Feel happiness while volunteering in Ethiopia, the most important thing in life is “happiness”

Getting to know about summer overseas volunteer, Kim Min-jae

Q. Could you briefly introduce your activities in Ethiopia? There are three main categories of overseas service in Ethiopia: cultural service, educational service, and hard work. Cultural service refers to performing in a month-long performance that we have prepared,and educational service refers to teaching students, and finally hard work refers to repairing aging facilities. In particular, in the case of educational service, a local interpreter was in the middle of interpretingwhat we are teaching. It was a special experience for these local interpreters because they were volunteered by the

Getting love from Vietnamese were unforgettable memory that I have ever experienced

The leader of Vietnam volunteer program, Prof. Kim Won-jin

Q. What role did you take as a volunteer leader? First, we took care of the safety and health of our students. Second, we cooperated and communicated with the local principals, school teachers, public officials, and residents. Third, we provided them with guidance on their lives. With pride in Keimyung University, I also gave them seminars on how students should live in order to be happy and successful in their school and social lives. Q. Which part did you focus on and guide them? It helped to flexibly and frictionlessly organize the relationship between the teachers and the students. It also

My Eating Culture in a New Country

Getting to know about Korea, Olmosbek

(Interviewee: Olmosbek from Uzbekistan / KAC college student of KMU ) Q: Muslims are known not to eat pork, but is this true? In Korea, it might be difficult to find dishes without pork. So, what do you usually eat? A: Yeah, so we don't eat pork. I have Uzbek friends who study at KMU. They showed me around, including a couple of Uzbek restaurants nearby. During my first week in here, I pretty much just ate at those places. But then, one of my friends mentioned that those restaurants are a bit on the expensive side. They introduced me New and Old Bauer Hall cafeteria. But the thing is, the one

An Interview with a Vegan Professor, Shin Sang-heun

Why don’t you start vegan life through this interview?

Prof. Shin Sang-heun / Department of International Commerce Q. You are known as one of the professors who eat vegetarian food., What is your motivation to eat vegetarian food? A. There are people who usually take a lot of time to go vegan, but I didn't. It took me just 30 minutes to decide to go vegan. Now when I look at my smartphone wallpaper, I see a picture of a monkey with a chain around its neck. This picture made me think a lot about what humans are doing to animals, so I immediately stopped eating meat. It's been seven years. Q. Have you had any difficulties since you became vegan? A.

People with Food Allergies

Student who has cucumber allergy, has difficulties in lifetime

Yeon-soo Oh / Department of Psychology Q. Please tell me briefly about the allergy you are experiencing. A. Yes, I am allergic to cucumbers. Q. What is the biggest inconvenience you've had with your cucumber allergy? A. It was more uncomfortable than I thought that whenever I ordered food with cucumbers in it, such as cold noodles or kimbap, I had to tell them to remove cucumbers. I feel sorry to say that every time, and I think it's uncomfortable to say that when I'm busy. Q. Then, what kind of physical reaction do you have when your allergy comes up? A. Starting with my lips and face, I get

It won't be the same.

KMU welcomes the first students from Ukraine, Yatsun Daria

Interviewee: Yatsun Daria /KMU graduate school Depts. Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language Q: Why did you come to Korea? A: I was interested in Korea and northeast Asia culture from eleven years old. At school, I was good at English Language. So, when it was time for university, I wanted to learn another language and because of my interest in Asia, especially Korea, I choose Korean language as my major. Universities in Ukraine have only online classes now, because of the war. So, I came to Korea. Q: What do you think about the war? A: It's experience which you can't imagine in your head if yo

Spend your time in Korea to experience!

An interview with an exchange student from Vietnam, Tran Thi Thuy Vy

Interviewee: Tran Thi Thuy Vy / Exchange student from University of Economics and Finance, Ho Chi Minh City. Q: Why did you choose your major, Korean Language? A: Since high school, I have been really into Korean cultures like K-drama and K-pop. So, when it was time to choose, I choose Korean Language. Q: Why did you choose Keimyung as your exchange school? A: My school gave me 3 Korean university to choose from. One of them was in Busan, another one in Chung-Buk, lastly it was Keimyung in Daegu. Because Busan has harsh accent, I thought it would be more difficult to study there. And Chung-Buk

Being patient and staying relaxed

Overcoming language barriers in class, Prof. Robert Kerr

Interviewee: Prof. Robert Kerr / Depts. English Education Q: How do you overcome language barriers? A: These days we use a lot of like AI or dictionaries if there's a language problem. But sometimes it's not only language, sometimes it's culture. I will say something, and I expect my students to think one way. But because of their culture they think a different way and so that's kind of language and communication problem. So, in those situations, I find it's important for me to be patient and to listen and I try to stay relaxed in class. Q: Can you recognize whether student isn’t understanding

Jimin in Cambodia!

1. Can you introduce yourself? Hello, My name is Son Ji-min. I am a college student, majoring in the Department of International Relations. 2. What motivated you to do overseas volunteer work in Cambodia? I am very interested in the field of development cooperation, and I wanted to learn directly in the field beyond the theoretical contents of learning at school. In the meantime, I saw the KOICA-NGO volunteer recruitment announcement, and I thought I wanted to spend a year for others, not myself, and I applied because it would be an opportunity to get to know more about NGOs and international