I always loved writing, so I dreamed of being a writer and joined a literary club in my school days. I could have studied Korean Literature in college, but I thought it would be better to understand p
I have been studying at Ewha for one semester and am now starting my second. I came to Ewha initially because it looked like a beautiful campus, but I didn’t really know much about the universit
On Aug. 14, Abe Shinzo, prime minister of Japan, made a public announcement commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War. In the announcement he mentioned that even though the curr
I spent my summer in Shanghai during this vacation to take a Mandarin course. Before I left Korea, I set my goals that I wanted to achieve in a foreign land. Of course, the first and foremost goal was
This summer, I celebrated two National Independence Days: one in the United States, and the other in Korea.In the States, I spent the 4th of July in Bloomington, Indiana, a small scenic city in the mi
I left Germany to start my life in Korea in March 2015. Previously, I came here as a tourist three separate times. Generally speaking, I fell in love with the way of living here during my trips. Korea
There is a Confucian proverb that even a little bean can create joy as it is shared among friends. The spirit of sharing and caring in a capitalistic society may be a good solution for the problem of
My name is Tram-Anh TRAN, and I am from Neoma Business School in France. I have been an exchange student at Ewha since September.When I first arrived in Korea, I was impressed by how fast the trends c
On May 27, Lee Hyo-sun, another victim of comfort woman, passed away at the age of 91. She was forced by the Japanese military to serve as comfort woman at the age of 17, and she returned home after t
I went to University of Tennessee College of Social Work in Nashville, United States, as the first foreign professor of the school in 2005. My stay in the States was a time for me to examine my outwar
I remember receiving a comment on my report card from my fourth grade teacher with something like the following: “Ji Won is shy and quiet,” assuming that I was influenced by the Asian cult
As for many foreign people, my first approach to Korean culture was due to the popularity of Hallyu –to be more specific, Korean dramas and music. I have always been interested in studying langu
In your youth, you might have heard the perplexing question, “Who do you like more between mom and dad?” To disappoint the questioner’s anticipative curiosity, a normal kid would hav
Have you heard of the term “yellow fever?” Apparently, a large number of males (usually Caucasians) have a strangely strong preference toward Asian females. The reason for yellow fever may differ acco
My name is Jennifer. I am 20 years old and I started my adventure abroad three months ago. I have wanted to live abroad since I was in elementary school; in fact, back then I was certain that I was go
I was trained as a psychoanalyst in New York for five years. Psychoanalysis is a system of psychological therapeutic theory founded by Sigmund Freud. He believed that psychoanalysis can cure psychopat
I knew almost nothing about Korea when I arrived last August. The only thing I knew about Korea was the location on the world map. I only knew that it was a dynamic country where the rate of growth de
In a hustle bustle of the morning subway station, two people bump into each other in an attempt to go somewhere faster, probably to work. And at that moment, these two people frown and say “Aiss
Do we ever forget our first encounters with the city, that first time out in the convulsive, roaring waves of pedestrians on its downtown streets? In my earliest escalator rides in a downtown mall in
I stayed in France for a month last winter. I was looking forward to this trip since it was the very first time I got a chance to travel all by myself. I was always accompanied by friends or families