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A series of safety and hygiene concerns related to student dormitories have consistently been raised. The most recent issue on April 20, when a student was injured after a glass partition in a shower stall shattered in Heemang Hall (W4-4), brought attention to the severity of the dormitory condition
News
Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2023.05.21 16:23
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The KAIST Herald sat with Ms. Mikyung Han and Ms. Mijeong Yoo, the two finalists of Untact Ignite, and Ms. Junghye Shin, the coordinator of KI House, for an in-depth look into their experience as finalists of the competition and as regular teachers at KI House.Please introduce yourself to our reader
People and Community
Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2021.01.12 22:10
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The usually bustling roads and buildings of the beautiful campus had become a ghost town as the winter rolled over to a new spring semester. Even though some students have re-entered KAIST, the school population remains a fraction of what it was before. But the school spirit has continued to thrive
Feature
Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.12.14 13:56
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The process of selecting the final three candidates is underway for the 17th KAIST presidency, which is set to begin in 2021. The Presidential Candidate Recommendation Committee (PCRC) of the KAIST Professors Association (KPA) have voted to pick the first and second choices out of three potential ca
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.12.14 13:56
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Two volunteer teachers from KI House, Ms. Mikyung Han and Mijeong Yoo, were finalists of the 2020 Yuseong-Gu Untact Ignite, an event celebrating inspiring stories of volunteers helping their communities.The 2020 Yuseong-Gu Untact Ignite called for the most touching and poignant accounts from volunte
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.11.21 14:10
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Professor Won-Ki Cho from the Department of Biological Sciences has received the 2020 Suh Kyung-Bae Science Foundation (SUHF) Young Investigator Award. Professor Cho, along with Professor Soung-hun Roh from Seoul National University and Professor Joo-Hyeon Lee from the University of Cambridge, was c
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.11.20 22:35
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An interview with the Information & Communication Team (ICT) revealed several ongoing measures and roadblocks in improving the internet conditions on campus, specifically in dorms where many students are taking online classes due to COVID-19. The KAIST Herald met with Mr. Jae Heon Choi from ICT, who
News
Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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Several KAIST organizations hosted activities over the Chuseok holidays to discourage traveling and console school-ridden students during COVID-19 restrictions. On September 16, a message from the Provost and Executive Vice President Kwang-Hyung Lee requested that students “refrain from traveling du
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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In July, KAIST announced its new plans for the construction of the KAIST Museum of Art right behind the KAIST Main Library. But unsurprisingly, the news was met not with cheers for the celebration of the arts, but with scathing criticism from the students, leading to an almost immediate backtrack of
Op-Ed
Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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Initially, as many trends do, Korean media rose with the globalization of the internet. Drama streaming sites and YouTube had a huge contribution to the Korean Wave’s wide reach. The most obvious example is “Gangnam Style”, whose reasons of popularity are still somewhat difficult to pinpoint. An imp
Feature
Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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The KAIST Undergraduate Association (UA), FLEX, announced on September 2 a change in the retake restriction policy for undergraduate courses. The new policy stated that retakes for up to two courses taken during the 2020 Spring semester will not count towards the limited retake count.Due to the upsu
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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On September 5, online KAIST communities were flooded with criticisms of several student clubs, based on rumors of them meeting on and off campus amid the second wave COVID-19 outbreak.The controversy began when an anonymous post on Everytime, a popular university community app, reported a club that
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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It’s been four years since I joined the Herald. The summer of 2016, almost exactly four years ago, was the shining culmination of my whole life. Per social media users, however, the year of 2016 was the beginning of the end, the peak of the rollercoaster, the portent of the apocalypse. Is it true? H
Column
Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.06.23 01:47
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It’s a strange feeling to be living through a major historical event that will leave unfathomable implications for years to come, and COVID-19 has been seeping into every nook and cranny of our lives. The most obvious side effect of the pandemic is feeling like Rapunzel, trapped in my small bedroom
Column
Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.05.26 21:58
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The complete digitization of education has come far earlier than anyone had predicted or, frankly, wanted. As the COVID-19 pandemic forces billions of people across the globe into isolation, schools and universities, as well as a large number of businesses, have migrated to cyberspace. Zoom, a remot
Column
Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.04.30 21:49
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The virtue of bravery has long been touted to be worthy of medals and celebration. But true acts of bravery in the modern age seldom earn praise — more often than not, they face punishment. Yet, many courageous figures have risked everything, not because of the applause, but despite the certain lack
People and Community
Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.03.27 20:10
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KAIST has signed an agreement with the tech giant Google to develop an AI curriculum for KAIST. The program, led by Professor Changho Suh from the School of Electrical Engineering and Professor Yong-Jin Yoon from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, will be completed as part of an agreement sig
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2019.12.20 22:57
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KAIST student society was wrapped in controversy regarding a controversial term used on a banner that cheered on interviewees of the undergraduate admissions interviews. A post on KaDaeJeon on November 25 criticized the use of a term that originated from a notorious Korean right-wing populist websit
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2019.12.20 22:56
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Hanmaeum Education Corps (HEC) of KAIST held its 4th “Hanmaeum Dream Tree Program” at KAIST on November 2. The event invited students and parents of multicultural families to provide an opportunity for higher learning and to celebrate the accomplishments of mothers who have gone above and beyond to
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2019.11.27 17:13
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A post on Ara and KaDaeJeon has revealed an ongoing lawsuit regarding the ramyeon vending machines located around the campus. It explained the refusal of the vending machine provider to take responsibility for repairing its products, which were found to be illegal and unsafe.Since August 2018, KAIST
Highlights
Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2019.11.27 17:13