May is the month when Kingos may spend a lot of time with friends, lovers, or family members more than any other time. People enjoy warm sunshine on holidays and special days like Parents’ Day and Children’s Day in May. Therefore, Kingos might like to make special memories with them this month. The
May is obviously the month of warmth, sweetness, and love. After the harsh winter, spring has finally come along with beautifully blossomed flowers. Looking at the colorful flowers also makes people feel the warmth inside their hearts. Flowers are usually used for sending sincere messages to lovers.
Exhibition - Pierre-Auguste Renoir Convergence Art Exhibition: Scent of a WomanThe Renoir Exhibition: Scent of a Woman covers Renoir’s beautiful works. Pierre Auguste Renoir was a French painter who is famous for his impressionist style of paint works. This exhibition is held to show Renoir’s works
The libraries at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) are full of Kingos due to the upcoming midterm exams. Many Kingos who want a studying atmosphere visit the school libraries. In contrast, studying in one place every day may be boring and hinder Kingos’ concentration. For Kingos who feel tired of their
As the new semester has begun again, spring has also come as always. Though it is still chilly out and the cherry blossoms have not come out yet, there is a place where Kingos can take wonderful pictures in this early spring season. The Sungkyun Times (SKT) recommends visiting Iwha Mural Village whi
On November 9th, public outrage and discussion about the distribution of illegal pornography on the Internet cloud service was raised due to the arrest of Yang Jin-ho, the chief executive officer (CEO) of WeDisk, a company that provides a cloud storage service.The Background and Concept of the Webha
On November 16th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it has submitted a proposal for the increase in the minimum taxi fare from 3,000 to 3,800 to Seoul Metropolitan Council (SMC).Plans for Increasing Minimum Taxi Fare for Seoul TaxisLast October, the Seoul Labor and Management Comm
The Hera Seoul Fashion Week (SFW), which is the largest fashion show in Korea, was held for five days and ended on October 20th, 2018. Every year, a lot of influential people in the fashion industry show their works there. Among them, there was one Kingo pursuing her dream with her own fashion style
The Background of the ControversyThe women’s student council at SKKU is an independent organization under a central steering committee, consisting of female students. The women’s student council on the Natural Sciences Campus was abolished after a student referendum for abolition in 2014, but the on
From October 4th to 5th, the 2018 Festival “ESKARA” was held on the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus and the Natural Sciences Campus. The official title of the festival was “2018 ESKARA Youth Festival: Finding Huge Dreams.” Preparing for this festival, the 50th student council, “S:with,” said t
On October 6th, 2018, Han Seung-jin (Chinese Language and Literature / Fashion Design, 14), won the emerging-designer contestatthe 2018 Gangnam Festival. Since 2007, the festival has been held by Gangnam-gu to help promote its fashion industry. Recently, as more and more foreign tourists come to the
October is a month when Kingos get busier studying for the midterms. Since getting good grades is very important to most Kingos, exams can be a stress and burden to them. Therefore, the Sungkyun Times (SKT) asked some Kingos about their special experiences from previous exam periods. Amy (Senior, Ps
Hangeul Day, when Korean people celebrate the invention and their use of Hangeul, is in October. There are many ways of celebrating the day, and lots of people have been trying to spread Hangeul all over the world. In particular, the calligrapher Lee Sang-hyun is one of them, who has been trying his
As refugees from Yemen have recently arrived on Jeju Island, there has been growing debate over whether Korea should accept Yemeni asylum seekers as refugees or not. Furthermore, the government has announced that it would decide the acceptance or rejection of these asylum seekers by this September,
As the 7th local election will be held on June 13th, campaigning through viral marketing, a marketing method focused on spreading information through “word of mouth,” is expected to be used by many candidates. In addition, a viral marketing company has actually mentioned that currently there are a l
From May 1st, a quota system, which were agreed during the KOR-US FTA renegotiation, will be enforced to limit exports of Korean steel, focusing the attention of society on the KOR-US FTA renegotiation which took place from March 15th to 16th. Since the outcome of renegotiation will have a direct im
Numerous dog bite incidents, some of which have even resulted in death, have recently been reported, arousing people’s concern about dogs. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), announced that ‘Safety Measures for Dog Owners’ will be newly enforced from March. Controversy, howe
According to Uber, the global company which has a platform that connects customers and drivers, a person spends approximately 52 minutes per day in a car on average because of traffic in Asia. Many people regularly struggle through traffic jams, especially during rush hour. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tes