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On November 27, the second reelection for the 52nd Korea University Student Union (KUSU) was called off due to a low voter turnout of 25.21 percent, failing to reach the minimum of 33.3 percent to initiate the vote counting. Extension of the voting period was discussed in the 10th meeting of the KU
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Jung Eun Chong
2020.11.28 20:27
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Previously in 2017, Professor A of the Department of Food Bioscience and Technology was dismissed due to criminal charges, yet the professor has recently returned to his position following the university’s decision. Students from the Department of Food Bioscience and Technology have protested agains
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Kim Sur Hyun
2020.11.24 18:17
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November 10 saw the celebration of the 50th anniversary of cooperation between Korea University (KU) and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). The ceremony, held at the SK Future Hall, started with a brief overview of the various accomplishments made during the last half-century, alo
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Goh Jinoo
2020.11.19 22:54
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On November 10, the Korea University Medical Center (KUMC) and the Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the “Ondream mobile hospital building business,” promoting the production of mobile computed tomography (CT) buses to facilitate emergency respons
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Nam Eun Seo
2020.11.17 22:56
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On November 15, the Korea University (KU) Emergency Central Steering Committee announced that eight students from the ice hockey club tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to the Office of Student Affairs, "After the first confirmed case was released on November 13, a con
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Kim Sur Hyun
2020.11.16 12:59
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On November 5, Korea University Medical Center (KUMC) signed an MOU with Huons in Seongbuk-gu for joint research on Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and antiviral drugs. Huons is expected to re-create drugs by converting “Zephirus”, an inhalation capsule, into a COVID- 19 treatment through the researc
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Kim Seo Hyun
2020.11.12 19:09
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On October 26, Korea University (KU) opened applications for the “KU Co-Prosperity Project,” through which KU students can choose between three options to support themselves and others amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Students can apply via the KU Portal to Information Depository
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Joo Hannah
2020.11.09 22:17
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The research team under the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in Korea University (KU) once again won the BioASQ competition, an international tournament for artificial intelligence (AI) systems that answer biomedical questions. The team consists of graduate students Jung Min Byeol, Sun
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Lim Yury
2020.10.07 18:25
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On September 27, the Korea University (KU) Emergency Central Steering Committee made a statement regarding the results of the comprehensive audit of KU executed by the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced on September 24. The MOE found problems in 38 cases related to admissions, accountings on scho
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Jung Eun Chong
2020.09.29 23:27
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Recently, photos of Korea University (KU) students drinking, eating, and playing drinking games without a mask on in KU Central Plaza were found on social media, causing controversy among the KU community.In order to minimize any potential threats to the health of KU students, the head of the Emerge
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Kim Sur Hyun
2020.09.24 15:55
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On September 23, a special lecture titled “Chinese Culture – The More You Know, the More You See” was held at the Korea University (KU) New Engineering Building. The lecture was hosted by the KU Innovation Center for Engineering Education (KUICEE).In the lecture, Professor Kim Joonyoun (Department o
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Nam Eun Seo
2020.09.23 21:53
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After nearly a year of online classes for students in Korea, the season of college admissions has begun amidst the ceaseless pandemic. With the College Scholastic Aptitude Test (CSAT) being delayed a month due to health concerns, rolling and special admissions have also seen changes in their applica
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Joo Hannah
2020.09.17 19:35
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On September 10, Korea University (KU), Chosun University (CU), and Wando County signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate on the vitalization of the marine healing industry.The primary goal of the MOU is to establish a cooperation system between government offices and educational inst
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Nam Eun Seo
2020.09.16 23:10
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Professor Lee Ki-bong (Chemical and Biological Engineering)’s team, Lee Kong-kyu (Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology), and Kwak Sang-kyu (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) investigated and developed a new method to reduce plastic waste and carbon dioxide (CO2)
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Kim Sur Hyun
2020.09.10 19:08
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Following two months of negotiations between the Korea University (KU) Office of Planning and Budget and the student-established Tuition Fee Refund Task Force (TF), KU announced their final plan to compensate for the limitations implicated by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.Although the Tuition
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Joo Hannah
2020.09.01 16:45
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On August 20, the online course registration server of Korea University (KU) was temporarily paralyzed due to outer Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. As a form of a cyber-attack that renders the network unavailable through flooding numerous false Internet protocols (IP), it thereby overl
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Jung Eun Chong
2020.08.26 22:55
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On August 12, the Student Union of the Korea University (KU) College of Medicine and the KU Emergency Central Steering Committee issued a statement criticizing the government’s recent plan to increase the admissions quota at medical schools and establish a new public medical school.In a statement ti
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Nam Eun Seo
2020.08.17 19:57
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On August 11, the University Innovation Support Project Center of Korea University (KU) hosted the third KU Innovation Forum at the SK Future Hall. Titled “Data and Reform in Higher Education in the Post-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Era,” it informed the audience of the need to utilize data analys
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Jung Eun Chong
2020.08.11 23:25
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On August 11, Korea University (KU) President Chung Jin Taek and Yonsei University (YU) President Suh Seoung Hwan announced the cancellation of the Annual Ko-Yon Games originally scheduled for this coming October.The cancellation follows recent concerns over the prolonged coronavirus disease (COVID-
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Nam Eun Seo
2020.08.11 20:36
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The Seoul Metropolitan Government selected Korea University (KU) as the technical core institution for the “Special Zone for Research and Development (R&D) of Gangso in Hongneung, Seoul,” also known as “Hongneung R&D Special Zone” designated by the Ministry of Science and Information and Communicati
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Kim Sur Hyun
2020.08.07 10:59