Various international and domestic competitions are held by our university. The Asia-Pacific International Chopin Piano Competition is an international competition, and the National Taekwondo Poomsae Competition is a national competitions. Moreover, the National High School Music Competition, the National Fine Arts Competition, and Youth Musical Performance Competition are for national youth. The Gazette will give information about the international and national competitions in our university.The Asia-Pacific International Chopin Piano CompetitionThe Asia-Pacific International Chopin Piano Com
Many countries cooperate with each other for mutual development. OECD member countries, including Korea, and international organizations such as the World Bank and the UN have cooperated with developing countries for mutual development. Through development assistance, developing countries can develop their political and economic abilities, and developed countries can expand their export markets and get many resources. They can also build political and diplomatic relationships. The Korean government has implemented official development assistance through the Korea International Cooperation Agen
International diplomacy is important to many countries. In the case of Korea, maintaining diplomatic relationships is necessary because Korea is surrounded by countries such as Japan, China, and Russia, and Korea has a close relationship with the US. Diplomats represent their country and perform roles such as building political, economic, and cultural relationships with various countries. Therefore, their roles are significant because of the continuously changing diplomatic environment.Korean diplomats were selected through the National Foreign Service Exam from 1968 to 2013. However, the Nati
Water is essential for human life. However, water is insufficient around the world, and many countries have difficulty managing water in a hygienic way. Therefore, many countries make efforts to get clean, safe water and to prevent disasters related to water. Governments, scholars in the water field, and NGOs established the World Water Council (WWC) to find solutions to global water problems. The World Water Council proposed the World Water Forum to discuss water problems around the world in 1997.World Water Council (WWC)The World Water Council (WWC) is an international non-profit umbrella or
Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center started from Jejungwon, an old hospital built by missionaries in 1899. A new Dongsan Medical Center will open in 2016. In this edition, the Gazette will introduce the 115 year history of Dongsan Medical Center and the new Dongsan Medical Center.HistoryJejungwon was built by a missionary, Woodbridge Odlin Johnson, in 1899. He started in a small thatched house located in Daegu Yangnyeongsi. In the beginning, his work was just prescribing drugs to people because the medical equipment that he brought from the United States to Busan had not arrived in Daeg
LINC is a program to foster leading universities. LINC was made by the Ministry of Education and Science Technology to improve the relationship between companies and universities. In addition, Capstone Design was made by the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation and is offered as a regular class in nine colleges: Business Administration, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Architectural Studies, Medicine, Pharmacy, Fine Arts, and Fashion. Capstone Design is also a LINC program. In this edition, the Gazette will introduce LINC and Capstone Design.LINCLINC is an abbreviation of Le
Daegu is the only city which doesn’t have a national industrial complex out of 8 metropolitan cities and 8 provinces. However, Daegu is going to be developed with the construction of Daegu Technopolis and Daegu Suseong Medical City and the opening of the city monorail. In this edition of the Gazette, I will introduce Daegu Technopolis, Daegu Suseong Medical City, and the city monorail.Daegu TechnopolisTechnopolis will be a city of more than 150,000 people an many science-oriented conpanies and research facilities in the suburbs of Hyeonpung-myeon and Yuga-myeon, Dalseong-gun. According to Daeg
These days, the poor restoration of Sungnyemun, which is the south gate in Seoul, is a big issue. Therefore, the Board of Audit and Inspection investigated the repair and management of all cultural assets from December last year to February this year. On May 15, it announced that chemical glue was used in the restoration work on Sungnyemun and no measures to prevent the tilting of Cheomseongdae, a traditional observatory in Gyeongju have been taken. The chemical glue makes the possibility of Sungnyemun catching fire 4 times higher than before, and Cheomseongdae is tilting at 1mm per year. Cons