I have been asked to offer my thoughts in this first edition of the Ewha Voice for the academic year 2012. Many issues could be addressed – from the political rise of Kim Jong-un to the politica

Last semester I received a call from a Seoul area high school teacher who inquired about the use of an uncommon English collocation that a student had written on her cloze test. The teacher thought th

Earlier this month I attended a conference about competition in the Korean society (SBS’s Future Korea Report: Competition Dilemma). Presenters lamented that there is excessive competition in li

Everyone likes to feel special, and enjoys making other people feel special, too. One morning last week, I phoned my neighbour from the apartment parking lot and told him in my broken Korean that he h

About ten years ago, when I studied business related subjects, I had come to believe that the goal of company was to maximize profit. One day I read a case study about a US power plant company, and a

The Korean economy’s dependence on foreign trade is nearly 90 percent, so the Korea’s case would be somewhat different from that of Japan, whose dependence on foreign trade is only about 2

As the Korea-EU free trade agreement goes into effect, the legal services market faces an imminent turning point. The Korean economy has attained rapid growth through market opening and competition. T

After several years in banking and finance, I landed into my current career field as a professor at the world’s largest women’s university. One part of my job as a professor is that I actu

So you want to be a lawyer or thinking of law school?But what is a lawyer’s life like in a “typical day” and what types of career paths, both domestic and international, exist with a

“I’m confused!” “I do not know how and where I place the information unites in preparation of the mid-term!” “Please confirm whether my note-taking is correct.&rdqu

Elites Attract Smart GirlsIn the surveys, more than 80% of Ewha students put an emphasis on high educational background and intelligence. Not surprisingly, this result reflects women’s tendency

Hopes Up, Ugly Joe’s! Here is good news for many plain Joe’s. For females, handsome appearance is not a significant factor in choosing their mates. This is because, biologically speaking,

Among overflowing questions posted on “the flower garden of secrets,” Ewha online community, the vast majority of questions are regarding boys. Some single Ewha girls ask questions like &l

Your expression is just like your face. Especially, a carefully polished written expression is considered to reflect your refined face. Whether it be a long-length essay or a short poem, a person&rsqu

A Chinese intellectual and political activist, Liu Xiaobo’s winning of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize created a media spectacle in the international community again generating the debates over the C

O.K. Let us not avoid the toughest question to college kids. What are you planning to do after graduating from college? This is what I would like to talk about today. In economic terms, it would be a

On a hot sunny day in early September, 1985, I walked into one of the toughest classes that I was ever to face as an undergraduate: Calculus. The course was to be taught by a certain Dr. Cohen who had

It’s a crime the way Americans keeps businesses so cold it makes your teeth chatter when it’s burning hot outside. When I went to the United States for a visit in July, it was cold on the

Ewha starts its autumn semester with a new President of the University, its fourteenth since the founder Mary Scranton. I admit I am very happy about Professor Kim Sun-uk’s selection; not only i

Un-zippering my winter coat and turning up the volume on my MP3 player, I am squeezed snugly into a subway car in Sinchon. The people on either side of me are equitably absent from the moment; watchin