From July 17 to August 12 the 30th Summer Olympics will be held in London in the United Kingdom (the UK). For a successful Olympic Games, the UK, the first nation to holds the Olympics three times, is putting spurs to the final preparations. The best result of the Korean team is fourth place in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. Now, are you ready to enjoy the London Olympics in 2012?
On April 11, 300 assemblymen were elected members of the Korean National Assembly. This event was important in that we chose our leaders. Even though it was the most significant event in recent months, there were regrettable things.First, the election turnout was low like many previous elections. Although there were lots of events which encouraged people to vote, lots of citizens didn’t vote. Because most people didn’t change their thought that assembly members will continue to work for themselves not citizens, they didn’t want to join the voting. As a result, the election turnout didn’t grow
There was a special lecture by H.E. Lengyel Miklὁs, the ambassador of the Republic of Hungary at the Hengso Museum on Wednesday ,May 2nd. The topic of the lecture was “My experience in Korea”. The special lecture began with opening remarks by Dr. Seo Jung-Soo, Director of International Affairs , and a welcoming address by Synn Il-hi, President of Keimyung University. H.E. Lengyel Miklὁs started his work at the Hungarian Embassy in North Korea as the third secretary in 1986, and now he is the Hungarian Ambassador to South Korea.H.E. Lengyel Miklὁs can speak English, Korean, Ru
President Synn celebrating and introducing Ambassador Lengyel Ambassador receiving an honorary PhD from President Synn Students listening to Ambassador Lengyel’s special lecture
The sea is very important to human beings. It is where living things were born, and keeps the ecosystem in balance. On the other hand, human beings have been throwing away the dregs of human endeavor in the sea. Even though the sea has self-cleaning properties, because of the rapid increase of sewage caused by technology and industrial development, the self-cleaning property will reach a limit and the marine ecosystem is being destroyed. I will talk about what the marine pollution we are facing now and what the world has done and the Korea does to deal with it. The dregs of human endeavors are
Keimyung University and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade sponsored the Korea-Italy Forum in KMU on May 15.Synn Il-hi, KMU president, Kim Woo-sang, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, Staffan De Mistura, Italian undersecretary of foreign affairs, and Sergio Mercuri, the Italian ambassador to Korea, attended this forum. They discussed a new relationship in economics, cultural exchange, education, social welfare, and industrial technology.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was to sponsor this forum alone. However, the ministry selected universities like Seoul National Unive
Keimyung University was selected the only Innovation Center for Engineering Education (ICEE) in Daegu. The Ministry of Education & Science Technology and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology sponsor this enterprise for improving the quality of university engineering education.In the project, KMU planned the Keimyung Engineering Innovation Special Education Program (KEISEP) and the Female Smart Engineer Education Program.KMU will receive 200 million won every year for 10 years. KMU will carry out business capstone design, a local industry complex education course, KEISEP, global st
On May 22, Kim Chang Jong, a chief of the Daegu District Court gave a lecture in the audio-visual room of Hengso Museum. He visited Keimyung University to give some advice and information about laws to students who are in the Department of Law and the Department of Police Administration. The theme of his lecture was 'The Era of Change : Including Citizens in the Judicial Process' and he explained civil participation in trials. Recently, the court system has adopted the Dreiinstanzen system to weigh offenses objectively and properly and provide a rational judicial system for citizens. In additi