Traveling anywhere in the world alone as a female comes with inherent risks. Travel guides, word or mouth, or blog recommendations on destinations for solo female travelers have been the go-to resource for those going overseas alone. As the world goes more mobile, NomadHer, an application in which w

Feminist activism in Korea during fall 2018 highlighted the necessity of economic and social independence and has been increasingly emphasized among Korean women ever since. Along with this, many underlying gender issues arising in the Korean society have been put under scrutiny. Since then, lots of

​​​​​​​Time runs at the speed of light. You do not have time to look back as the seasons replace each other, the years change, you grow up, and life runs with you, sometimes by you. In this cycle of life, we all strive to achieve something. Someone is chasing fame, someone is after love, someone is

In the past one year, the pandemic has rendered commercial flights not only between South Korea and Vietnam but also between Vietnam and many other countries in the world scarce and unpredictable. There are many Vietnamese students studying in South Korea who have boarded what is so-called a rescue

I get to know a lot of students through the courses I teach. Many students ask me for advice regarding their future careers: what should I do, what should I study, and so on. I’ve had many students in their final year of university tell me they really don’t know what they want to do after they gradu

Approximately a year has passed since life in much of the world came to a stop due to the pandemic. Unfortunately, individuals residing in countries suffering severe outbreaks and many confirmed and reported cases of the coronavirus have had to endure strict anti-COVID-19 measures to control the spr

Harvard Law School professor J. Mark Ramseyer faced global criticism for his controversial academic paper “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War.” Although Ramseyer’s paper was supposed to be published on the International Review of Law and Economics in March, the issuance has been delayed due to t

Age, nationality, ethnicity and religion are just some of the categories that people fall into. Among them is also gender and it plays a significant part in forming our identities and assigning expected roles. Recently, however, a growing number of people are identifying “gender-free” as neither mal

Ewha Institute for the Humanities held the 133th colloquium via Zoom under the theme of women in the history of technology on March 26. The seminar focused on technology in daily lives of female users. The instructor was Lee Young-ju, a researcher working on a project on the global history of techno

Ewha Volunteer Group recruited students for online volunteer program to Cambodia and Vietnam from March 15 to 28. A total of 20 students were selected to make videos and textbooks on music, art, physical education, and Korean culture. The videos were made in English with subtitles in their native la

Ewha Womans University Institute for Leadership Development recruited the contract researchers to plan and run global leadership education from March 9 to 22. The candidates for the position were expected to carry out tasks, such as planning and running international seminars, writing official docum

Social Service Center (SSC) recruited student volunteers for 2021 starting from March 15 to 21. SSC is a center founded to reinforce the volunteer competency and leadership in Ewha by planning and promoting volunteer activities, and gradually spread the spirit of loving the neighbors. The applicants

Ewha Womans University Cooperative (Ewha Coop) held Ewha Coop Stamp Tour Event from March 2 to 31. The event was hosted for freshmen in order to help the students get more accustomed to the school campus. With the campus map provided in the freshmen welcoming kit, students could visit Ewha Coop stor

Society and cultures by definition change and today with the consistently issued problems such as unstable job markets, income troubles, societal and cultural value changes, and political issues are contributing to a global generation of those who are choosing to skip marriage or just remain single.

Zoomed OutThomas E. Webster Growing up in the 1970s, I often zoomed out during classes to the dismay of my teachers. I think the main reason was all the sitting. Not unlike other students at my school, I had a hard time focusing on lessons that involved teachers talking and me sitting for hours at a

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the annual spring and winter conferences of Harvard College in Asia Program (HCAP) were held online this year. The HCAP 2021 Harvard Conference was conducted on Zoom from Jan. 17 to 23, and the subsequent Ewha-HCAP Conference took place on March 19 and 20. Moreover, in t

Doctor Friends is a YouTube channel consisting of three doctors from mental health medicine, internal medicine and ENT(Ear- Nose-Throat) departments respectively. The channel covers various contents involving tackling wrong medical information and movie reviews from a medical perspective. The team h

Not long ago, only women with slender waists and thin legs could dream of walking down a fashion show runway. However, times have changed and the old idea of slimmer women being more attractive is slowly fading away as plus-sized fashion is making an entrance onto the global stage.This change also i

Readers would most likely agree that even articles have trends. Reporters scavenge for new issues, but as writings reflect the society it is hard not writing about overlapping contents. Last year when COVID-19 brought a halt in people’s lives, most editorials were written about writers’ overwhelming