A television series named ‘I Live Alone’ aimed to broadcast common interests among those who live alone. It gained huge popularity amongst oneperson households.Recently, the number of people living alone increased drastically and is expected to grow. The companies are trying to figure out the causes

As the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, is spreading rapidly in South Korea, university students have created websites and apps informing users of the areas previously visited by nowquarantined patients. The public is praising their work for providing easy access to essential information.W

“Any questions? Any thoughts?” often brings deadly silence into classrooms in South Korea. It happens in 2020 as it did a decade ago at the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit when Barack Obama specifically offered the Korean press a chance to ask the first question as host country. Half a minute of silence init

Exchange students and full time international students have faced many schedule adjustments due to the coronavirus. Numerous spring programs in and out of Korea have been cancelled or postponed. Full-time international students struggled because they cannot find the flight to return to Korea. The Of

The school’s regulations were revised and implemented starting March 20. If normal classes are not possible due to emergencies such as natural or man-made disasters, additional leave of absence is allowed beyond the prescribed period of leave. The president can also designate vacations that are not

The school amended three parts from the existing international exchange regulations. Students who are studying in foreign universities for the purpose of research and are under supervision of the foreign faculties do not need to acquire any credits. Moreover, exchange or visiting students from forei

A regulation on how the school will recognize credits on field practice has been established and carried out from March 1. The purpose was to follow School Regulations and stipulate details on crediting those who completed field practice courses inside and outside the country. According to the regul

The school has implemented a new course registration system starting from 2019 winter break courses. The course registration for the 2020 spring semester was the very first semester where all enrolled students used the new system. One of the major changes was allowing students to change their chapel

Ewha decided to run all classes as cyber lectures for four weeks starting March 16. With nearly 9,000 infected cases of the novel coronavirus, Ewha followed the announcements of many schools to provide cyber lectures. This announcement has startled various students, especially those of majors such a

The 52nd Central Steering Commission of Student Representatives raised a donation to help contain the rapidly spreading COVID-19, and support those who are infected. With over 8,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Korea, Ewha was one of many schools to make financial contributions. The C

As a part of the Ewha Mentoring School program, an online lecture on asset management and alternative investment was held on March 30 via Google Hangout MEET. Alongside with defining the terms and explain the ideas, the lecture covered what it is like to work in the field of asset management and dis

Under the Regulations for Management and Operation of University Innovation Support Projects, a self-evaluation committee for university innovation support projects will be formed and reflected in the regulations of the Educational Innovation Corporations. The head of the first university shall cond

“Jaeyeon’s Diary” and “Bott Pharm Toon” are cartoons on Instagram illustrated by Ewha students. These two student-cartoonists are Jo Jae-yeon, a junior majoring in Library & Information Science and Song Yu-bin who is attending the College of Pharmacy. These accounts have gained many followers by dep

As of March 3, 23 Chinese students put themselves in quarantine at I-house. When compared to the total number of Chinese students, which is 1,138 as of Oct. 2019, 2.02 percent of Chinese students are staying in the dorm. According to the Office of Communications, the dormitory system is completely u

A newly designed graduation gown has been unveiled 106 years after Ewha produced its first graduates in 1914. The renewal project started in 2018 by Professor Park Sun-hee from the Department of Fashion Design. The color of the new gown is Ewha Green, the school’s official color, and the gown has be

Many clubs have delayed or cancelled their offline promotions due to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus. Clubs are now struggling to promote their activities and recruit new members as they cannot hold offline events or seminars. March is the peak season in which school clubs recruit new memb

With the rapid spread of novel coronavirus infections in Europe, many Ewha exchange students have decided to return to Korea. Out of the 186 students who were expected to be outbound exchange students to Europe in the 2020 spring semester, only 81 students decided to continue their studies. Korea ha

In response to the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the novel coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic, the school has decided to extend online-only classes from March 30 to April 12, with offline classroom teaching tentatively starting from April 13. However, the prolongation of online courses i

The school announced that it would transition all of its courses online for the first four weeks of the semester. However, the start of online classes did not flow as smoothly as expected. On the first day, March 16, many students complained regarding late posts of notices from instructors and malfu

Peng-ha, a combination of Pengsoo and the word hi, has gone viral on social media. This buzzword was coined by Pengsoo, a character from “Giant Peng TV” aired on Educational Broadcasting System. The program also has a YouTube channel with more than 200 million subscribers. Pengsoo’s popularity is at