Delayed wages, smaller wages than written on the contract, no insurance, harassment are not unusual cases as people commonly go through such happenings. Instead, these problems are perceived as part o

Student protest against Program for Industry Needs Matched Education (PRIME) project persists as schools have applied for the project without students’ consent.PRIME project is a government fund

Students exit the subway station, choose a rice ball sold by a vendor, and hurry to school. This scene is not unusual in mornings on the way to Ewha. Although having breakfast is believed to be essent

In the last issue, Ewha Voice reported a hate crime committed against Solidarity for Queer Liberation at Sogang University, “Dancing Queers,” (Dancing Q) and its confrontation against the

Seodaemun-gu Office has recently implemented new systems for its Safe Return Home Service. The office initiated the Branch Bus Safe Return Home Service and Community Night Patrol in March 2015 and thi

Movements regarding sexual minorities have been active on university campuses on both sides: students fighting for LGBT rights and opponents consistently objecting to it. Amid rising tensions, homopho

Kim Hee-jeong (alias), a sophomore of Ewha Womans University, decided to photocopy class textbooks instead of purchasing them this semester. After attending a year of college, she realized that books

Last week, the Ministry of Education (MOE) inspected freshman orientation sites of 13 universities nation-wide, including Hanyang, Hongik and Seoul National University of Education.“We are deepl

Despite the successive amendments to the law to legalize and vitalize the food truck industry, there have been constant complaints regarding the strict restrictions that cut the business value of food

On March 1, 1919, many Koreans gathered to oppose the Japanese colonial rule to announce the Declaration of Independence, paving the way for Korea’s independence from Japanese colonial rule. Sin

More and more universities are promoting students’ start-up business by adopting separate leave of absence policies for those who need to take time off to start their own businesses.Ewha recentl

In recent decades, there has been a steady decline of movements by university student unions that were once prevalent in the 1990s. At the same time, there has been a great change in the role of today

Universities including Ewha, Sogang, Korea, and Seoul National University have recently expanded their liberal arts curricula by increasing the number of general curriculum courses and programs. Gener

Implementing maternity leave will become an obligation for universities in Korea.On Feb. 4, law makers revised a clause of the Higher Education Act. According to the revised clause, students who wish

On Oct. 12, controversy ignited when South Korea’s Education Minister Hwang Woo-yea declared the ministry’s plan to rewrite history textbooks under state control. Beginning this November,

Ivory towers that symbolize university education are increasingly being built below ground levels. Facing the limitation of ground area on campus, universities are making use of their underground spac

A new pan-governmental system was introduced to promote a better employment environment for foreign students wishing to enter small and medium Korean enterprises for . This system aims to alleviate th

Starting from last year, universities are abandoning merit-based scholarships and increasing need-based scholarships. This is becoming a widespread phenomenon on campuses. On Oct.14, Korea University

“Our firm started from a seed of thought to make something practical and fun with our own hands,” said Kang Jeon-wook, CEO of BIK Ventures. “Even though we have a lot to learn, the d

Seodaemun-gu has formed a cooperation with Ewha Womans University’s Alley Resident Union’s 18 landlords and Cultural Vitality Base on Oct. 16. The cooperation was formed to stabilize the r