Mountain View, California. Park Bo-young, graduate of English Language and Literature. Located in Mountain View, California, “Googleplex” is the corporate headquarters of Google, arguably the most influential multinational technology company in the world. The hectic schedule of this corporation is m

“Glass Ceiling,” a metaphor used to point out the social barriers that keeps women from reaching a higher place within the society, reflects what women in South Korea, a nation with the thickest Glass Ceiling among the OECD members face today. Along with the Glass Ceiling, high unemployment rate and

Knocking on opportunities: Park Sun-jung at Glipsa Global Group“If you are considering doing something, bring it out to action and gain more experience,” said Park Sunjung, an Ewha alumna working at Glispa Global Group, a global mobile marketing company based in Berlin, Germany. “Challenge yourself

Kim Jung-hwa, UX designer in the growing tech titan, San FranciscoHome to many well-known corporate headquarters, real-estate firms, banks and finance companies, it is not difficult to guess where the financial district of San Francisco got its well-known nickname, “Wall Street of the West.” Surroun

“Hell-Joseon,” an off-putting and negatively connoted term in the urban dictionary, emphasizes the harsh reality young South Koreans face today. From excessive educational burden, high unemployment rate, and low wages to underemployment, the long overdue employment issues of the country have led the

Samsung Convergence Software Course and Engineering education for womenEwha has been providing various engineering programs to students of all majors, one of them being the “Samsung S/W Training

Ministry of Education supports women engineers through WE-UP“The sex ratio differs in each major, but it’s around 8 men to 2 women in the engineering field.”“Despite the consis

Engineering has long been considered as a man’s domain. However, with the growth of the engineering industry, people have come to realize the need for women engineers. In adjusting to this socia

“Admit the student with the Gold from the Asian Games.”Professor Nam Kung Gon of Political Science & International RelationsThe school was found guilty of admission and credit fraud fo

“I resign to continue the Ewha spirit of harmony and trust. I swear there was no favoritism involving Chung Yoo-ra. That is not simply possible at Ewha.”Former president Choi Kyung-heeTo u

Hand-written posters fill universitiesWhile SGA represents the whole university, individual students are also raising their voices in the society. Various actions are taking place, such as starting si

University students’ declaration of situationWith the public demanding the resignation of President Park throughout the country, university students have been no exception in making a declaratio

For the past several weeks, the country’s unprecedented allegations of influence-peddling surrounding President Park Geun-hye and a few of her closest acquaintances, including Choi Soon-sil, unw

Breaking past “masculine sport” in KoreaNot providing girls with these skill sets is just another form of gender discrimination. Telling a girl that soccer is a boys’ sport, separati

Women’s empowerment; what it is, and why we need itWomen’s empowerment through sports, as is the priority of WSC, has become a trending topic globally. International authorities including

In the 80s, South Korea that wowed its neighbors, charging forth with exponential economic growth that took the war devastated nation to one of the most prominent economies in Asia. With corporate gia

Then and Now: the rise and fall of sports at EwhaSuch acknowledgement of the positive effects and importance of women’s sports participation are not without precedent at Ewha. In fact, Ewha has

Girl on girl talk: How girls are spreading the gameAt Teen Squad, high school girls are given the opportunity to lead and hold workshops in the fields of sports, health, nutrition and leadership for y

“She died on May 17, and coincidentally, I have #survived,” reads one of the thousands of post-it notes mourning the Gangnam station victim, stabbed to death by a Korean man with misogynic

Student Government Associations step in to improve students’ housing problemsApart from government-run programs to bolster the welfare of students who live outside their homes, Student Governmen