Students from YU’s ‘Association of International Economic Studies’ from the Department of International Trade won the grand prize at the ‘2015 University Trade Remedy Contest’ held on October 29th. They won second place last year, but took first place this year.The ‘University Trade Remedy Contest’

Voice major Professor Lee Hyun was awarded the Kumbok Culture Prize. Professor Lee received a 10 million won along with a medal.The Kumbok Culture prize was founded by the Kumbok Culture Foundation which was established in 1987 by the Kumbokju Corporation to carry out social responsibility in Korea.

The 49th student council president election for Yeungnam University was held on November 18th. The ‘RUN to U’ platform ran unopposed with a vote of ‘pros and cons.’ 57.96% of Yeungnam’s student voted and 75.86% voted in favor of them. ‘RUN to U’ which consists of Kwak Byeong-cheol (Materials Science

The book ‘Fundamentals of Nuclear Systems’ written by Kim Jae-keun was translated into English and it is being used by Nuclear Engineering Department at universities in Vietnam and Malaysia. The book ‘Fundamentals of Nuclear Systems’ was published last July by the YU Press. The translated version wa

The student council elections were held on November 18th. Only the ‘RUN to U’ candidate group applied to be president of student council. ‘RUN to U’, started in 2011, won the election again because they tackled their past issues openly, took criticism for their previous errors, and continued their s

Yeungnam University has been reaffirmed as being at the top for job placement in the legal profession. According to a report published by the Ministry of Education on September 15th, Yeungnam Law school was ranked 1st out of the 25 National Schools of Law in the country; YU earned the first place fo

YU entered into a contract last month with the National Archives of Korea to share material. The major points of cooperation relate to International Development Cooperation Area research, sharing Saemaul Undong documents and making global talents for the development of Korea.Furthermore, they agreed

Q. What is the Chinese Students and Scholars Association? How many people are in the Chinese Students and Scholars Association?There are around 1,100 Chinese students in our association. The association’s executive committee is composed of about 15 students. We participate in various activities such

The HarvestMoon Festival (Chuseok) is one of the most cherished festivals in Korean history. Koreans mark the day by paying homage to their ancestors and celebrating with their relatives. Most people visit their families to prepare food, honor their ancestors, and cherish relatives both living and d

Yeungnam University announced that the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemul (PSPS) recorded its highest acceptance rate ever in 2015’s fall semester with new recruitment of freshmen foreign students. This fall semester, the PSPS recruited 31 students among 277 applicants from a total of 45 cou

Yeungnam University was finally chosen as the ‘University Entrepreneur Center 2015’ as a supervising university. Therefore, YU is supported by a maximum of 2 billion won during 3 years. The ‘Korean Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development’ made this business. The reason why they arranged

Starting in this edition, we will deal with foreign student association’s interview if we can. Because we think that foreign students are important readers for our newspaper and each country’s Association can represent their students. Therefore, The Observer interviewed three members of the YU Vietn

Yeungnam University received a Grade A (the highest grade obtainable)in the '2015 University Structural Reform Appraisal' by the Ministry of Education.The Ministry of Education announced the results of the UniversityStructural Reform Appraisal for 163 Korean universities on August 31th.Accor

Yeungnam University has contracted with China Universities and Governmentin Chongqing city for a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The purpose is to interact with China University. Furthermore, YU enlarges its global partnership with China. The objects ofthe conference are to attract Chinese studen

Many YU students go abroad as exchange students. They go to many other countries to learn English, Chinese, Japanese, French and etc. The Yeungnam Observer met an exchange student and interviewed her about her life abroad. 2013.8 - 2014.5 University of Nebraska at OmahaEnglish Language & Literature,

Yeungnam University’s e-learning center was selected as an outstanding e-Learning center for Daegu-Gyeongbuk area out of the nationwide survey for the third consecutive year, as well as being a leading university in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region. However, YU turned out to have lots of problems regardin

International Center! They have various programs to cultivate the world-wide abilities to YU students. They have already tried to make an effort for students to experience something new. Notably, they are organizing many programs that foreigners and Korean students can do together. Until now, many s

As a result of “Global Saemaul Movement,” YU is now proceeding to create a great sensation internationally. Various major international organizations such like UN, WB (World Bank) and AARDO (Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization), and several NGOs expressed their will to participate. Among them,

The Ministry of Education, including the government, is promoting for the development of all the universities in the country using a variety of methods. Above all, YU’s Institute of Clean Technology was recently selected as the “R & D Research Institute” and is supported by the government through the “College Focus Institute Support Project.”

In Daegu, there are many large concert halls including the Keimyung Art Center, the Daegu Opera House, Kyungpook National University Auditorium and the Chunma Art Center. This is a good opportunity for citizens to enjoy some culture. However, the Chunma Art Center is in the red. Recently, the Chunma