Among university students in Korea today, 12.2 percent of female students are estimated to drink over 10 glasses of alcohol in one sitting.The Korea Public Health Association (KPHA) recently conducted

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced on Aug. 29 that it would financially support economically disadvantaged university students through a low interest student loan and th

Universities are promoting smoke-free environment on campus in accordance to the Korean government’s newly enacted law: the National Health Promotion Act. The new regulation went into effect on

The youth unemployment problem has been getting worse as the rate of unemployed youth marked 8.4 percent in the first half of this year. Amid the current unemployment problem, university students&rsqu

Following the recent national energy crisis, it has been brought to people’s attention that universities have been overusing electricity. As an attempt to reduce the usage of power, universities

The Ministry of Education announced the “2013 Education Policy Analysis Plan” on May 22. The most notable change made in the new plan is the launching of qualitative evaluation, as the pre

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced its plans to recruit university students for Idolbom service for the first time in Korea on May 21. Idolbom, which means an act of taking care of a ch

Ewha Womans University received high scores in a study by the JoongAng Ilbo on college students’ satisfaction with their school, conducted to measure universities’ quality of education. Th

The Korea Immigration Service (KIS) announced that the number of foreign international students in Korea decreased 4 percent compared to the same period in 2012: from 90,119 to 86,519. There was a 7.9

Youth employment has always been the main concern of university students. Unlike the past where companies and universities encouraged students to start their own businesses, students now help each oth

Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced on April 30 that it will activate “University Housing Information Sharing Project” to alleviate student housing problem. It plans to reveal re

University students living apart from their families are burdened not only with the problems of paying high tuition, but also with finding a decent and affordable place to live in. Many students spend

With the new government administration, the Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism (MCST) organized a conference in which university students researched and offered strategies to materialize President

To cultivate students with a sense of community identity, many universities have been putting emphasis on students’ character education in different ways. These include reforming Liberal Arts co

Forty to fifty thousand won for every major’s book, three to four major classes per semester, the sum of money used to buy these books alone costs roughly 200,000 won. In an attempt to lessen students

Whenever a new semester starts, book fees are one of the burdens of many university students, along with the high tuition fee. In order to lighten university students’ “double burden,” social enterpri

With the youth unemployment rate exceeding 9 percent this year, young people of Korean society are commonly referred to as “the working poor.” To alleviate such difficulties today’s young people exper

As an increasing number of students wishes to donate their scholarships to other students who need more financial assistance, universities have introduced a policy known as honorary scholarship progra

The first Open Major graduates received their diplomas early this year, leading to criticism that the original purpose and intention of the major had not come through as expected.Such voices arose whe

Students are up in arms over the government’s decision to raise rent fees before new dorms are even built.The government announced its plan to construct the first University Student Dormitory in