A Chinese journalist coined Korean Wave after observing the influence of the pop group HOT on the youth of his country. This locution now applies to the influence of all Korean mass entertainment throughout China and Southeast Asia, especially soap operas. “Winter Sonata” and “Dae Jang Geum” are ste
On 12 February 2004, a team of South Korean researchers, led by Woo-Suk Hwang of Seoul National University, reported in the online edition of Science that they had successfully derived an embryonic stem cell line from a cloned human blastocyst. The publication of these experimental results had sever
As I read the last issue of the Dongguk Post, there were many points that I thought should be recognized about the magazine. There were many strengths as well as weaknesses of last month's issue. By definition, a "magazine" is a periodical that presents a variety of topics, usually on current events
Do you remember Guus Hiddink, Korea's soccer coach during World Cup 2002? He made a great result in 2002. All Koreans wore red T-shirts and went out to cheer the Korean team. He always told his players to "communicate a lot with each other." He thought that Korean players didn't talk enough to team-
A year ago an American friend of mine who was visiting Korea for the first time stopped by the Dongguk campus to appreciate its Buddhist culture. I showed her several places and things with Buddhist overtones: the Buddha Statue, the three elephants, Jeonggak-Won, Daegak-Chun, and the Museum. Though
The landfill filled with food waste which has increased annually. According to the Dongguk University Press, Donggukians throw away 1.5 tons of garbage per day. It is higher than other universities which have more students than us. Our garbage which costs makes many environmental problems, which cos
Ring Ring Ring...... Donna: Hello. Yun: Hello. Donna. This is Seul-ki. Donna: Oh! Hi. How are you, Sweety?Yun: Perfect! How about you? Donna: I'm good. What's new? Yun: Ah! Now, I'm a university student. Donna: Oh, really? What is your major? Yun: English literature. I told you I wanted to major in
Nowadays, the majority know the universal and general differences between all nations and that they vary according to their language, culture, usage, etc. Therefore, I figured out there would be no point of distinguishing the well known facts of our country and another. Instead of rattling on about
"Knowing our language is the best way to deal with globalization." This is what Ngugi said to the question, "how we should think of the hierarchical relation between the dominant English language and our native tongue in the process of recent globalization?" Ngugi wa Thiong'o, a prominent Kenyan wri
While surfing the Internet I came upon an article about Koreans in The Guardian (London). This piqued my curiosity because it was not about the North Korea nuclear impasse that dominates the global media coverage of the Korean peninsula, but about Koreans’ peculiar interest in blood types, and type
The lantern(Deong;燈) is called a D?pa in Sanskrit. It stands for the enlightenment that light the ignorance in our mind like driving back the darkness. So what we light up a candle means that we enlighten the darkness of anxiety, and also express our wisdom mercifully. The Buddha turned up in this w
I read past three issues of The Dongguk Post.Reading closely each article, I could realize how devotedly have the editorial staffs poured their energy to The Post. Every article seems to have gotten sufficient care and fully supervised. First of all, the cover stories looked very appropriate to the
The Korean economy is assessed to be continuing its steady recovery albeit the modest pace and extent. Growth in exports and manufacturing slowed largely due to a base effect from the first half of last year when both exports and manufacturing were robust. Private consumption, which has been the maj
Every student pays a school fee and has access rights to school facilities such as the library, computer rooms and laboratory tools. But these facilities are our personal not property. Nevertheless, some students regard school facilities as their own. We can find them easily within the campus. They
Ready! Go!!!!!!!!!!!!! We started to rush and rush towards our dreams, and now we reach our another destinations. Gathering knots of 37th the Post reporters, we are talking about our precious mementos.#Delight Jin-lee: When were you delighted during the our reporters' term? I was very pleased, when
Employment is one of the stressful worries that most seniors in the universities have. One of the reasons is because when a student applies for a job interview they have to prepare to answer questions not only in Korean but in English as well. Here are some few tips that Professor Dewberry would lik
In the middle of March, when the Dokdo issue clouded over Korea-Japan relations, my Japanese friend K. Toru sent me a letter by e-mail. As a scholar of African American literature including Richard Wright and Toni Morrison, his primary concern has been the social injustice that black people have und
The using of anabolic steroids is so common among American professional baseball players that steroids has entered the lexicon of America’s national pastime. Some of the biggest names of the game ? Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Jose Canseco ? were summoned recently to appear before a Congressional commi
Being a student at University of California of Davis appears to be on a complete opposite side of the spectrum when compared to Seoul; however, I feel that Seoul and its citizens have offered me a great memory; good and bad. The mass transit system in Seoul is by far the most impressive thing I have
"Huk, huk. It is so hard, is it?" "Yes, it is harder than I expected. Oh, look! There's a temple. Let's take a rest over there. Come on." Two students went for a pleasant mountain walk. Even though they started it for pleasure, it was a hard climb. So, they took a rest at a temple. "I'm like breathi