The eruption of an illegal oil well in Aceh, Indonesia, burned down nearby houses and resulted in the death count of over 20 people, on April 25th.Oil Well Eruption in Aceh Aceh is the northern-most province of Indonesia, located on the island of Sumatra. On April 25th, an oil well explosion in Peur
As reported on April 26th, archeologists in Peru have discovered more than 140 children killed ritually in a single event 550 years ago, which may have been the largest child sacrifice in history.Discovery of the Sacrifice The remains of 140 ritually-sacrificed children were found in Trujillo, a nor
On April 5th, a Samsung Securities employee made the mistake of typing 2.8 billion “shares” for stock dividends instead of 2.8 billion “won,” resulting in the circulation of 112 trillion won worth of unauthorized stocks. Details of the Incident Friday, April 6th, was a day when Samsung Securities de
The third inter-Korean summit is scheduled at the end of April, and a North Korea-United States (US) summit is also expected to take place for the first time in succesion. 2018 Inter-Korean Summit News of the 2018 inter-Korean summit was initially reported on March 6th when the special delegation of
President Moon Jae-in and the Blue House, the Presidential Office of Korea, announced that a presidential proposal for a constitutional amendment was billed on March 26th, 2018.Constitutional Amendments in Korea The Constitution of Korea has gone through nine amendments during the past 70 years sinc
The Syrian government’s assault on East Ghouta has accumulated over 300 civilian casualties in four days since its initial bombardment on February 18th, 2018. East Ghouta, SyriaThe Syrian Civil War has continued to result in deaths of unrelated civilians in East Ghouta. Located near Damascus, Syria’
Staff and students of Majory Stoneman Douglas High School suffered from a school shooting resulting in 17 casualties and 15 injuries on February 14th, 2018. Massacre at Majory Stoneman Douglas High SchoolNikolas Cruz, a former student of the Majory Stoneman Douglas High School who was expelled for d
Since last February, the international “#MeToo” movement has spread to Korea, and victims of sexual harassment have started to share their stories in hopes of exposing the magnitude of the problem to the public. #MeToo MovementThe #MeToo movement is a social media campaign with the purpose of exposi
There has been considerable discussion on the energy consumption of Korea lately. Controversies regarding the establishment of new nuclear power plants garnered public interest recently because no better options seemed to exist. Aside from the numerous new and renewable energies that could be possib
The Mobile Device Distribution Improvement Act was amended on October 1st of this year after three years of intense criticism since its implementation. With consumers changing phones more than ever due to this recent amendment, the government is proposing various methods to reduce telecommunication
Tourists in China frequently complain about the fact that major websites such as Google, Facebook or YouTube cannot be accessed without the help of a Virtual Private Network (VPN). Korea also has an Internet censorship system that blocks unsuitable websites by redirecting the user to the national ce
The film Okja gathered much interest in Korea this summer due to its rather unusual platform of delivery in Korea, Netfilx. The possibility of enjoying a new movie release in the comfort of one’s home is appealing to many people. Numerous services similar to Netflix have appeared in recent years as
The natural process of aging is one that nobody can escape from. People grow old and many physical disabilities appear along with mental weaknesses as time passes by. This inevitable aging process, however, brought forward a question that has motivated researchers all around the world. How exactly d
The first semester of 2017 is coming to an end, and the first scholarship application of this year is drawing near with it. As there have been many controversies regarding SKKU’s scholarship system since the beginning of this school year, the Sungkyun Times (SKT) will now report about SKKU’s current
Dr. Kim Joo-won and Dr. Jung Sang-hyun of the Department of Construction and Environmental Engineering were selected for the 2017 Presidential PostDoctoral Project along with Dr. Lee Sangah of the Department of Medicine. The ‘Presidential PostDoctoral Fellowship’ is a project established by the Mini
SKKU’s Embedded Software Research Laboratory (ESLAB) has been acknowledged as an exceptional software laboratory and selected for the Ministry of Science’s Software Star-Lab program. The SW StarLab program is a government project started in 2015 that selects university software laboratories and supp
Won Hong-hee, professor of Fusion Medicine at SKKU, participated in an international team of researchers from the Human Knockout Project and announced the results of a largescale genetic survey in Pakistan. The Human Knockout Project is genetic research that aims to discover the genetic functions of
Professor Song Choong-Eui’s chemical research team succeeded in converting toxic material into profitable medicine ingredients through artificial enzymes. This development was made possible by taking reference from a chemical reaction that happens in the human body. Glyoxal, the toxic compound conce
Avian Influenza (AI) and its spread are reported on a daily basis these days, but the Korean government’s only actual response to this epidemic has been mass culling. 33 million poultry animals in Korea are known to have been culled in less than half a year since the first reports of AI, and the num
The rapid advances in communication technology have brought forth a new form of employment. It is not imperative to sit in an office for the entire day anymore. In fact, living in a single area is no longer needed to maintain a steady occupation. There are people who wish to work while traveling all