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National Kimchi Day

What first comes to your mind when you think of South Korea? Many Gen-Zs would respond with Korean Idol groups or celebrities due to their connection with K-music, K-dramas, and K-movies. Alongside the rise in popularity of K-pop and K-dramas, many individuals have become extremely interested in Korean food recently. Kimchi, for example, has been a trending food in media across nations.  Have you ever tried a delicious side dish called kimchi? Kimchi can be a main dish or a side dish. or even a condiment in Korean cuisine. Kimchi is a traditional ‘banchan,’ meaning side dish in Korean, which i
How international students spend the year-end and the beginning of the year

Everyone has different ways of spending the end of the year and the beginning of the new year. Furthermore, the atmosphere in which the year-end and the beginning of the new year are spent varies from country to country. In Korea, at the end of the year, certain groups such as family, friends, clubs, or companies hold gatherings or year-end parties to look back on the year. On December 31 in Korea, Korean people listen to the Watch-Night bell. On January 1, people welcome the new year by eating rice cake soup, which symbolizes turning one year older. Families or friends may make a wish while w
Part-time jobs for international students

Did you know that many international students come to Korea and work part-time to cover living expenses and tuition? There are sometimes difficulties encountered in the process of finding and working a part-time job. In relation to this, we interviewed a foreign student working part-time in Korea. Thu Hiền, a fourth-year business administration student at Keimyung University from Vietnam, currently works part-time at a convenience store. She says she was able to get the part-time job she is currently doing through an introduction from someone she knew. She said that the reason she was able to

No 20s Zone

"University students and office workers in their 20s are prohibited from entering" Recently, this notice was posted at a cafe and became a big topic of conversation. This is called the No 20s Zone. It is said that it was caused by people in their 20s who ordered a cheap cup of coffee and stayed at a cafe for more than nine hours, and customers who tried to connect to the café printer after ordering two drinks. As a result, self-employed people declared their 20s of labor. In addition, for the past few years, as more and more customers stay in one place for longer periods of time, businesses ha

Professor Kim Sun-jung, Vice President of International Affairs

Tell us a few words about your appointment as September 1, 2023 and the role of the Vice-President of International Affairs. I have been working hard as the international director for 8 years, but I am very worried because I was appointed to a new position instead of the original one. I can't put it exactly, but the 'International Vice-Chancellor' is responsible for overseeing everything related to international relations in our school. In particular, the recent rapid population decline has led to a policy change that allows foreign students to settle in Korea rather than go to their own count

Traditional Holidays in Various Countries

How much do you know about Chuseok? Chuseok is one of the most famous traditional holidays. On Chuseok, generally, people spend their time with family and perform ancestral rites with traditional Korean food. We interviewed students from various countries for the upcoming Chuseok in September. Tatiruen is from Vietnam, and it has been three years since she came to Korea. Vietnam also has a national holiday like Chuseok, however, the holiday period is not long and not as important as New Year's Day. New Year's Day is regarded as the most important national holiday in Vietnam. Vietnamese play tr

Climate Change and El Nino Will Make Our Summer Even Warmer

On May 17, 2023, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published a report and warned that the hottest summer in history awaits. Also, American meteorologists said that El Niño will develop this summer with a chance over 90 percent, ending the last three years of La Niña conditions. The scientific anticipations about another extremely hot summer rises people’s anxiety through the roof. El Niño and La Niña are natural climate patterns that occur in the Pacific Ocean, which later influence the climate of the entire globe. When El Niño occurs, the warm sea water in the Pacific Ocean spreads

Dwindling Disaster Message

From 2020 to 2022, when COVID-19 was in full swing, the average number of disaster text messages sent per year reached 54,402 over a total of three years. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security of the Republic of Korea said it will push to exclude text messages recommended for safe driving or missing warnings related to heavy snow warnings from the disaster text list. The disaster character system was introduced in May 2005, and it is now in its 19th year. In response to the emergency of the problem in Korea, air raid warnings, emergency disasters such as earthquakes with a magnitu

Harvard University, include forced labor and East Sea" in its new textbook

Harvard University Press recently made revisions to their textbook "Korean History: Discovery of Its Characteristics and Developments," in response to criticisms about the way it addressed certain aspects of Korean history. One of the major changes was the inclusion of the East Sea as a term to refer to the body of water between Korea and Japan, alongside the commonly used name, the Sea of Japan. The use of the name "Sea of Japan" has long been a point of contention between Korea and Japan, as it reflects Japan's historical dominance in the region and ignores Korea's own history and perspectiv

In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal, The Dangers of Pseudo-religion

Through In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal, which was recently released on Netflix, people are interested in events that occurred in pseudo-religion in the modern history of the Republic of Korea. The documentary details the incident that occurred in South Korea. In addition, through interviews with pseudo-religious victims introduced in the documentary, he revealed that he could be exposed to financial losses and sexual crimes at that time and ruin his life. Such pseudo-religion is now common around us. We need to look at the past actions of pseudo-religion and find out how we should disting

2023 Raises Public Transport Costs

In 2023, there were many changes, including the disappearance of college entrance fees and the disappearance of food expiration dates. Among them, the biggest change we felt in our lives was the increase in utility bills, including electricity bills and public transportation costs. Most of the major cities nationwide have decided to raise public transportation fees, including buses, subways and taxis. Following the increase in oil prices last year, the cost of operating private vehicles has increased, and public transportation costs have also been raised. According to the National Statistical

Normalization of bank business hours

Central commercial banks, including South Korea's top five banks (KB, Shinhan, Hana, Woori, NH), and state-run banks, including the Industrial and Industrial Bank of Korea, began operating at 9 a.m. on January 30. After external legal advice, the banks decided that it was possible to normalize business hours without labor-management agreement after the obligation to wear indoor masks was lifted, and from that day, it returned its business hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It has been about a year and a half since July 12, 2021, when the fourth level of social distancing in the Seoul metropolitan are