On September 2nd, a court ruled that it was fair to dismiss a teacher who paid a bribe to get his daughter a job as a private school teacher. This case is called corruption which is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. This corruption is caused by a behavior that goes against one's mor

Wassup Man has gained explosive popularity recently. It is a YouTube channel run by Park Joon-hyeong, a member of the singer group GOD. There are images of his daily life, and there are videos about traveling to various places in Korea. If he included all the images he films, the videos would be uni

There are many ways in which a country can protect nature in its territory. One of them is having National Parks. National Parks protects natural scenery, historic sites and rare animals and plants. In Australia, Phillip Island thoroughly applies this concept to protect its natural scenery and lands

Q1. Would you please introduce yourself?A1. Hello, I'm Jin Ha-eun, a pharmaceutical science engineering major graduate from Seowon University. I am working for a company called Contract Research Organization (CRO). This company mainly consults the clinical trial cost of pharmaceutical companies

Now, there is only one month left in 2018. In 2018, there have been new changes throughout the world. This resulted in a different culture from the past. Also, some habits that were considered bad are now gone. Let's talk about some of the changes in the world in 2018.First, there were many chan

Have you ever heard of the term fair tourism? It is also called kind tourism to draw attention to the environmental pollution, destruction of civilization, and waste caused by tourism. Nowadays, fair tourism is more in the spotlight because so many people visit other areas and countries. Until now,

Right now a person can rent a car by the minute. It’s relatively inexpensive and many university students rent this way. They only needs a driver’s license with one year’s driving experience. By the minute renting is called car-sharing. It is popular and can be useful if you want to avoid the burden

A three-year trial program aimed at boosting creativity in the Korean Education system started in the College of Education at Seowon University this semester. Students in various education departments will be able to practice student-centered learning techniques, delivering more creative teachers in

Lookism - Looks are supremeAt an elementary school, one student suddenly spits out her food. “I’m overweight. I want to be skinny,” says the student. What makes the young kid think like this?Lookism is prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person’s appearance. Also, appearance affects soci

CNN news used an acronym to designate some countries that have incurred a financial crisis and political danger to EU in June, 2018. The term PHIGS describes the financial crisis and political danger of Poland, Hungary, Italy, Greece and Spain. A similar term was used in 2011. At that time, CNN used

"Sweep Tech Not Tents,” shouted protestors. Recently there have been incidents where residents organized demonstrators to block roads and attack commuter buses in Silicon Valley, America. It is derived from ‘Tech-lash’. What is ‘tech-lash’ and and why is this happening?Tech-lash is the compound word

Spending more time in other countries gives you another experience that short trips can not give. This is because we can experience another country’s culture and get enough time to better understand another country. For this reason, many university students are doing a challenge through programs whe

Extreme weather continues to strike the earth. As of August 16th, 2018 a heat wave had continued for 29.2 days. It is a new Korean record. The longest heat wave recorded before then lasted for 25.5 days in 1994. This year, the city of Hongcheon, Gangwon Province set the Korean heat record on August

Recently, a firefighter who was riding in an ambulance, was hit by the patient and died because of a brain hemorrhage. Because these incidents were introduced to the public on TV, people have raised their voices for improving treatment of firefighters.Korean firefighters’ working conditions are alre

Charitable Students on a budget can donate time and talent instead of money.The Korean singer, Sean (Noh Seung Hwan) of the hip hop duo ‘Jinsean’ launched a new chartable video in May of this year. In the video, he stood as a bucket of Ice Water was dumped on his head. Completing the Ice Bucket Chal

Nowadays, high tech that was once only a concept can now be realized. However, no matter how innovative the technology is, if it doesn’t get public support it will only be a mere invention, and it will not get into the consumer’s daily life as a product. To bring technology to life, it should be inv

On May 14, 2018, in Seattle, Washington, USA, a bill was passed called the employee poll tax. According to authorities, more than 500 large companies in Seattle including Amazon and Starbucks, will pay $275 more in taxes per employee starting next year. The 137.5 million dollars that they will colle

Q. Would you please introduce yourself?A. Hello Seowon News Readers. My name is Donald Payzant. I came to Seowon University in 2017 so this is my second year here. I’m originally from Vancouver, Canada. I have traveled to different places but I never lived outside of Canada. I came to Korea because

Currently eSports tend to be recognized as a subculture rather than a real sport, but in this era the time has come to a point where eSports should be recognized as a formal sport rather than simple play. In 2018, eSports (League of Legends, StarCraft II, etc.) was adopted as a demonstration sport i

The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia ended in great success. The World Cup introduced a VAR reading differently than before. VAR stands for value at risk which measures the risk of loss for investments. The system has had a profound impact on the World Cup as many games have been won and lost. A repres