The early voting system was tested on a national level for the first time in the June 4 local elections. Introduced by the National Election Committee (NEC) in April 2013, the system aims to make voti

Green is the new keyword among universities these days. Since the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) signed a Green Campus MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with 34 universities in Seoul on June 25,

Small and Medium Business Administration (SMBA) will implement startup internship program to promote young generation’s successful startup business. The internship program is expected to start f

The Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Korean Council for University Education (KCUE) announced the current state of college tuition on April 30.According to the results of MOE and KCUE, the average

Nowadays, numerous universities are reducing the number of large-scale lectures and instead increasing the number of small or middle-scale lectures. This phenomenon arose due to the announcement of th

In the continuing struggle for employment, a new phenomenon is appearing within universities: pre-graduates postponing graduation when they already finalized their grade credits. In schools, the so-ca

Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced “Plan for Protection of Right and Improvement of Working Environment for Young Part-timers” on April 10. The plan is designed to improve the o

The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced its 2nd five year plan on March 20. According to the plan, a total of 80 billion won will be invested in improving university libraries by 2018. With the plan

The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced a “manual for university students’ safety at group trainings” on March 21. On top of the yearly problems at university group trainings, the

An increasing number of universities are offering game related courses in their curriculum. In contrast to the parliament and government’s continuous arguments over game regulation and its downs

A fire occurred in the laboratory of the Industry-University Research Center in Yonsei University on March 12. Prior to this accident, an explosion took place in the laboratory of the College of Engin

Five major universities in Seoul including Ewha are currently building or planning to build new dormitories until 2015 to help solve the student housing problem. The total of 3,450 rooms will be newly

Students have always needed to use cars, but they face a realistic problem: lack of money to buy or rent a car. Sometimes they fail to rent a car just by a small amount of money. To solve these kinds

An increased number of universities is implementing childbirth and child care take-off semester system which allows students to take off additional four semesters. Students were only allowed to take s

Following the recent freshmen orientation crisis in Busan University of Foreign Studies (BUFS), other universities recognized the need to place more importance on safety in their orientations for fres

Numerous universities have changed their credit system regulations starting from this spring semester. The changes include marking the retake courses, issuing separate reports without F credits and ab

An increased number of universities is implementing “start-up taking-off semester system,” which allows students to take off a maximum of four semesters in contrast to the previous rule th

The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced its University Structural Reform plan on Nov. 11. According to this plan, the MOE will evaluate and classify universities according to five levels: highest, e

With the student union elections prevalent in mid-November among universities, campuses were filled with voices of candidates running for student union elections. However, a number of universities onl

One of the most important projects for student unions in universities is asking the school to lower tuition fees and increase scholarship benefits. Instead of only demanding these things from the scho