Privatization of public enterprises means that public companies that the government ran are transferred to private companies. The government are trying to implement privatization, but it has become a big issue in Korea.proRecently, the government decided that a subsidiary company of KTX will manage the KTX leaving from Suseo, and Korail will invest 30% in this railway. The rail union went on strike because they think that this is the starting point of the privatization of the railway. Therefore, the privatization of public corporations has become an issue. Although there is opposition to the p
Nowadays, we often hear news about child abuse. 10,943 cases of child abuse happened in 2012. It means 30 cases a day. The abuse and the age of the victims vary. In addition, people sometimes ignore cases of child abuse. We need to protect children who could be abused and provide treatment for children who are abused.Child abuse is physical, mental, or sexual abuse. Physical abuse is beating children or doing bodily harm to them. Mental abuse is ignoring, constantly criticizing, threatening, or rejecting children. Sexual abuse is making children do sexual behavior. According to the National Ch
Every year, many foreigners move to Korea, so the number of multicultural families keeps increasing. However, despite the increasing number of multicultural families, they are suffering from many types of discrimination in Korean society. Therefore, multicultural parents and children can’t easily adjust to life in Korea. A multicultural family counselor can solve these problems.RoleMulticultural family counselors help foreigners who have a hard time in adjusting to life in Korea. In addition, multicultural families’ children are often discriminated against because their appearance is different
In Korea, we normally call qualifications to get a job specs, an abbreviation of specification. Specs include language ability (TOEIC score), educational background, work experience, certificates, a good GPA, awards, such as for idea contests, language study in a foreign country, and volunteering. Though many enterprises have announced that they will try to reduce the spec-oriented tendency in recruitment, job-seekers still feel the importance of specs. Therefore, the Gazette will introduce information to help you get a job more easily. It is an internship program with the American Chamber of
On January 28, Keimyung University made an agreement to develop the Daegu culture industry with Sigongtech Co., Ltd. This agreement includes mutual exchange and use of manpower, information, equipment, and facilities.Through this agreement, 5 departments, Creative Writing, Photography and Image Design, Visual Communication Design, Video and Animation, and Music Production, will jointly manage exhibitions and produce music, animation, musicals and drama with Sigongtech.KMU and Sigongtech will jointly plan the exhibition program Honeybee Experience, which is a special regional program sponsored
KMU was selected as the supporting university by Korea International Cooperation Agency(KOICA). KMU will have support for the program for international development and cooperation.This support program was designed to develop experts in international development and cooperation. KOICA will provide theory classes and practical skill classes on international development and cooperation. The Spanish and Latin American Studies Department at KMU suggested the idea to develop experts on international development and cooperation in Central and South America, and KOICA selected the idea and decided to
In December, KMU received the 2013 University Evaluations from the Ministry of Education and the Korean Council for University Education. The University Evaluations were first implemented in 2011 to promote international campuses, the quality of universities, and their continuous improvement.The evaluation process is very complicated. There are 54 criteria. The process includes documentation and survey evaluation, verification of evaluation results, the university’s self-evaluation, the chief of the evaluation group’s final review, and review by the University Evaluations committee.KMU was cho
On February 7, Keimyung University’s Dongsan Hospital concluded a research agreement for fundamental medicine with the National Nano Center at National Nanofab Center (NNFC) located in Daejeon. The purpose of this agreement is to support the field of nano-technology and exchange experts.10 people including Kim Gwon-bae (director of Dongsan Hospital), Nam Jae-yeol (leader of the KMU Industrial Cooperation) and Jo Chang-hyeon (head of Management and Planning Division at NNFC) attended this agreement ceremony. After concluding MOU, they looked around the bio lab and nano research lab.Through this