The fixed book price system is a system in which the government forces bookstores to sell books at a lower price than those set by publishers. All books, regardless of the release date, can only be discounted by 10 percent. Despite the discount, the rising price of books has increased the burden on consumers. Since the book price system was first implemented in 2014, the book market has fallen by about 17 percent, while book spending by households has fallen by 44 percent. The publishing industry is scheduled to discuss whether or not to extend the fixed book price system in November 2020. It
fffff ‘Daegu, meet the development cooperation’, development cooperation week was held from November 20th to 26th at Keimyung University. As the part of the events, there was a presentation contest for the implementation of ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ (‘SDGs’) in the Ui-yang hall. SDGs are 17 global goals designed to be a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future and were enacted by United Nations. The grand prize winner gave presentation named ‘Our good coffee, the right coffee.’ This project’s objective was to create income of mobile cafés in developing countries through
The Third ‘Dong-cheon Forum’ was held in Dong-cheon Hall on Seung-seo Campus on the 28th of October. The title is ‘120 years of shining together at Keimyung: The light of truth, justice and love that Keimyung will shine’. As the title said, many discussions about how can Keimyung can shine these three lights were conducted during the forum. From the opening until to closing ceremony, attendees were made fully aware of considered the mission inside the school and the mission to the outside world that should be reflected in a Christian university. As the slogan ‘Opening the light to the world’ i
Administration Staff Park Chan-min smiled in front of Daegu IDCC. With the relocation of the Daegu International Development Cooperation Center (Daegu IDCC) to Keimyung University, international development cooperation opportunities will arrive at our university. Our newspaper reporter went to the IDCC office to interview a staff member. 1) Please briefly introduce yourself. Hi, my name is Chan-min Park, administrative staff member of Daegu International Development Cooperation Center. I want to become an ODA (Official Development Assistance) agriculture expert, so I am studying for a
The 2019 ASEAN- Republic of Korea commemorative summit took place in Busan from November 25 to 26. The first Mekong-ROK Summit took place in Busan, on November 27 in conjunction with the 2019 ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit. This commemorative summit was the biggest international diplomatic conference under the Moon Jae-in administration. As a part of the summit, the ‘2019 Development Cooperation Day’ was held as well. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency) co-hosted this event. There were two sessions and a welcoming address by the minister of forei
In the real world, we have to reveal our information such as name, age, and face. But on the Internet, we do not have to reveal our information. When we act on the Internet, we can use a nickname instead of our real name. That means we can speak our opinion more freely than in reality. Recently, the issue of introducing the Internet real-name system is arising because many people are suffering from malicious comments and the spread of false information on the Internet. Therefore, there are many different pros and cons for the introduction of this system. Pros Recently, a Korean celebrity commi
●Production Company : Playlist ●Main actors : Lee Na eun ,Shin Ye eun, Choi Bo min, Kim Dong hee and Ryu Eui hyun ●Screening date : July 1, 2018 There is a web drama that can currently watch on Youtube called A-teen. Although TV viewers are aging, there was an analysis that the possibility of success of dramas targeting teenagers has increased as the use of web and mobile-based content has spread. These days, web dramas are very popular among teenagers. An example of these new dramas is the web drama, A-teen, which is about teenage empathic romance and aimed at teenagers. The show consist
●Written by James Clear ●Genre: Self-help book ●Published in October 2019 ●360 pages It is time to start the second half of 2019. It's been a long time since many people made plans for the new year, but it is always time to find out why it is hard to change our bad habits and, how we can make good habits in the autumn season. To do this, I recommend the book Atomic Habits. The book recommends some important steps to accomplish change. First, a real change of behavior lies in a change of identity. This is the reason why we so find it hard to transform our bad habits to good habits. We don't thi