Convenience is the Damocles’ sword of our generation. The metaphor of the sword of Damocles that is hanging over someones head, has its roots in ancient Greece, where the servant Damocles called

If one is asked the question of “what is identity,” the correct answer may possibly lie in the response that the Indian American economist Amartya Sen gave to the question of “what i

Hee-Kyu Heidi ParkDepartment of Christian StudiesI returned to Ewha after twenty some years of sojourning in another country. As a new theology professor and a university chaplain, I quickly learned that my job includes sustaining and living out Ewha’s founding spirit. Thus started my search for Mar

Being a fulltime ethnically whiteforeign undergraduate student at Ewha is as rare as it gets. There’s very few like me, with most being within the master’s program, transfer program or exc

Upon completing my BA and MA at Ewha, I travelled and studied abroad in many different parts of the world, where I learned the foreign languages that I had barely given any attention to during my Ewha

Stepping into Ewha Womans University again, I feel very familiar and comfortable. Maybe because I am a part of it. When walking in the campus and seeing the confused and nervous freshmen, they remind

*Trigger warning: This article covers extremely sensitive topics such as suicide and death. Please don’t read this if you’re opt to be triggered by such ideas.He may not be a familiar face

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It is in Korea where I know the word ‘Busking’ in the very first time. I searched for the Korean word in the dictionary then I understand that it means street performance, performing in pu

“Chung on fire!” A twenty-one-year-old Korean tennis player nicknamed “professor”─acquired because he wears Google Glass during matches─poured energy and excitement into the ga

The first half of 2017 witnessed a plethora of discrimination episodes in South Korea. Early this year, a mixed family rose to fame after the father’s live interview with the BBC was interrupted

When we hear the word “struggle,” we often think of an obstacle that is almost impossible to overcome—perhaps a final exam during your senior year that you have to pass in order to g

My head was always heavy and half asleep in the mornings. It happened a year and half ago, when spring was awakening from long silence of the cold. I had gone through four successive semesters, each o

“May Peace Prevail on Earth.” This statement is located on the first floor of War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The moment I saw this phrase, pathetic emotions filled up my

You get off the bus. Looking around, you see the corner where you agreed to meet your friend. You take another sip of your coffee, grabbed from your favourite coffee shop on the way over. You’re

Choi So-rah (Division of International Studies) “You’re not cut?” Waris Dirie, a Somali woman featured in Sherry Hormann’s Desert Flower (2011) looked bewildered. Hormann ill

Haejung Yun (Department of International Office Administration) How did you feel when you saw the competition, AlphaGo vs. Lee Sedol last year? Were you afraid that AI (Artificial Intelligence) and

Today, most university students have many worries about their future occupation. They have difficult time both deciding which job they will engage in and doubting whether that job would be come true.

A number of years ago, I ran into a former student who had just recently graduated. She told me how frustrated she was at trying to find a job since most companies required her to fill out an online a

We all aspire to be powerful and confident women. But in a man’s world, how can one achieve such bold journey smoothly? Thus, for all the wonder women reading this article, here are some persona