U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime minister Fumio Kishida held the U.S.-Japan summit on January 13th at the White House. The joint statement announced that the meeting was mainly concerned with the issues surrounding North and South Korea, as well as the Ukraine War, China, Taiwan, and the
On January 11th, Bloomberg News reported that Apple decided to customize more components to lessen dependency on technical partners such as Samsung and LG. According to the report, Apple plans to produce its own Apple Watch Ultra display by the end of 2024. The company is expected to replace the dis
Since this February, Seoul City raised the minimum fare for a mid-sized taxi from ₩3,800 to ₩4,800 and reduced the base distance from 2km to 1.6km. Furthermore, last December, Seoul City extended the late-night surcharge time slot from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. and the extra surcharge from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.
On January 27th, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) announced the result for the 5th public financial forecasting of the National Pension System (NPS). The financial forecasting of the NPS refers to an overall plan for managing the NPS, which includes insurance fee adjustments and fund operat
On December 16th , 2022, the Ministry of Education (MoE) held a conference to discuss the deregulation of universities in Korea. Deregulation refers to the abolition of university assessment and allows universities to establish or restructure new departments. However, there are questions as to wheth
Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), which celebrates its 625th anniversary in 2023, continues to create leaders in society to this day. One of them is Park Yong-jin, a National Assembly member, who graduated from SKKU in 1997 with a major in Sociology. He dove into the world of politics after graduation
Q1. Please introduce yourself.Hey! My name is Louis Aaron Krol, and I am a 25-year-old international exchange student from Germany, studying for a master’s degree in the Netherlands! I love traveling, doing sports, and learning. Here, I am taking Master of Business Administration (MBA) courses, and
Q1. Please introduce yourself.Hello! My name is Kim Na-yeon, and I am 24 years old. I am majoring in the Global Leader course at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU). Though many students in my major enter law school, I am double majoring in International Trade to pursue other interests. This year, I’m st
Yoo Ji-beom, the 22nd President of SKKUOn January 2nd, the presidential inauguration ceremony of Yoo Ji-beom — the 22nd president of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) — was held in the New Millenium Hall of the 600th Anniversary Hall. Before the ceremony, President Yoo attended the Goyurye, a tradition
On January 18th, the Graduate School of Governance and the East Asian Collaboration Center of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) held the entrance ceremony of the 2023 Global Environmental Leaders Program (GELP) domestic curriculum in the 600th Anniversary Hall. GELP is a program organized by the Minist
The research team led by Professor Baik Jeong-min of the Advanced Materials Science and Engineering Department identified the contact electrification drift phenomenon and has developed a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) with the highest output power. TENG converts mechanical energy into electric e
Did our new, aesthetic front cover attract you to open our magazine? The Sungkyun Times (SKT) has been greatly redesigned from the start of the new year. We have renewed our cover layout, which had remained unchanged for a number of years. Even so, the transition goes on — the SKT’s logo has been up