Q1. Please introduce yourself.Hello, my name is Miura Tomomi, and I am a 24-year-old Japanese student at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU). I come from Saitama Prefecture, which is near northern Tokyo. I entered SKKU as a student of the Humanities Affiliated College in 2018. After my first year, I deci
In May, the oldest commercial art gallery, Gallery Hyundai, started the test operation for its art non-fungible token (NFT) platform. In addition, AIT, a digital art company founded by Gallery Hyundai, announced its plans to create an NFT of White Ox, one of the most famous paintings of the modern K
According to the 2019 Cancer Statistics published by the Ministry of Health and Welfare last year, the probability of being diagnosed with cancer within one’s lifetime is about 38% in Korea. Cancer has been the number one cause of death for the last 40 years. For World Health Day on April 7th, the S
Change to Merit-based Scholarship Standards in 2022Until 2021, students who received a merit-based scholarship received a full tuition waiver if they were within the top 1% of their class, and those within the top 4% received a 70% tuition waiver. From the spring semester of 2022, though, those in t
Kim Sang-woo, a professor in the School of Advanced Materials Sciences and Engineering, and his team have developed the world’s first biodegradable frictional electric generator that can dismantle and remove medical devices inside a body for a short time without any additional surgeries by modulatin
After the test operation last semester, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) will operate global lectures and innovation lectures from 2022. Global lectures and innovation lectures are new education models for future colleges that SKKU suggested for the rapidly changing environment due to student reductio
Changdeokgung Palace, a royal palace of the Joseon Dynasty located near the Sungkyunkwan University, has shared more than 500 years of history with Kingos. Changdeokgung Palace is exceptionally well-preserved, and it is known for its beautiful Secret Garden surrounded by trees and mountains. Followi
Coex is an exhibition venue located at Gangnam-gu, Seoul, but is also a shopping mall complex that includes shopping facilities, hotels, and theaters. Lots of people visit Coex to enjoy the shopping and entertainment. Across from Coex, however, there is Bongeunsa, a representative Buddhist temple of
On July 12th, the minimum wage for 2022 was set at 9,160 won, which is an increase of 440 won from 8,720 won. Following this new wage increase, the salary based on five workdays a week and eight work hours a day (a total of 209 hours) will be 1,914,440 won. A formal meeting was held that day, and th
Recently, severe floods and heat waves have occurred throughout the world more regularly due to abnormal climate changes. Especially in Western Europe and Asia, many dead and missing have been reported due to natural disasters. On July 22nd, the worst floods in 40 years occurred in India’s western s
On July 26th, Getbols (Korean tidal mudflats) were registered as a United Nations Educational, Scientific , and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in recognition of their value to biodiversity conservation. This is the 2nd World Natural Heritage Site in Korea after Jeju Volcanic Isla
About a year after a massive explosion at a Beirut container terminal on August 4th last year, Lebanon is now in the middle of political confusion and economic difficulty. The value of their currency has declined 90 percent, and foreign exchange holdings are out of money, which has led to the end of
People usually drink soft drinks when they eat fast food like chicken, pizzas, and hamburgers; however, soft drinks are usually harmful to the body because they are often high in calories and low in nutrition, containing lots of sugar. With attention turning to low-calorie food, zero-calorie drink p
It has been eight years since web novels newly appeared in 2013, and the market size of web novels has grown from 10 billion to 600 billion won. The global influence of Korean web novels is spreading through international content platforms like Naver and Kakao Entertainment. As the attention and exp
The consumer trends that pursue cost-effectiveness and satisfaction are gone, and the era of buying products for fun has arrived! There are lots of consumers enjoying buying fun products, which are referred to as Funsumers, in Korea. A Funsumer is the combination of the words ‘fun’ and ‘consumer,’ a
March has come, and it has been a little more than a year since people have not been able to go out freely. Everyone wants to get out now; however, it might be difficult to leave your home sweet home. Similarly, the world is surrounded by monsters all of a sudden, and the only safe place is my sweet
In the second half of this year, President Moon Jae-in announced a plan to invest 20 trillion won in electric vehicles (EV) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) over the next five years. This is to make Korea the most competitive country in the field of future cars. EVs use electricity for driving