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EVERY SEMESTER, students stress over course registrations, as panic and dread await those who were unsuccessful in enrolling in their desired courses. Students from the School of Economics experienced this feeling in advance, following a notice uploaded onto their bulletin board on August 12, the fi
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Kim Min-ju
2022.10.05 15:30
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SEARCHING FOR accommodations is a process that many university students undergo before or even during the school semester—especially for those without preexisting homes in Korea such as foreigners and overseas Koreans. Convenience is a significant factor for students who opt to live near their unive
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Joo Da-hae
2022.10.05 15:30
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ON JULY 4, 2022, a student suspected of illegally filming in the women’s bathroom on the 1st floor of Sinchon Campus’s Yonsei University Medical Library was reported to the police[1]. While mol-ka[2] crimes are not foreign to South Koreans, this particular case caught people’s attention as it concer
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Kim Min-ju
2022.09.03 13:30
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CONFLICT REVOLVING around the labor union of Yonsei University has reached an all-time high with the involvement of several students. The situation mainly stems from the series of demonstrations and campus-wide strikes that occurred during the latter-half of the 2022 spring semester. Unionized labor
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Joo Da-hae
2022.09.03 13:20
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SECURING INTERNSHIPS is a near-requisite for all university students due to the growing competitiveness of the post-undergraduate job market. It takes work experience to compete with other candidates, and to help its students build a formidable résumé, Yonsei University offers platforms such as the
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Joo Da-hae
2022.06.10 00:25
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THROUGHOUT THE 2022 spring semester, cleaners and janitors at Yonsei University could be seen wearing bright red vests emblazoned with slogans emphasizing workers’ rights. At protests held in Sinchon, workers also held up signs reading, "Yonsei University, the real boss, should be responsible," and
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Jung So-jin
2022.06.10 00:24
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STUDENTS OFTEN feel reluctant to seek help at counseling centers. Their ambivalence is understandable; South Korea holds a strong social stigma against mental health issues. Moreover, the common myth that counseling is an uncomfortable experience hinders students from paying a visit[1]. They fear pr
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Jin Yu-jin
2022.05.06 22:01
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A SMALL but resilient group in Yonsei, North Korean defector students are the emblem of grit and grace. Overcoming numerous social and academic hurdles, the students embody the university’s vision of truth and freedom. Yonsei welcomes North Korean students with a multitude of accommodations for a fu
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Jung So-jin
2022.05.06 22:02
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A RECURRING issue faced by Yonsei University’s student body is the unstable nature of its student councils. Such instability is a corollary of students’ lack of interest in school elections. Occupied with schoolwork, internships, part-time jobs or extracurricular activities, students fail to vote du
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Joo Da-hae
2022.05.06 22:03
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E-SPORTS[1] PLAYS a large role in the gaming ecosystem of South Korea. Elite Korean gamers such as Faker and Rogue have risen to worldwide acclaim, and professional gaming is now a highly desired career path, ranking eighth in an elementary-level dream job survey[2][3]. As a response to e-sport’s ri
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Joo Da-hae
2022.04.03 11:50
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ON JAN. 28, 2022, Yonsei University and defense company LIG Nex1 partnered to launch the LIGNex1 Consortium-Yonsei University Mechanical Engineering Multidisciplinary Joint Research Center (listed below as “research center”). After years of meticulous planning, the two organizations founded the inst
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Jung So-jin
2022.04.03 12:02
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MONEY IS a sensitive topic as it touches upon multi-layered conflicts that we commonly suffer but struggle to openly discuss about. This is especially the case for university students who are now given more freedom in life compared to their teenage years. During this transitional period, students ar
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Jin Yu-jin
2022.04.03 12:04
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OVER THE last three years, freshman life at Yonsei University has seen several changes. Experiences at the Songdo Campus such as Residential College (RC) were compelled to shift into online programs. Yonsei has taken the opportunity to embrace digitalization by setting up online self-directed activi
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Joo Da-hae
2022.03.06 16:55
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WITH THE rising significance of Artificial Intelligence (AI), universities worldwide are set on familiarizing their students with AI’s innovative technology, and Yonsei University has not hesitated to do so itself. On April 28, 2021, the university announced the 2022 admission plans for its newly es
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Jin Yujin
2022.03.06 16:54
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FOR THE past ten years, Yonsei University has paid billions in fines due to their non-compliance with the South Korean government’s disabled person employment requirements. In light of the school’s avoidance of responsibilities, many emphasize Yonsei’s vision of “pursuing social inclusion and servin
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Joo Da-hae & Jung So-jin
2022.03.06 16:54
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ON NOV. 10, 2021, Yonsei University’s Central Election Committee officially registered candidates for the 57th General Student Council Election. Over the course of one month, members of the Yonsei community were presented with policy debates and campaign activities covering policies from career supp
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Jung So-jin
2021.12.06 01:48
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ON AUG. 17, 2021, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced the provisional results for universities’ “Certification and Competency Evaluation,” which determines the beneficiaries for the government’s support fund. Out of the 285 universities evaluated, 25 four-year colleges and 27 community college
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Jin yujin
2021.10.10 00:30
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ON MAY 5, instructors of Yonsei University’s Korean Language Institute (KLI) rallied in front of the main administrative building in protest demanding higher wages and longer working hours. Attempting to draw public attention to the issue, the instructors held up signs stating, “Thirty years of serv
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Jin Yu-jin & Park Ji-hun
2021.09.02 11:30
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DUE TO COVID-19, schools are closed, and online education has become a must. Recently, online platforms with various class options have been receiving greater recognition. However, “online courses” is not a new concept; these options have been available for some time. Korean Massive Open Online Cour
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Kim Da-eun
2021.06.06 22:23
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YONSEI UNIVERSITY’S club culture plays a key role in its traditional university experience. From acting in musicals to publishing articles, Yonsei University’s diverse clubs offer a wide variety of choices for students to explore, learn, and grow. Spread over seven fields of arts, social service, re
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Park Ji-hun
2021.06.06 00:24