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On the rainy Friday evening of November 17, one could see a group of international students rushing to get to the International Center (W2-1). The reason behind this so-called “sprint” was the new seminar conducted by ISSS; “How To Study at KAIST” is a topic that will never become irrelevant for students here.
Editorial
Duman Kuandyk Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 22:42
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More recently, Seoul is seeing one-day Korean culinary classes sprouting up across the city, aimed at providing foreigners with a more immersive cultural experience through their own takes on bibimbap or tteokbokki.
News
Chan Ju Chong Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 22:39
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On October 26, people were rushing to get to KAIST ONE — perhaps the most well-known event for the international students here. After its presentation on September 21, Turkey had passed the torch to Morocco. The representatives of the Moroccan Embassy in Korea also attended the event, giving a short ceremonial speech at the start of the presentation.
Editorial
Duman Kuandyk Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 19:42
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The trend of the so-called “touristification” of places, where infrastructure is being changed in favor of visiting tourists, has been growing slowly but surely. This summer, anti-tourism protests took place in Barcelona, where vandals were damaging rental bicycles and slashing the tires of city tour buses.
News
Duman Kuandyk Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 19:30
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There comes a time when an undergraduate student is faced with the decision of whether to continue education at a higher level or bring to a close to the academic chapter in their life. Those who choose to follow the former route know all too well that the decision to study in graduate school bears a burden of responsibility.
Editorial
Simeneh Gulelat Head of Intl.
2017.12.27 19:28
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Education without doubt plays a key role in shaping a person’s mindset, intellect, and views. For many, the twenty or more years invested in education is what equip them with the necessary abilities for personal development and social interactions. However, whether those accomplishments truly become their own assets depends on the environment and way of learning to which they are exposed.
Editorial
Hee Yeon Kim Junior Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 19:16
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The KAIST Herald sat down with Myeongchan Ko, a member of the International Secretariat (IS) of the Undergraduate Student Council (USC), to discuss the recently implemented language exchange program.
Interview
Chan Ju Chong Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 18:36
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Recently, the Parliament in Kazakhstan introduced its proposal of using the Latin alphabet as the script for the Kazakh language. A significant amount of people had supported this idea, hoping for better interactions with Kazakhstan’s cultural neighbors: Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan.
Editorial
Duman Kuandyk Staff Reporter
2017.10.23 23:41
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In light of the prospective rise of the international populace in campus, the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) has launched a dedicated academic coaching service to help international students easily adjust to life at KAIST.
News
Simeneh Gulelat Head of Intl
2017.10.23 23:38
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The recently inaugurated president, Sung-Chul Shin, seems to have his own agenda in mind for KAIST’s globalization in the form of an “English-Only Zone” (EOZ), the draft for which has recently been released.
Editorial
Chan Ju Chong Staff Reporter
2017.10.23 23:36
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Silent Signal, the displayed group of animated works, was the result of collaborations between British artists and scientists to produce visual representations of scientific ideas such as the proliferation of infectious diseases and genome modeling.
Editorial
Ada Carpenter Junior Staff Reporter
2017.10.23 16:25
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The KAIST Herald met with Shakil Muhammad, current president and alumnus of International Students and Scholars Academic Council (ISSAC) KAIST to discuss their motives, vision, and the various possibilities that lie ahead.
Interview
Simeneh Gulelat Head of Intl
2017.10.19 13:00
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Avalon English Schools. Ewas English Academy. Jungchul English Schools. These are the names of major English school franchises that will greet you on big, flashy billboards as you walk along the streets of Seoul — a testament to Korea’s thriving English-learning scene.
Debate
Chan Ju Chong Staff Reporter
2017.09.25 15:42
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Foreigners who teach subjects other than English while holding E-2 visas are at risk of being deported due to a new policy introduced by the Korean Ministry of Education. Several academies have been investigated by the immigration office and faced closure when it was revealed that they had employed foreign teachers with E-2 visas to instruct other subjects.
Debate
Duman Kuandyk Staff Reporter
2017.09.25 15:40
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A new study shows that a glass of red wine is equivalent to an hour spent at the gym. Such are the typical headlines that propagate through media, heralding to the world yet another new, amusing finding.
Editorial
Simeneh Gulelat Head of Intl
2017.09.24 14:31
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The KAIST Herald met with Purushothaman Nandagopalan, the head representative of the kitchen, to discuss its current state and some of the new changes that lie ahead.
Interview
Simeneh Gulelat Head of Intl
2017.09.22 20:47
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This year, for the first time in history, the world’s biggest club is coming to Asia and, more specifically, to Korea.
News
Njoroge Maingi Junior Staff Reporter
2017.09.22 20:40
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Spring. Cherry blossoms draping the country in a vivid pink, the sun bathing us all in a warm embrace, the winds enveloping the atmosphere in a gentle cool, and to top it all off, enough dust in the air to give us all smoker’s lung.Korean spring has been plagued for a very long time with what is known as hwangsa, or yellow dust. Dust from deserts in the west are blown over here by powerful w
Editorial
Kibum Park
2017.05.21 21:14
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On May 27, the second Daejeon Sports Day for International Students will take place. Hosted by the Daejeon Metropolitan City and organized by the Daejeon International Center, the event will last from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Daejeon Hanbit General Stadium and Chungmu Gymnasium and serve as a unique opportunity for the international community in Daejeon to get together and spend an entire day compe
News
Kibum Park
2017.05.21 21:11
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International students received an email that they could not comprehend. They were told that they would be charged with student fees starting from May. Collecting student fees has been a controversial and sensitive issue among international students because they were rarely informed of the services the Undergraduate Student Council (USC) provides; now they are being forced to pay. Starting from Ma
Debate
Hyunseung Hwang Staff Reporter
2017.05.20 18:32