SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of foreign students studying at Seoul National University (SNU) have a poor understanding of major classes conducted in the Korean language, a poll released Monday showed. According to the survey of 432 foreign students by the university’s Diversity Council, 47.2 percent said they have little to no [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A student committee at Seoul National University (SNU) on Friday proposed holding talks with its counterpart at Kim Il Sung University, North Korea’s most prestigious school of higher learning, in Pyongyang this year to promote exchanges between students of the two schools. The committee seeking inter-Korean exchanges in cooperation [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Unification Ministry on Tuesday gave the green light for students of Seoul National University to contact students of Kim Il Sung University, North Korea’s most prestigious school of higher learning, to discuss academic exchanges, the South Korean university’s students said. The approval, coming amid increasingly warming ties between [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Students of Seoul National University (SNU) said Friday that they have asked the Ministry of Unification to approve contact with students of Kim Il Sung University, North Korea’s most prestigious school of higher learning, to discuss academic exchanges. The SNU students, who recently launched a promotion committee for inter-Korean [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Shoppers with a heightened awareness of harmful chemical substances used in consumer products are driving sales of high-end skincare products that are mostly hypoallergenic and rely on naturally derived ingredients. Beautyshop-and-drugstore chain Olive Young announced Q1 revenue generated from such products was 200 percent higher than in the preceding [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul National University professor claims men are rejecting feminism due to the idea that they are the victims. Professor Kim Soo-ah at Seoul National University said that the discourse of reverse sexism against women is dominating online communities and the comment sections of news websites during the conference on [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul National University is set to introduce halal food at one of its cafeterias on campus from next month in a move to attract Muslim students. The renowned university has announced plans to provide halal options at Gamgol Cafeteria from April 2, in an effort to attract and cater to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Faculty at the elite Seoul National University business school have created a new class teaching corporate ethics that will be a core requirement for students going forward. Starting this spring term, the class, titled “Corporate Philosophy and Ethics” will be mandatory for business management students in their freshman year. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Researchers at Seoul National University have developed a new monitoring system for turbines at power plants, the first of its kind in the world. The research team led by professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Yoon Byung-dong said on Monday it had developed a turbine monitoring system capable of self-learning [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of engineering students at Seoul National University has developed a trampoline designed to produce compressed air that could help dentists in developing countries power high-speed equipment used for treatment, the university said Tuesday. The team, led by Kim Jae-in, a student in the Mechanical Aviation Engineering Department [...]