This is the final article I am writing as a reporter of The Dongguk Post. I could not even imagine this moment during my life in the Post because I did not feel confident enough to finish my term while I was having difficulties in dealing with tasks given to me. It was really hard for me to find the
Doing more with less is one of the most appreciated values in the society where the competition is stressed to everyone based on capitalism. However, some people focus on “social economy system,” applying various values in the world instead of forcing the idea of the least cost and the greatest sati
The by-election of the General Student Council (GSC), the General Coed Student Council (GCSC), and the student councils of three colleges (Social Science, Arts, and Law) took place from March 27th to 30th. Also, the counting of votes was conducted by the Emergency Planning Committee and the Central
On March 16th, the first joint open hearing of candidate parties for Student Council of the College of Social Science was held. Four candidates of two parties (Jang Su-jeong and Park Koung-gun of V-APPLE, Han Chae-hoon and Kwak Jae-sin of COUNTER PUNCH) participated in the public hearing and announc
Publications with a variety of formats and contents have begun to make a mark in the publishing world. Among them, books published by one or a small number of publishers are generally called “independent publications.” As the attention towards independent publishing increases, it is creating a new c
Celebrating the World Human Rights Day, December 10th, Seoul Metropolitan City organized an event called, “The Maze Runner: Human Rights Trial” at the City Hall of Seoul from December 5th to 16th. It makes people enjoy the maze escaping game by solving the quiz, as well as get the knowledge of human
On November 17th, candidates for the 49th General Student Council (GSC) and the 30th General Coed Student Council (GCSC) had the first joint open hearing at Choheodang Seminar Roon, at 6:30 P.M. Four candidates from two parties (Candidate Park Kyoung-gun and Kim Min-ju from Check-Mate Party for the
On November 11th, at 6:00 P.M., the eve event for the massive rally, which is scheduled on November 12th, was held. Students from Dongguk University also participated as a part of the alliance of universities in mid-southern Seoul. Participants from universities in mid-southern Seoul marched on Cheo
A team of reporters from the University Media Center of Dongguk visited the United States from June 28th to July 9th to report young people’s startups. In the U.S., the team visited various startup companies in New York and startup programs in New York University and Georgetown University. Facebook,
Nowadays, it is easy to find trucks with various kinds of food on the street, called food trucks. A massive number of food trucks are situated in places where many a person is visiting such as university areas, several university campus festivals, and manifold local festivals. Such phenomenon is not
Dongguk University’s central history club “Ladder” held a group-viewing event of the movie “Upside Down” which is a documentary film regarding the Sewol ferry incident. After the film screening, there was a discussion about the Sewol ferry incident with the bereaved family. Jang Yu-jin, the presiden
1. My 29th Birthday, Decided to Die a Year Laterby Hayama AmariThis book is the author’s autobiographical essay covering her fierce life for a year. The story is about overcoming the life of desapir with strength of human who takes the death into account. 2. Thaadby Kim Jin-myungThis book suggests r
On May 17th, 2016, a woman was murdered near Gangnam station. The murderer explained that he killed her because he experienced women treating him indifferently in his daily life. This statement triggered the society to concentrate on the discussion about dominant gender inequality in Korea. Women sh
From last year, the National Competency Standards business, abbreviated as NCS, has begun in earnest. NCS is a national business which systemizes the knowledge, skills, and dispositions into several categories which are thought to be required in the real industry settings. The main goal of NCS is to
Kim Geon-jung, the former vice chairperson of General Student Council (GSC) has been suspended for an indefinite period from school. Dongguk University announced that the reason of the disciplinary action was that Kim destroyed enrolled students’ name list. The former 47th GSC, “Baek-bal-baek-joong,
It has been half a century since The Dongguk Post was found in 1966, the year I got accepted to Dongguk University. As a student reporter and news editor, I was able to spend a busy, yet fruitful, campus life from 1967 to the end of 1969. Korea was an underdeveloped country in the 1960’s, where GDP
I have a dream. I have a dream that every country, region, and university have their own free press. When I was an editor-in-chief of the university newspaper, I experienced undue intervention of editorial rights from the President and a professor, and the negative influence this had on the universi
Almost all English newspapers, printed on Korean campuses, seem to fail to draw readers’ attention and curiosity. It is not because they are written in English, a language that is hard to learn, but because they do not meet the readers’ needs. Stories are not worthy nor interesting enough to catch m
Congratulations on the 50th anniversary of The Dongguk Post, the only English media in Dongguk University. The last days of the Post are the living history and records of Dongguk University as it has led the development of Dongguk University, striving to enhance students’ intellectual level and impl
What would I do if I had an opportunity to go back to my twenties? I sometimes shed tears when I recollect those days. Certainly, they were filled with youth and romance. Just as the last narration of the drama, “Reply 1988 (2015)” states, youth is beautiful since it shines at the moment and it is i