By Ahn Chee-young, Choi Ye-jin, Jang Ha-rim, Jeong You-hyunMany young people who move from their hometowns to work or study face many challenges as they start solo life in a new city. For one thing, it is not always easy to prepare healthy meals. A growing number of Koreans are relying on ready-meal

In the final installation of the overseas series on Finnish IT education, we compare coding education in Korea and Finland. While Finland is thought to be a more unconfined environment for learning, a

The first part of this series gave a general overview of the principles of Finnish education and glimpses of Finnish college classes. In this issue, we take a look at various types of IT education, spanning from college to grassroots learning.While education on coding is growing in Korea due to gove

Two perennial challenges of Korean education that are present from kindergarten to college are reducing the pressure of a hyper-competitive system and preparing students for an uncertain employment landscape. How should students learn differently? And what should they be learning? To answer these qu

With the year coming to an end, Ewha Voice looks back on the many newsworthy events of this year. For the last issue of 2018, Ewha Voice selected some of this year’s most significant events on a

Interview with Lee Su-an, the CEO of Toyphil books A one-person professional publisher, Lee Su-an from Kookmin University majoring in Sculpture and Japanese writes books about childhood toys. Her most

Kidult phenomenon in college towns, convenience stores, and onlineThe prevalent kidult trend can be observed especially near Hongik University where various kidult and Gacha shops are found. The popul

People are falling back in love with analog today – slimes, six-ring diaries, and vintage shops are entering the mainstream. As a sign of this phenomenon, since last year, videos and posts on an

With internet giant YouTube becoming an increasingly dominant media player, more and more influencers are joining the platform. This has allowed diverse content creators, includingcelebrities such as

Along with Kellgren-Fozard’s contents mainly focusing on raising awareness and educating people of her disabilities, other YouTubers are also using the platform to educate their viewers and to e

Among the roughly 50 million content creators fueling the YouTube phenomenon, the voices of social minorities are increasingly standing out from the crowd. Their unique perspectives add color to the p

YouTube is the world’s most-used video sharing platform these days. Among the wide range of people joining the platform, YouTubers in their 20s are especially prolific. Balancing life as a student vlogger Among the young people who are sharing their own videos online, many university students are ju

With social media being so common, it is not surprising to see a crowd of young people all looking down at their phones double-tapping on pictures. This is a phenomenon not just in Korea, but in most countries. In 2017, 68 percent of the overall Korean population were social media users and among th

If Shakespeare were to live in today’s society, he might have been jobless. Why? Korea’s youth unemployment rate is hitting the ground hard, with its worst figures of all times for Liberal

In August, Sookmyung Women’s University students criticized Seoul Metro as they refused to display advertisements containing feminism content to be presented at subways. The denial has brought a

By Pak Gee-na, Shin Hyo-jae, Choi Ye-jin, Kim So-jung, Shim Ha-eunWhile a shadow has been cast over April’s historic meeting between the leaders of the two Koreas by volatile North Korea-U.S. re

The previous edition of Ewha Voice covered Korean new media startups G pictures and Deepr which are engaging young readers in news. However, our survey revealed that many Korean millennials remain disinterested in current affairs. Ewha Voice’s overseas coverage has found a very different media lands

Most young Koreans responding to a survey by Ewha Voice are not interested in news. 66.4% of the 145 respondents in their 20s said they were not interested in traditional media stories compared to their parents’ generation, mainly because they were too difficult, too biased or did not appeal to thei

MIT Puppy Lab: Therapy Dogs for Everyone!Most people might think that therapy dogs are only found in senior care centers. However, one student group is providing the university community with a chance to connect through unconditional puppy love. Massachusetts Institution of Technology Puppy Lab is t

In our last article of this overseas special, mental health professionals told Ewha Voice that the biggest challenge for Korean universities’ psychological services is lack of support. Counselors and professors attending the 57th University Education Policy Forum on March 30 at Ewha Campus Complex h