To distill soju in a traditional Korean way in Brooklyn was Brandon Hill’s first challenge. Now, he has undertaken a new one in Chungju, Chungcheongbuk Province, where he combines Korean culture with American sensibility by making soju that pleases many tastes. Hill’s first experience of Korean alco
Graduated from Ewha Womans University in 1967, Kim Ki-hae is the head of House of Soosunhwa, a shelter for homeless women. However, Kim worked in a completely different sphere when she was young.She used to work for Monsanto Company and Standard Chartered Bank after her graduation. Kim depicted what
Mask wearing during COVID-19 seems to have brought about a paradigm shift in makeup norms in Japan and Korea, the two leaders of the cosmetic industry. Whether or not people do makeup during this troubled time could unveil the motivations as well as rationale behind the application of makeup in the
We are suffering from a pandemic crisis. Like the name of the disease suggests, COVID-19 started last year. It will soon be a year since its outbreak. Every day, there are many new confirmed cases and the total number of reported infections rises continually all around the world. Unfortunatel
Games have long featured sexist elements in their character settings. The gaming industry was stirred once again when severe sexual objectification occurred in the new game IDLE Princess, from a domestic game development company, I&V Games. I&V Games announced an apology on their homepage on Oct. 5,
Statistically, 62 percent of offenders of reported sexual assault cases within universities are students. This was announced by the Korean Ministry of Education on Oct. 22. Accordingly, the low participation rate of online sexual assault prevention education falling below 50 percent has been identif
Throughout history and in many societies, mental health has been considered a taboo subject. Even though current research suggests that mental illnesses are not that different from other types of diseases that most people are familiar with, they are still regarded as incurable illnesses that are som
Search up the name “Lee Mukdol” on Google Images and one may be surprised to find the lack of pertinent results. Lee hardly reveals his face on interviews, whether on film or in camera.His philosophy is that he wants his works to be assessed and read in their own right, without it being attributed t
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the commerce of used items has been receiving attention more than ever. The desire to dispose of old goods and purchase items on sale is creating an enormous synergy effect in the current economic recession.Additionally, second-hand platforms such as Daangun Market and
Institute for Law and Ethics held the “Expanding Access to COVID-19 Vaccine” seminar with the Korean Legislation Research Institute from Nov. 3 to 20. International experts held presentations via Zoom on Nov. 3 and 6, and plan to give two more on Nov. 11 and 17. They shared their ideas and discussed
Four alumni from Ewha Law School were nominated as judges, proving Ewha as one of the best law schools. The newly appointed judges previously worked as attorneys in law firms and as judicial researchers in the Seoul High Court and Seoul Central District Court. Ewha Law School was established in 2009
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family held online talk concerts to support young women’s career development. Lectures on marketing, finance, and media contents were held respectively on Oct. 21, 28, and Nov. 4. The programs aimed to provide role models for young women and to help them explore d
Professor Kwon Young-joo from the Department of Pharmacy received the Nokam Academic Award at the ‘2020 Fall International Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea’ on Oct. 21. Kwon conducted research on discovering the causes of new drug resistance incurred in refractory breast cancer and
General Affairs team forbade the use of electric scooters from Ewha starting Oct. 26. This is because riding scooters on school’s bumpy and narrow roads could be dangerous. The team revealed there has been a number of reported accidents from scooters on sidewalks and roads. With increasing number of
Adjusting to a foreign country is always tough for everyone including international students. In order to overcome the difficulties, it is crucial for them to build relationships with other international students. To encourage better interactions, international clubs within the campus are being crea
The Ewha Career Development center has held a special lecture for students who wish to work at foreign companies on Nov. 3, followed by one on one consulting sessions on Nov. 5. Due to the pandemic, the special lecture was live streamed via YouTube and the individual consulting sessions were held re
Career Development Center held Ewha Mentoring Day from Nov. 7 to 8 online through YouTube livestream. Five mentoring sessions were held by different mentors. The mentors were Ewha graduates who are now each working in Lotte Fine Chemical, SSG.com, NCSOFT, Kakao Commerce, and Hyundai Motor Company, r
The winners of the 6th Ewha Ecrire, which was held from Sept. 21 to 25 by the HOKMA Liberal College, was announced on Nov. 2. The awards ceremony was held on Nov. 5 to congratulate the winners of the contest. Ewha Ecrire is a writing contest which began in 2016 as an expansion of the Ewha Reading Co
Ewha Institute for the Humanities and Institute of Body & Culture of Konkuk University held the second collaborative academic conference on Oct. 30. The conference was divided into two sessions, the ‘The COVID-19 era, the new body’ and the ‘Science and politics in crisis.’ In the first session, pres
The school administration has started a new program to help freshman students who have had little to no chance of visiting the school campus.The pandemic has taken away opportunities for freshmen to interact with other students in person. Before the spread of the coronavirus, gatherings for freshmen