On September 6th, SKKU held the “2019 Eurasian Sungkyun Korean Essay Contest” at the Lotte City Hotel Tashkent Palace in Uzbekistan. With the intent of making friendly ties with the rest of the world through the medium that is the Korean language, SKKU has been holding Korean essay contests in vario
A public hearing was held at the Humanities and Social campus of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) on September 10th – a follow-up to the hearing held five days earlier at SKKU’s Natural Science campus. The two events were hosted with the intent of discussing a new system SKKU is planning on impl
The animal registration system was implemented for the first time in 2014 to prevent lost or abandoned dogs. Five years have already passed since the animal registration system was mandated. Since 2014, it has been estimated that only 50.2 percent of about 5.11 million households with dogs registere
Parasite is the first Korean film to win the Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival, and it is considered to have grasped two qualities: profound criticism and box office success. Parasite is a great film in that the director Bong Joon ho’s own bizarre plot is expressed with style through extr
Kingos may be looking for performances or movies to watch with their friends after the long summer break. There are lots of options around Seoul, but if someone is looking for a combination of both music and a good storyline, a musical named Ben-Hur may be one of the best options out there. Thanks t
With the beginning of a new semester in September, many Kingos will be busy. With a relatively relaxing schedule and cool weather, however, September just might be the perfect time to refresh and enjoy going outside. Then, how about going for a walk in a palace with a beautiful nightscape? The Sungk
Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, stated the joint declaration that connotes “promotion of free trade” at the G20 Osaka summit, on June 28th, 2019. After the summit, however, Japan initiated trade restrictions on the core industrial materials of South Korea, which has brought turmoil to the globa
The number of Korean users who access Tor, the most infamous anonymous browser that can connect to the dark web, has tripled from 5,156 per day at the end of 2016 to 15,951 on July 11th. The dark web is an encrypted anonymous Internet network that cannot be indexed by a normal Internet search engine
The summer vacation month of August and Chuseok in September are periods that many Kingos are looking forward to. It is, however, not always that easy to get to a chosen destination because of traffic congestion on the roads. What if it took only 20 minutes from Seoul to Busan without any delays? It
The White House is delaying the decision to relax a ban on Huawei, the Chinese communication technology company, according to a new report on August 8t h. This regulation is different from the one in May, which states a ban on transactions with United States (US) companies by blacklisting Huawei. Th
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MOLIT) has introduced new 8-digit license plates for vehicles that include an extra number on the existing plate that will be used from September 1st. It is because the number of available registration numbers of the former 7-digit license plates
An electronic securities system is to be introduced on September 16th. It is a system that registers and issues shares in the electronic method without publishing real securities. The Korea Securities Depository (KSD) decided to adopt this system because of the drawbacks of the former
The overnight delivery is a new concept of delivery that started with the online grocery shop, Market Kurly. If an order is completed by 11 p.m. or before midnight, the order will be delivered to the front of the customer’s house by 7 a.m. of the next day. As such, for its convenience, the number of
The Korean film director Kim Bo-ra’s first full-length film, House of Hummingbird (2019), was officially released on August 29th in Korea. Her movie has been awarded over 25 prizes at the top international film festivals since its first release at the Busan Film Festival last year. It might not be e
There is a rapidly growing number of people that dream of becoming social media influencers. The idea that one may pursue a career through an activity they greatly enjoy is extremely enticing to many of the youth of today. This month, the Sungkyun Times (SKT) met up with lifestyle vlogger Seo Jae-ye
During the semester, lots of undergraduate and graduate students are going to stay in the school dormitories. Meanwhile, a curfew lasting from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. exists in the dorms that are under the direct control of the school. Students who have failed to enter a dormitory before the curfew hours h
The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) has selected Park HoSeok, a professor of Chemical Engineering at SKKU as the winner of the Scientist of the month award. This award selects a researcher who has contributed to the development of science and techno
The women’s lounge, Yeoggeum, at Dasan Hall of Economics on the Humanities and Social sciences Campus has disappeared after 14 years of its use and has been renamed as the Humanities Zone in the same place. This lounge had not only provided a room for resting but also conducted a book rental busines
Sungkyunkwan University has formed the SKKU Technology Innovation Advisory Group which consists of professors in hightech fields to support companies in trouble due to Japan’s export restrictions. Taking full advantage of the university’s research and development (R&D) achievement, this advisory gro
The research team of Kim Sang-woo, a professor of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering at SKKU has developed original technology for wireless charging that can get over the limitations of implantable medical devices. Previously, implantable medical devices like cardiac pacemakers and insulin p