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
SKKU’s Sports Interaction Science Graduate School (SIS) was selected as one of the two schools to establish sports industry convergence graduate schools by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST). The sports industry is an industry with high future growth potential. The size of the global
On 22nd of May, Jainjeon, also known as Injajeon, was held for the first time in 5 years. Jainjeon is a sports festival between the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus and the Natural Sciences Campus. The festival, which used to be held annually until 2014, has not been held for the past five year
The research team led by Professor Chung Ka-young of the School of Pharmacy at SKKU revealed the specific process in which the G-Protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR) delivers drug components. The fact that drug components are delivered as a result of the action of GPCR and the structure after the activat
The concept of upcycling, which is known to be more practical than recycling, rises, celebrating World Environment Day on June 5 th . Upcycling is a way of recycling that redesigns useless or discarded items to regenerate them into new things which have high quality and environmental values. Upcycli
The tragedy of a fratricidal war took place in June of 1950 on the Korean peninsula. Though many years have passed since the war, the scars that are left remain in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The DMZ tour is a unique type of tourism that can only be done in Korea. The DMZ tour refers to the sights
1. Movie: Men in Black: International The spinoff movie of the original Men in Black series, Men in Black: International will be released on June 12th. The Men in Black series is about the universe and the Earth where all the alien races live together. In the movie, special agents of Men in
June is the month that heralds the beginning of summer. Warm spring has passed, and the heat is coming. The weather is now fine to go around in short sleeve shirts at night. But, a hot summer night can make Kingos feel unpleasant and sleepless, and the final exams are also a big stress factor. At th