The new Korean government calling for the enforcement of “blind screening” in hiring new employees in the public sector last month has induced a hot debate among job seekers and university

On Aug. 17, 41 public universities announced the abolition of admission fees, starting the upcoming year. The government’s project to gradually abolish admission fees was put into action to ligh

English language and literature freshman Heo Ye-jin criticises Ewha’s strict dormitory curfew. After band practice at 11 p.m., Heo must run to catch the bus back to her dorm to meet the midnight

With the rising occurrences of gender-discriminatory language being used on campus, many students are taking matters into their own hands, while university policies are changing to regulate such langu

The number of on-campus vegetarians in Korea is increasing, along with an acute, growing awareness of animal rights. According to the Korean Vegetarian Union (KVU), only 1 percent of the Korean popula

Seoul National University (SNU) has introduced a new grading system that will be implemented as of the upcoming fall semester. The new system aims to ease students’ stress over elective course g

The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced that a section of the higher education act reform was passed during the cabinet meeting on May 2. To prepare for the fourth industrial revolution, the reform

Electronic attendance systems has tripled in universities in the last two years. Prior to the electronic system, professors would manually call attendance, or hire a teaching assistant to do so. Unive

On April 21, Seoul announced the final seven teams for the University student Public Art contest that was held from Feb. 3 to 24. The selected seven projects are from Kookmin Univeristy, Seoul Nationa

The recent introduction and adoption of an unmanned security system is steadily replacing on-campus security guards. Contrary to the existing security system, the new unmanned system works using high-

Kim Sam, the representative of the Flyhighpeace Network, was given an 18 months’ sentence for protesting against the “comfort women” settlement issue. On March 26, Kim was accused of

Universities are making changes to prepare for the anticipated fourth industrial revolution. The fourth industrial revolution refers to the technological revolution based on Artificial Intelligence, r

From 2017, student athletes must keep up a GPA of 2.0 or above in the previous two semesters to be eligible to compete in games hosted, sponsored or approved by the Korea University Sport Federation (

In response to the threat of North Korea’s nuclear weapon, the installment of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), a missile defense system, was raised as a possible defense solution. Fo

To the right of Ewha’s Main Gate lies Ewha Start-up 52nd Steet, an alley of small stores run by university students. To support the trend of startups, the underground road in front of Yonsei Uni

At Yonsei University’s matriculation ceremony on Feb. 24, incoming freshmen were required to sign the “Student Honor Declaration.” Honor codes similar to that of Yonsei are currently

At the beginning of every semester, there are reports of sexual harassment incidents on and off university campuses. Even one-day orientation for freshmen, membership trainings (MTs) and school festiv

Many universities have increased tuition for international students after the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) controversial abolition of the tuition cap for international students last December. A

Beginning this year’s fall semester, seniors can change their majors if they complete the required credits of the new major. Previously, changing majors were only allowed for sophomores and juni

Confusion surrounding the possibility of the abolishing the Higher Civil Service Examination (HCSE, also known as Grade 5 Civil Service Examination) is leaving many students distressed. With the disco