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

The review of improvement scheme for university tuition payment system was revealed on Sept. 9. The scheme had been proposed by the Ministry of Education last January, aiming to lessen financial burde

On Sept. 14, the Seoul Administrative Court announced its ruling against Ewha Womans University, rejecting the school’s demand for property tax exemption amounting to 256 million won. Ewha had f

Seodaemun-gu Office held a contest, which ended on Sept. 9, to nominate nine majors for a link-enterprise of universities located in the Sinchon area. Sinchon-dong was nominated as one of the city-reg

While high school seniors nation-wide are intensely preparing for Suneung, the College Scholastic Ability Test in Korea, to be taken in November, universities are spurting to attract more applicants t

The Campus Food Truck Project, initiated at Yonsei, Sogang and Konkuk University to help students gain experience starting their own businesses, officially kicked off this September.As a cooperative p

In recent years, there have been controversies regarding the issue of university dormitory fees. Some school dorms turned out to be more expensive than one-rooms, rooms that are equipped for one perso

Every morning, commuters pack into buses and subways during rush hour, taking advantage of the affordable ways of commuting. These buses and subways often become a so-called “commuting hell.&rdq

Yonsei University, at the head of several universities seeking to cool down extreme competition for class registration, has made changes to its course registration system. However, students’ com

This year celebrates the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonization. However, victims of sexual slavery for the Japanese military, the so-called “comfort women,&rdqu

During the school festival season of May, some festivals were heavily criticized whereas unconventional counterparts have been suggested as alternatives. The new movement is represented by activities

Ordering chicken, pizza or Chinese food and other take-out foods to share with friends on campus is a delightful memory of college life. To enhance the convenience of delivery food, some university st

On October 2014, Seodaemun-gu appointed 17 students as “University Student Food Sheriffs,” honorary food sanitation inspectors who promote a safe environment for food hygiene. “There

In spite of the growing number of Muslim students at universities in Korea, schools are not prepared to cater “permissible” foods to students from Islamic regions. According to the statist

A number of university students have set up booths on campus to help the victims of the Nepal earthquakes that have resulted in over 8,000 casualties since April 25. Dankook University, Hankuk Univers

Students are confused over the different employment rates reported by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Statistics Korea. The two bureaus have been applying different sets of criteria for the employ

New bills to prevent sex offenses in universities seem far from being enacted as 70 schools refused to report their statistical data on cases of sexual offense within each school. One out of three fou