SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Increasing public awareness on animal welfare is leading an university to replace animal cadavers with artificial models for anatomy classes. Konkuk University’s College of Veterinary Medicine announced on Tuesday that it will introduce artificial animal models for anatomy classes starting in the fall semester. The models include those manufactured [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Student unions from a number of universities in Seoul are ramping up efforts to tackle the growing problem of voyeurism that is plaguing university campuses around the country. In the wake of the failure of universities and law enforcement to address the growing threat of voyeurism facing female students, student [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — University students from seven universities in Korea are increasingly volunteering to work as part-timers between classes at various nearby workplaces to receive university meal plan tickets as wages, and donate them to students who are having financial difficulties. The volunteering is part of a venture-project that started at Hanyang [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Forty guerrilla gardeners from the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at Konkuk University and eight elderly citizens planted flowers in a park at Ttukseom Recreation Area on May 31. Five university students from the department started guerrilla gardening in 2013, and the tradition has since spread, with all of the enrolled [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As the killer behind a shooting spree at a military training camp in Seoul on May 13 was reported to have opened fire on reservists while taking aim at their upper bodies, professionals are suggesting a few possibilities of what triggered the carnage. The murderer had been classified as [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Red Bull held a paper plane flying competition at Konkuk University in Seoul on March 2, to select a Korean national team to participate at the Red Bull Paper Wings World Final 2015 in Austria. The competitors launched their own constructed paper planes for three tests: Longest Distance, Longest Airtime and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team at Konkuk University has revealed the mechanism behind grape seed flour’s health benefits, which include preventing cholesterol increase and weight gain. According to a joint research paper by a team led by Prof. Nah Seung-Yeol and Prof. Kim Hyun-Sook in collaboration with Sonomaceuticals LLC/WholeVine Products, their findings suggest that [...]
SEOUL, Dec 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Fosun Group is set to spur the establishment of Konkuk University’s senior’s residence brand in China, said Kim Kyung-hee, chairperson of Konkuk University on December 24. Konkuk University is currently operating ‘The Classic 500,’ a senior housing complex that offers premium medical services and hotel-style living services in Seoul. [...]
![[Quote] Inspirational Life Journey of Phamti Phuong, Vietnamese Immigrant Woman](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Phamti-Phuong_quotes-800x1066.jpg "[Quote] Inspirational Life Journey of Phamti Phuong, Vietnamese Immigrant Woman")
“I wasn’t a professional because I did not know what to do or what to say exactly when an immigrant woman asked for help. Through the master course, however, I came to learn how to approach to the problems these women and multiracial families are faced with. There were a lot of “aha” moments while [...]