Looking back on my memories with the Post, I was able to earn the most valuable aspects of my life during these two years working. My future career is one of them. Journalist was not exactly what I wished for when I was looking for jobs because I had certain stereotypes towards journalists. The movi
1. What Is a Nation?by Ryu Si-minThe book is about the aspects of an ideal nation with justice. The author maintains that there are various stances towards the nations and it is very important to pay attention for them. It features topics regarding the country and politics such as the characteristic
The club expo will be held for three days starting from March 8th at Paljeondo to provide school clubs and students of Dongguk an opportunity to interact with each other. The expo is open from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. It is organized by the Club Union and the participants are the Dongguk Media Center
Dongguk University is one of the top Buddhist universities known for its excellence in Buddhist studies. A lot of Buddhist monks come to Dongguk to study Buddhism from all over the world. The Post interviewed the top graduate of the college of Buddhist studies, Singh Krishna Kumar, to know about his
It has been 68 years since the Korean peninsula divided into two parts: North and South. While the unification of North and South Korea has been continuously mentioned over the last 60 years, there still lie numerous barriers. The distance between two seems to be far away in that we do not know abou
On November 4th, the chairperson of one of the colleges in Seoul National University (SNU) was accused of sexually assaulting a female student. Other than the incident in SNU, a number of cases regarding sexual offences in universities have been revealed; there was a sexual harassment in group chats
In 2014, a Spanish lawyer Mario Costeja Gonzalez filed a suit against the Google search engine to erase his information online. The Court of Justice of the European Union made the verdict in favor of Gonzalez and this ultimately became the trigger to increase people’s awareness regarding the right t
“Women can be raped, because they wear shorts and hang around during the night.” This is what I saw when some male suspects justified their malicious behavior. Women, especially Koreans, are living in a society where male’s fault is due to female’s carelessness. Until now, women have endured various
The summer vacation is coming to an end, now the fall semester begins. For Korean students, summer vacation is quite a long vacation, lasting from late June to the end of August. This time away from regular studies affords students with numerous options to take advantage of before the next school ye
>> The Dongguk Post is the English newspaper in Dongguk University. This year, The Dongguk Post has met its 50th anniversary. To celebrate, the Post has looked back its trails as well as the role and the meaning of university English newspapers not only in their universities but also in Korea. The 2
On May 19th, Dongguk University baseball team won the 71st National University Baseball Championship after fierce battle with Chung-ang University. Dongguk accomplished five consecutive wins from May 11th until 19th. The first opponent was Seoul National University. Dongguk won points every inning e
The second report is from Thailand. The team visited Mahidol University, Salaya Campus. This school is famous for health care and medical studies. Mahidol University has continued to grow and diversify into a multidisciplinary institution today. In 2009, it became one of Thailand’s nine National Res
On March 15th 9A.M., Dongguk Promotion Committee for the Future held a press conference claiming that the board of directors should be reformed in a way to reflect the voice of students in Dongguk University. While Jogye temple playing a voice chanting Buddhist scriptures and police force blocking s
On March 9th in front of Paljeongdo, Dongguk Promotion Committee for the Future held a press conference regarding the issue of disciplinary action on Professor Han Man-soo. Committee claimed that the disciplinary action on Professor Han Man-soo has retaliatory purpose that it is violating students’
No matter how small it seems, everything has its reasons. However, it is very strange that I did not have any specific reason to why I joined the Post and still work as a reporter here. I found my reason of staying here, while I was thinking what to write on my debut essay. I tried to think back ove
On February 3rd, 299th board meeting was held at the Lotus Hall located in Main Hall. Ven Ji-young, Ven Bub-san, Ven Se-young, and Ven Jeong-nyeom Sunim were elected as the new board of directors. Students were blocked in front of the Main Hall, as faculty closed all the doors of the main building w
On December 1st, 3:00 P.M. in front of Paljeongdo, Donggukians gathered to save the vice chairperson of GSC and the chairperson of the Student Council of Postgraduate. The assembly was planned by Emergency Planning Committee of Dongguk to save the vice chairperson of GSC and the chairperson of the S
On November 19th 4 P.M., a meeting between the General Student Council and the school representatives took place at the Lotus Hall. The purpose of the meeting was to receive explanations regarding the questions of the GSC from President Han Tae-sik (Bogwang). At the meeting, Kim Geon-jung, the vice