Local currency is an alternative currency that can only be used in the certain areas. It is basically used as a means to promote local domestic demand. In other words, it was used as money in local traditional markets or small merchants’ shops, but not outside that area. In the past, it existed main

Conclusion of the Eulsa Treaty The Japanese empire entered into the Eulsa Treaty forcibly with the Korean empire in order to disqualify the Korean empire’s diplomatic rights on 17 November, 1905. The official name is the Korea-Japan Negotiation Treaty, and it is also called the Second Korea-Japan Co

When the Korean Empire was deprived of its sovereign power by Japan in September 1910, Japan took control of the government and dominated us. Although we have tried to clear away the remnants of Japan’s colonial rule after our independence, they left a huge mark on our country in verbal, cultural, a

Who is the one person that comes to mind when you think about a woman who sacrificed her life for Korea’s independence when our country was taken from Japan? Most Koreans will think of Ryu Gwan-sun first. But was Ryu Gwan-sun the only woman who sacrificed for our independence? We don’t actually know

The Internet has come deeply engrained in our lives as it has been developed. Most people manage their money through Internet accounts. If you send money to your friend, you will send it through a digital bank account. Then the bank as an intermediary generates information when you sent the money an

Nowadays, people can pay by mobile phone at the market or online. ‘Simple Payment Service’ is a typical service to pay by mobile phone that most people already have used or heard of. It allows for the simple use of smartphones to pay for goods and services without complicated procedures or the need

Have you ever heard about ‘IoT’? ‘IoT’ is an abbreviation of ‘Internet of Things.’ IoT refers to a technology or an environment in which a sensor is attached to an object and information is exchanged on the Internet in real time. Most of the things you can see easily around you are connected to the

As society has grown, our education has also grown a lot. For example, the different types of classes have allowed teachers and students to be able to communicate more freely like discussion or presentation classes. These participatory classes are actively conducted at Yeungnam University, one of wh

There were some problems for students to sign up for courses after the part-time lecturer law was enforced. As university eliminated classes taught by lecturers or gave them to full time professors, which consequently caused unemployment of many lecturers(over the half of lecturers hired in 2018 wer

The revised Higher Education Act, named the Part-time Lecturer Law, has taken its first step since August 1. The law was made to improve the working conditions of part-time lecturers at universities, including employment stability, better treatment, and security of their status as faculty members. I

Many people may know this building – the Daegu Arts Center. The DAC has a special history, as it was the first cultural infrastructure in Daegu. Since 1990, many buildings were constructed regarding art, music, and performance, and they have organized DAC. In the beginning of the 2000s, an opera hou

Have you ever seen interesting things at YU? There are many attractive things at YU. For example, Love Road and the Korean Folk Village are both wonderful and popular places. Spots like these have some features. First, they are both massive. The size of each place is bigger than other spots at YU. S

Have you ever heard of Mt. Baekdu? The mountain, called Mt. Baekdu by its Korean name and Mt. Jangbaek by its Chinese name, is the highest mountain in the Korean Peninsula and has a huge volcano. I’d like to tell you about Mt. Baekdu, Cheonji pond, and Biryong Falls. Mt. Baekdu is located on the bor

Forbidden City & Tiananmen The Forbidden City was the imperial palace of Ming and Qing dynasty. It was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1987. Tiananmen is a gate located in the south of the Forbidden City. Some people misunderstand it as the main gate of the Forbidden City, but it is actually

Nanjing Dongru is a busy street that rivals waitan, the center of Shanghai tourism. The eastern road to the Huangpu River, based on the intersection where it meets Xizang Zhonglu, is called Nanjing Shiru, and the western road to Jingansu. Therefore, this walking course has become a well-known and mu

The Daegu Art Factory(DAF) was established in 2013 as a public institution for contemporary art. At first, it started as a tobacco manufacturing plant in 1919 but the factory was shut down in 1999. As it is now, it has been used as an art space since 2008 when it was dedicated to creating an art spa

The first exhibition is the “POP/corn” exhibition being held from June 11 to September 29. The title “POP/corn” means contemporary Korean “Pop” art as an “icon” of the time (“corn” expresses icon) which represents the diverse flow of Korean pop art. The artists who participate in the exhibition show

It is no exaggeration to say that most secondary education in Korea has a curriculum set up for the College Scholastic Ability Test. Because of this education system, even today’s college students have not, or are not, deeply concerned about what they want to do and what they plan to do. But in the

The incident completely intensified to the point of collapse. Between Korea and Japan, there’s only cold tension remaining now. People can misunderstand that this is the first time of conflict between Korea and Japan, but it’s not. Go further back to a thousand years ago, an uncomfortable cohabitati

These days, summits between South Korea, North Korea, and US are actively being held, and inter-Korean relations are gradually being eased and a more peaceful atmosphere is being created. As a result, discussions on unification are becoming more active and the possibility of a peaceful reunification