weirdly ambitious of going to Korea because for them it was quite impossible. This year I was supposed to be the president of a Korean culture club in my college, but I had to back out once my name was listed as the successful candidate to go to Korea. Since then, I have receive
Kim Da-young, the Department of Textile Design, received the President’s Award in the 22nd Korea Textile Design Contest, which was hosted by the Federation of Korea Textile Industries.This contest was held to discover talented textile designers. Students from fifty universities all over the country and citizens competed in apparel, interior, and accessory fields. About 1800 works were entered in the exhibition. Keimyung University produced six winners in this contest, which was the largest record.Kim Da-young was given ten million won and a chance to receive training abroad with her work “Indi
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Name: Jaime de deusNationality: East-TimorAge: 23Major: Business Administration 1. Please introduce your home town and your country’s famous tourist attraction. Gleno is where I was born and raised. It is the center of the district of Ermera which is located in the west central part of East Timor. Ermera is famous for coffee trees and also sandalwood. This tree is very famous because it can be used to make perfume. East-Timor also has several tourist attractions such as Christ the King statue located in Dili, the capital, and also Pope John Paul II Monument. A lot of foreigners come there for
Pyeongchang, a town in southern Gangwon, will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Pyeongchang won comfortably against Munich in Germany, which got 25 votes, and Annecy in France, which got 7 votes, by getting 63 of the 95 votes in the 123rd International Olympic Committee Session in Durban. Although Pyeongchang gained more votes than any other candidate cities in the first round of voting in bids for the 2010 and 2014 Winter Games, it lost in the second round. However, this time, Pyeongchang won in the first round of voting for the 2018 Games. I will introduce the situation in Korea after winn
No. 148Written by Prof. David Lyons /Drawn by KMG Junior Reporter Yang Seul-gi
Directed by Stephen DaldryGenre: DramaStarring: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters110min. Do you have a dream? If so, are you trying to make your dream come true? There is no genius who can beat a competitor who makes an effort; a person who truly enjoys their work cannot be beaten. No matter what your dream is, if you enjoy the process of making your dream come true without giving up, someday you will succeed.This is the lesson of the movie Billy Elliot. The main character is Billy Elliot. He is a boy who lost his mother early and lives with his father and brother, both mine workers. A sce
Keimyung University will launch a Super-Mentor Program that will run from August to December 2011. This program was devised to support students and create an atmosphere of effective foundation building. The mentees will be paired with an expert who works in a relevant field to develop a mentoring relationship over a period of time. They will be given one-on-one tutoring so they can learn the foundation of their field, such as the steps between drawing up a business plan and making a final product. This program will be conducted this semester among thirty identified clubs. Thirty corps of mento
The Leaders team, Department of Media and Information, won the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family prize of 1,500,000 won in the Korea Youth UCC (User Created Contents) Camp which was held for the Daegu World Athletics Championships. This event included programs such as making Daegu maps, a green tour, and a youth club festival. Young people from all over the country made images of Daegu heritage sites and tourist spots in Daegu. Eighty-five teams participated in this competition. In the UCC video Leaders made, the main character gives an application “Hello Daegu” to tourists visiting Daegu
Two actors walking on the red carpet People awaiting celebrities Daegu Mayor, Kim Bum-il, introducing himself An actor and actress introducing their work
Recently, teenagers’ game addiction has become a serious social problem. A game shutdown system is being considered as a solution. The system is intended to protect teenagers who are under 16 years old from game addiction. There are pros and cons to the system. pro Nowadays, in many countries, teenagers’ game addiction is becoming a serious problem, and Korea is no exception. Because of game addiction, people can’t distinguish reality from a game world, and they only play games. As one solution to this problem, a game shutdown system is being considered. The game shutdown system will restrict
Marathon runners crossing the finish line Students waiting for the marathon Staff preparing the white T-shirts
On April 27, the presentation by seniors who have been to Norway, San Francisco, and Finland were held in the Euiyang Hall. Professor Lee Byoung-chan, from the Dept. of business administration gave a welcoming speech. Many students attended this presentation. Yoo Sung-lim who had studied as an exchange student in Norway gave a presentation firstly. And Kim Won-su who had studied in San Francisco through WEST (Work, English study, and Travel) program and Hwang Hyo-soon who had studied in Finland through the international event program gave presentations in succession. All of them provided many