Nowadays, Korean people have been suffering more from fine dust than other countries in Asia. Korea and China, especially, have been experiencing severe air pollution problems. It has been a significant issue in Korea, and people have demanded the government to take some measures to reduce the damag

A Note on the Poet The poet, Kee-Chul Lee, was born in Geochang, Gyeongsang province in 1943. He made his literary debut as a poet through The Hyundae Munhak in 1972. Since then, he has published more than one thousand five hundred poems in eighteen volumes. In addition, he was a professor of Korean

YU's second International EXPO was held from May 10th to 11th, 11:00~15:00p. m. It was held at the front gate of Yeungnam University clock tower square. It was their second EXPO after their first successful EXPO. Can you introduce yourself?Hi. My name is Cha Min-seok. I am participating as the 1

My first memory of The Yeungnam Observer was more than ten years ago. At that time, The Observer published a campus map in English near the end of each issue. It was one of the few campus maps available for foreign faculty members at YU. While using the map, I discovered new places on campus and dis

I would like to extend my congratulations to everyone behind the rebirth of The Yeungnam Observer. The regular publication of any media form is no small endeavor, and these intrepid spirits have their work cut out for them. But this is not without reward. The sense of pride in seeing one’s efforts c

Representing about 100 members of the YNO(Yeungnam Observer) graduates who worked for the YNO and its predecessor the YNC (YN Chronicle) in the university, I warm-heartedly welcome the re-foundation of the YNO.As the YNO catchphrase says, ‘to bring the world to the campus and the campus to the world

Since I am also a member of the university, I thought with consideration when I was asked to write this congratulating letter. So, I decided to write about what I felt while working as a member of the Yeungnam University broadcasting system.The broadcasting system and the newspapers are a means to r

I sincerely congratulate the revived publication of The Yeungnam Observer, hoping for its continued development in this era of multimedia. The first volume of The Yeungnam Observer was published on May 16, 1969, reaching its 47th anniversary this year. It was suspended for two years beginning in 198

Do you know about the “creator?” Most people call him or her a YouTuber. This is the up-and-coming job among young people. It is a very famous and popular job in modern society that is faced with an unemployment crisis because being a creator carries very little risk. Anyone who has a cellphone can

As parents and their children become more interested in education, home-schooling attracts their attention. Home-schooling is a way of educating children directly at home without sending them to school. Many students choose to do home-schooling because they can’t follow the school’s curriculum or ha

Let’s figure out whether our university center has been playing their role adequately or not. Yeungnam University enacted the Regulation on Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Abuse in November 2001 and established a Gender Equality Center in accordance with this regulation. Fol

Korea is embroiled with appalling revelations by women who have been sexually abused by men. This is the ‘Me Too movement.’ This movement started with a public prosecutor Seo Ji-hyun’s disclosure of sexual harassment from Ahn Tae-geun who was a senior Justice Ministry official at the time. Her discl

On 16 April 2014, one of the most tragic accidents in Korea occurred: the Sewol Ferry Disaster. It took a lot of victims and created unutterable grief and suffering for our nation. The Sewol Ferry, headed to Jeju island, capsized and sank while carrying 476 people in the morning of 16 April 2014. Mo

The Yeungnam Observer was newly published as an online English newspaper. The Yeungnam Observer is a representative English newspaper of YU, but our reporters have a goal to achieve. We hope to have a wide audience of readers. In this 348th online newspaper, we have included an overview of the upcom

The saying “A person is known by the company they keep” means that a person is believed to be like the people with whom he or she spends time. I also used to believe this saying, to be honest, I had thought friends should resemble each other, but one experience let me know that exceptions are everyw

The proverb “A Fool and His Money Are Soon Parted” means that a foolish person quickly spends his or her money on worthless things. As an example, last summer I went to a mall to buy new sandals. While looking around some stores, I found pretty sandals. There were two colors of sandals, white and si

When I read this work for the first time, I thought it was only a stor y about a person with a strange experience in the vicinity of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains. I just loved the way Irving described the scenery of America, yet I didn’t even realize the story’s temporal background. I thi

1. Micro-dust and airborne pollutants make this. What is this?2. Misty3. Display4. History5. What can you see in the museum?6. Threat7. Protect8. What is the name of the global organ concerned with public health? Pollutant9. Compensation10. Enslavement11. Exaggeration12. Embargo13. What is the name

Hello! This is Peng Ning from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China. Supported by the Global Environmental Scholarship Program (GESP) under the Ministry of Environment in Korea, I am now studying in the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul (PSPS) of Yeungnam University and serving

President Moon’s government promised to increase the minimum wage to ＄9.33(USD) before 2020. The government officials say, if the minimum wage is raised, the low-income group’s disposable income will promote overall consumption. Consequently, it will also increase corporate profits and investments,