Recently, it has become quite easy to notice Kingos talking to people in booths in front of the Business School Building on the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus. These booths are “recruiting booths” that have been set up in line with the recruitment season, showing Kingos’ high interest in the
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
After meeting South Korean President Moon Jae-in, United States (US) President Donald Trump said that his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jongun might be held after the US congressional elections on November 6th. Although the Korean Peninsula has been more peaceful than ever, neighboring
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) declared that it would boycott the International Fleet Review on Jeju Island and would not to send its vessels. Japan Boycotting an International Fleet Review on Jeju IslandThe International Fleet Review in Jeju is a naval review held by the Republic of Kore
In October 2018, South and North Korea started demining together along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and its neighboring regions. A Process of the Demining Works This cooperative demining operation between South and North Korea is the first actual movement based on the 4·27 Panmunjeom
On September 13th, the Korean government announced tougher measures to impose more property taxes on houses and restrict mortgage loans in order to stabilize the housing prices in the country.Details of the New MeasuresHousing prices in main regions including Seoul, Sejong, Busan, and adjacent areas
A Korean man in his sixties was infected by the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus after his business trip to Kuwait, which has sparked new fears of infection around the country.The Outbreak of MERS Again in 2018 On September 4th, a 61-year-old Korean man was diagnosed with
August 14th was the first official memorial day for comfort women to remember and address the issue inside and outside the country.Designation of the Memorial Day for “Comfort Women”On August 14th, 1991, Kim Hak-sun publicly announced that she had been a victim of Japanese colonialist sex slavery, c
A large number of BMW cars in Korea caught fire this summer.Increase in the Number of BMW Fire Related Incidents More than 40 BMW cars have caught fire according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) prior to August, 2018. In fact, two to three BMWs have caught
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,
The renowned British medical journal The Lancet, in its May issue, announced a breakthrough in the development of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), which is an illicit drug also known as ecstasy, as the very first cure for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), drawing attention from patients an
Recently, numerous complaints about the extreme violence in an assault scene in the tvN drama My Mister were accepted by the Korean Communications Standards Commission (KCSC). Although the KCSC announced that it would deliberate the scene, the drama production company said that the assault scene was
At the end of March 2018, the entire region of Atlanta, in the United States (US) was attacked by ransomware, and various administrative systems were paralyzed. For 120 hours, all civil complaints from the state had to be resolved using only paper and pen. But, it is not only that: the fear of ranso
Although the cryptocurrency fever among student communities in Korea seems to be dying down, the attention of the world is still focused on cryptocurrencies. The cryptocurrency regulation was even dealt at the G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in March 2018, and even some c
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
Television (TV) has been an essential part of our lives for a very long time; a number of TV owners are paying the public broadcasting license fee. Since 1981, the public broadcasting license fee has been fixed at around 2,500, but even with this fixed license fee, the public broadcasting stations
In October 2017, an employee for Hanssem, a large furniture enterprise in Korea, disclosed the fact that her boss sexually assaulted her. The employee, however, was then threatened to be sued for defamation, and her salary was docked as well because of her disclosure. As such, defamation law in Kore
Bitcoin was certainly one of the hottest issues in Korea at the beginning of 2018. There was an enormous interest in “virtual currency” within the students’ community due to its relative ease of accessibility and its unpredictable price fluctuations. As a movement for huge change is detected within
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