Government strives to alleviate students housing burdenTo fit the needs of university students who are left with no choice but to find private accommodation, the government has launched several housin

Nowadays, it is common to see students living near school campuses. Many universities including Ewha are facing difficulty providing enough dormitory rooms. Statistics from Korea Higher Education Rese

University students step closer to unificationThe government and academic institutions are not the only parties taking active steps on the matter of unification. University students and other youths a

Efforts of universities and government on unification educationMore than 60 years have passed since the division of Korea, and the generation keeps changing. Within this time, the government’s e

A day before Round 16 in Women’s Archery at the Rio Olympics between Chang Hye-jin from South Korea and Kang Un-ju from North Korea, a South Korean national team coach suggested that the North K

Effective ways of reacting to OxyThe Oxy case has given such a shock to Korean society that now people worry about household chemical products and criticize the irresponsibility of Oxy. People express

Campaign against Oxy in universitiesMany universities and Student Government Associations (SGA) are taking part in boycotting Oxy products. At Sogang University, SGA put up a hand-written poster that

Oxy-Reckitt Benckiser Korea (Oxy) is a company which specializes in products related to home hygiene. This year, it was revealed that Oxy’s humidifier disinfectant contained toxins which caused

Talking e-Sports with Professor KimQ: What do you think is the current perception of e-Sports in Korea?A: I think that for the younger generation, e-Sports is looked upon as more of a legitamate sport

Avid students participate in the development of e-SportsAs the advancement of the Korean e-Sports industry is accelerating, university students have become one of the core axes of the field. Especiall

Korea has often been referred to as “Mecca of e-Sports,” for having one of the biggest e-Sports industry in the world. Korean professional gamers have won and ranked first on international

Improvements for the futureDespite the self-congratulatory atmosphere surrounding universities that ranked highly in the recent University Social Responsibility Index, there still is room for improvem

Students step up to make society a better placeAs schools are fulfilling their social responsibility through various programs, students are also exercising theirs by actively participating in importan

On March 22, Ewha Womans University was ranked first in the 2016 University Social Responsibility Index conducted by Korea Social Responsibility Network (KSRN) and Tomato Corporate Social Responsibili

Students strive to be heard for youth policiesApart from promoting voting itself, some students are focusing more on raising awareness of youth policies and developing their ideas into actual ones. Se

Encouraging university students to participate in general electionUniversity students are paying more attention to the general social issues of Korea. As they could not just sit around without taking

The heat centering on the 4.13 general election is running high as the official election campaign began on March 31. As the voter turnout of 20s has been low, many university students are now trying t

Professor Bax on helicopter parentingQ: It is commonly known that in Korea, helicopter parents will call university professors to question their children's grade. What is your opinion of such acti

Controversy over school systems for parentsRecently, it seems that parents are becoming more capable of intervening in their children’s lives, as universities are adopting systems that allow par

Helicopters in flight on campus“I am 24, and my parents are reading and editing all of my job applications,” said Lee, a Seoul National University student who shared her experiences living