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BBC Radio Debate Program on World Issues Is Held at Ewha Womans University for the First Time in Korea

World Questions, BBC’s renowned radio show having debates on the impacts of international events, was held at Ewha Womans University for the first time in Korea. In the radio program, opinion leaders and ordinary people have face-to-face discussions on major issues from all over the world with exchanging questions on the spot. The program is broadcast three times a month on the BBC World Service and has 72 million listeners throughout the world. World Questions: Seoul, jointly hosted by the British Council in Korea and BBC World Service and supported by the Ewha Office of Global Affairs, was conducted under the theme of the future of the divided Korean Peninsula at the LG Convention Hall of the International Education Building on Thursday 14th June. BBC Royal Correspondent Jonny Dymond chaired the debate and a panel of four experts were invited: Moon Chung-in, a Special Advisor to President Moon Jae-in of South Korea for Foreign Affairs and National Security and currently honorable professor of Yonsei University; Sohn Jie-ae, an invited professor in the Department of International Studies at Ewha Womans University and former Bureau Chief for CNN Seoul; Kim Ji-yoon, a senior researcher at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies; and Hwang Jin-ha, a former congressman and former Chair of the National Defense Committee, the 19th National Assembly. In addition, about 250 people including Ewha students were participated and the panel discussion was followed by a question and answer session on the impacts of suspending a joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States on Korea and Southeast Asia; Koreans’ optimistic responses to the results of the North Korea-US summit; the current government direction of South-North relations (unification of the Korean Peninsula vs. peace in the Korean Peninsula); and shifts in the Korean job markets in line with changes in relations between South Korea and North Korea, as well as with the United States. World Questions: Seoul held at Ewha will be available to listen to again on the BBC World Service website following broadcast. <Link>
- No.431
- Writer기획처 홍보팀
- Date2018.06.28
- Views4793
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Division of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Holding a Special Lecture by Dr. Jaiwon Shin of NASA

On Monday, June 4, the Division of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering of ELTEC College of Engineering and the US Embassy in Korea jointly held a special lecture by inviting Dr. Jaiwon Shin, the NASA Associate Administrator, as a lecturer. Dr. Shin obtained Ph.D. of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic and State University in 1989 and joined National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the same year. In 2008, for the first time as an Asian, he was appointed as an associate administrator taking a responsibility for overall management of the aeronautics research division of NASA, one of the chief executive positions of the agency. He is indeed a great engineer and top manager who has made a significant contribution to the growth of aeronautics and the development of the private-sector aviation industry. In the lecture given under the theme of “21st Century Innovation and Leadership,” he talked about innovation and leadership for the 21st century, which is required for leading a new industrial revolution. Dr. Shin mentioned that the 21st century’s innovation resulted in digital revolution, technological convergence, and new business models, and eventually led changes in the society, and he said, “Any innovative business model in the past may disappear from the pages of history in the wake of technological changes, and therefore, we should stay alert always.” In addition, he emphasized that the essence of innovation is not a new idea itself. “Only an idea that is feasible and profitable and satisfies the needs of people can be transformed into innovation and what is needed in the process of the transformation is teamwork,” he said. He further said, “To be a good leader, you should carefully listen to others, accept their ideas with open-mindedness, and have communication skills for interactive conversation, not a one-sided conversation.” According to him, when more women work as a member of an organization and accordingly increase diversity in their organization, corporate culture can improve. He encouraged Ewha students, saying “Do not fix your limit in advance. Just go for it.”
- No.429
- Writer기획처 홍보팀
- Date2018.06.15
- Views5075
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The 132nd Anniversary of Ewha Celebrated

Ewha’s 132nd anniversary ceremony was held at the Welch-Ryang Auditorium on 31 May (Thu.) with celebration from 3,000 professors, students and alumnae. Highlighting the efforts after her inauguration to make the University faithful to its duty for the purpose of decentralization, improvement of the educational environment, internationalization, and the foundation of a human right center, President Kim Hei-sook said that Ewha would grow to a “university which moves toward the future better than the past as the cradle for female intellectuals” and encouraged students to pioneer the future with a challenge spirit, openness, flexibility, and creativity. Also, Kim requested Ewha family to join the University performing its role of a higher educational institution, saying “Ewha will make its own path slowly but firmly without giving in any difficulty.” After then, 100 faculty members received commendation for their service in Ewha for a long time─10, 20, and 30 years, and a professor of Christian Studies, Yang Myung-su, was honored with the “14th Ewha Academic Award.” The Ewha Academic Award is given to a faculty member once in his or her lifetime when he or she contributes to academic and school development with outstanding research achievements. After the ceremony, a luncheon invited by Kim was conducted at Wichita House. At the luncheon for honored guests and Ewha sponsors who participated in the ceremony, Professor Yang Myung-su gave an acceptance speech for the Ewha Academic Award, and Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Ewha Womans University, Chang Myong-sue, awarded the appreciation plaque to the Alumnae Association that sponsored the school development fund.
- No.427
- Writer기획처 홍보팀
- Date2018.06.08
- Views4807
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President Kim, Hei-sook Visited Beijing to Expand International Exchanges

President Kim, Hei-sook visited Beijing, China from May 3rd (Thu) to 6th (Sun) and expanded the international exchanges with China. For starters, she visited China Soong Ching Ling Foundation (CSCLF) on May 3rd (Thu) and discussed the international exchanges with Wang Jiarui, Chairman of CSCLF, to agree that they would come to an agreement this year. CSCLF is a non-profit organization which moves forward in pursuit of strengthening friendly international relations, seeking world peace, exchanging with Taiwan, promoting reunification, developing education for the young and enhancing exchanges with friendly organizations at home and abroad. On the evening of that day, the president was in attendance at the eve dinner for opening of “Beijing Forum 2018”, an international academic forum co-held by Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies and Peking University. On May 4th (Fri), Kim was invited to attend the 120th Anniversary Commemorative Celebration of Peking University. In this commemorative celebration, presidents of global leading universities, including University of Harvard, Yale University, Stanford University, and University of Chicago of the U.S., University of Heidelberg of Germany, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge of Britain, University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, and Waseda University of Japan and a delegation of Kim Il-sung University of North Korea, as well as presidents of domestic major universities. They shared their opinions in the event. The president attended the “World University Presidents Symposium and Beijing Forum 2018” on May 5th (Sat) and, with the theme of “Modern University Systems”, she gave her speeches on a panel discussion with the presidents of University of Chicago, Beijing Normal University, and Durham University of Britain in the session of “Mission of University”. Ms. Kim delivered a message that “universities need to pursue the glocalization in the circumstances that it is hard to expect the effects of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the future development” and gained audience’ sympathy. On May 6th (Sun), she met with Ewha’s Beijing Alumnae Association officials and strengthened the Ewha network within China. President Kim introduced Ewha’s ongoing major strategies and discussed how to sustainably develop the future of Ewha with Ewha alumnae in China.
- No.425
- Writer기획처 홍보팀
- Date2018.06.05
- Views4734
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Ewha Law School, Being One of Top Rankers in Producing New Law Clerks and Prosecutors in 2018

Ewha Law School produced many new law clerks and prosecutors among law school graduates in 2018. In the law clerk system, those who finished the course of the Judicial Research & Training Institute or law school serve as law clerks, some of which are to be appointed as judges. Law clerks assist judges in trial works by writing various review reports, studying legal principles and precedents, and reviewing literature including relevant theses. Four of 56 new law clerks who graduated from law school in 2018 was from Ewha, which ranked third following Sungkyunkwan University and Yonsei University. In addition, Ewha Law School produced five prosecutors among 47 law school graduates this year who passed the seventh bar examination, placing third after Korea University and Seoul National University. The ranking rose to third with five prosecutors in 2018, from fifth with two in 2017. New prosecutors are assigned to public prosecutors’ offices across the country and perform their duties, after completing the course of theoretical job training, public service ethics, and on-the-job training. Establishing the department of law in 1950 and female college of law first in the world in 1996, and opening a law school in 2009, Ewha had produced the first female lawyer, constitutional scholar, constitutional judge, and ministry of government legislation in Korea. Currently Ewha is firmly positioning itself as a training institute for female legal professionals by maintain the tradition and continuously producing outstanding outcomes.
- No.423
- Writer기획처 홍보팀
- Date2018.05.24
- Views4886
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Ewha and the U.S. Embassy Co-hosted a Roundtable Celebrating Earth Day

Ewha Womans University and the U.S. Embassy in Korea jointly held a roundtable in celebration of Earth Day (April 22) under the theme of “The Challenge of Air Quality: A Republic of Korea Perspective,” at LG Convention Hall on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. About 150 distinguished guests and Ewha students attended this event, where experts from universities, government agencies, industries, and civic organizations were gathered together to discuss how to control domestic air pollutants that are increasingly serious and how to save the situation, while giving presentations and participating in the panel discussion. Angela Kerwin, the Acting DCM of the U.S. Embassy said in her welcoming remarks, “Currently, not just the United States, but the entire world is highly concerned about air quality. Today, I’m very excited to hear about many good ideas and solutions from Korean experts.” In the presentation session, the first presentation “International Air Quality Trends” suggested that to improve the air quality of Northeast Asia, the countries in the region should conduct joint research and establish relevant policies in cooperation. In the next presentation “ROK National Air Quality Measures, Research, and International Cooperation,” it was mentioned that particle pollution in Korea was due to not only inflow of air pollutants from other countries but the particulate matter locally generated. The last presentation “Seoul City Air Quality Measures” explained in detail the air quality improvement policy that is being implemented by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. In the following session, a panel discussion was held on the subject of “The Future of Korea’s Air Quality Policy,” with the representatives from the Ministry of Environment, the National Institute for Environment Research, GS Caltex Corp., Korea Federation for Environmental Movement, and World Wildlife Fund Korea, and our experts in environmental engineering. Through comments and Q&A time, they had an extensive discussion about some sub topics including how seriously the Korean people take the air pollution issue and what efforts industries are making to improve air quality.
- No.421
- Writer기획처 홍보팀
- Date2018.05.11
- Views5128
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Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha Delivered a Special Lecture at Ewha Womans University

Ewha Womans University invited Kang Kyung-wha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on April 9th (Mon), and held a special lecture on ‘political issues on the Korean Peninsula and the global diplomacy’ at the Lee San-bong Hall of the ECC building. This was her first time to visit a university and deliver a lecture after her inauguration, and that was live on Facebook of Minister of Foreign Affairs. On this day, over 600 Ewha students filled at the Lee San-bong Hall and Multipurpose Hall of the ECC building to participate in the event hosted by Ewha Institute for Social Sciences and Career Development Center. Presided over by Professor Sohn Ji-ae (Department of International Studies), a former CNN Seoul bureau chief, the event provided the greeting of Kim Hei-sook, the president, the special lecture by Minister Kang Kyung-wha, and a questions and answers session for one and a half hours. Minister Kang Kyung-wha said in the lecture that Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been making efforts to address nuclear issues of North Korea and set a peace on the Korean Peninsula, referring recent diplomatic successes, including a successful hosting of Pyeong Chang Winter Olympics and Paralympics and agreement to hold the South-North and US-North summits. In addition, she stressed that Korea needs to diversify diplomacy in accordance with a higher status of Korea in the international community, and put emphasis on the importance of young women’s role in the global stage which becomes wider through the diplomatic diversification. The minister urged the students to widen their perspective to the world and to foster their own competitiveness, saying that the building of gender equality society and women’s active participation in all sectors of society are the premise of national development. In the Q&A session with students, there were talks about △Korea’s diplomatic policies beyond four powers of the United States, China, Russia and Japan △following measures on a deal on “comfort women” between South Korea and Japan △Korea’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
- No.419
- Writer기획처 홍보팀
- Date2018.04.19
- Views5716
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Ewha Womans University Successfully Completed 2012-2018 ODA Project on Cambodia’s Education

The ODA (Official Development Assistance) project on education has been successfully completed since the start of the joint efforts in Cambodia in 2012 by the Departments of International Studies, Social Welfares, Korean Studies, and Environmental Science and Engineering at Ewha and the Royal University of Phnom Penh. Beyond simply spreading Hallyu, Ewha has significantly contributed to Cambodia’s firm foundation for fostering professional manpower to help the country achieve sustainable development by its own, carrying out the ODA project as part of the Fostering and Supporting Leading Universities in International Cooperation over the past 6 years. During a workshop held at the Royal University of Phnom Penh from March 22 (Thu) to March 23 (Fri) to celebrate the achievement of the project, the Departments of International Studies, Social Welfares, and Environmental Science and Engineering hosted an expert forum and a research competition for sustainable development and the Department of Korean Studies held a Korean language education session. In particular, about 150 students majoring in Korean at the Royal University of Phnom Penh and about 60 Cambodian Korean teachers participated in the language education session that consisted of a Korean speech contest, training for Korean language teachers, and a special lecture on Korean language, which showed their passion for learning Korean studies. The Department of Korean Studies led the project and contributed to nurturing people of talent for Korean language and studies through a tailored education model that reflected the characteristics and needs of Cambodia. As a result, the number of newly enrolled Korean majors at the Royal University of Phnom Penh jumped by more than 400% and the number of applicants who passed the Korean language proficiency test increased dramatically by 370%. Above all, this year’s Korean language education session has great significance in that the Royal University of Phnom Penh played a leading role in planning and conducting it, showing that the experiment on the sustainability of Ewha’s ODA project on education has succeeded.
- No.417
- Writer기획처 홍보팀
- Date2018.04.06
- Views5759
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Ewha and Harvard, Successfully Hosting International Exchange Program

Ewha-HCAP (Harvard College in Asia Program), the Asian international exchange program co-hosted by Ewha and Harvard University, is successfully underway this year, just as last year. HCAP is the Asia’s biggest academic cultural exchange program that started in 2003 for fostering global leaders who have a deep understanding of both the U.S. and Asia. Ewha, the only participant in Korea, has joined this program for 11 consecutive years since 2007, and is currently proceeding with it as part of the Ewha ACE program. Eight Ewha students selected in advance took part in the Ewha-HCAP Boston Conference that was held from January 14 (Sun) to 20 (Sat), 2018 at Harvard University in Boston, the U.S. HCAP is characterized by that students take the lead in planning and operating the whole program including various academic lectures and cultural experiences. This Boston conference, themed “Redefining Leadership: Initiative and Influence in the Modern World,” was held with about 150 students from Ewha, Harvard and Asia’s partner universities attending. Leadership lectures were given in the five categories of Entrepreneurship, Nuclear, Diversity, Religion and Military. After lectures, discussions had been made to share the conditions of each country and relevant opinions. HCAP is operated in a way that Harvard University selects the most prestigious university of each of major nations in Asia as a partner every year, and currently eight distinguished Asian universities including Ewha are being involved. The program has two conferences every year: the first conference that invites students selected from universities in Asia to Harvard and the second conference that selected Harvard students visit each country in Asia. As one of the Asian universities that have the longest history of participation in HCAP, Ewha has a long history with the cumulative number of its student participants reaching 220. Ewha is maintaining close relations with Harvard University as the one and only Korean partner in exchange programs, for example, by jointly running the Ewha-Harvard Summer School Program for consecutive 13 years since 2006, along with Ewha-HACP. In 2013, Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard’s first female president, was appointed as “Distinguished Honorary Ewha Fellowship” for 2013 and she visited Ewha and gave a special lecture to students.
- No.415
- Writer홍보실
- Date2018.03.13
- Views5925
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Icelandic Minister Lilja Alfreðsdóttir Visits Ewha Womans University

Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, the Icelandic Minister of Education, Science and Culture visited Ewha Womans University on Tuesday, February 6, 2018. Recalling her first visit to Ewha as a visiting student in 1994, she came again to the same university in 24 years. In 1994, Lilja studied at the university as a visiting student by participating in a program called Asian Studies at Ewha. This time, however, the minister came to Korea as a representative of the Icelandic government for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and the first place on her itinerary was Ewha Womans University. Taking office as the Icelandic Minister of Education, Science and Culture in 2016, Lilja has been working on the overall management of policies on education, science and culture of the country in her early 40s. She has established a strong presence as a woman leader in the Icelandic society. Lilja and her staff were first taken on a tour of Ewha Archives, taking an opportunity to trace the history of Ewha and feel its spirit, and then met with President Kim Hei-sook at a reception room in Pfeiffer Hall (Main Hall). The Icelandic minister expressed her feeling about revisit to Ewha in 24 years and had a discussion with Kim about various topics such as education and woman leadership of Ewha Womans University. Lilja Alfreðsdóttir’s visit to Ewha this time is meaningful because she is a great example showing that an outstanding international student who once studied at Ewha has grown up to a brilliant female leader back in her country based on the experience of the international study. As recently as 24 years ago when she studied at the university, Ewha had partnership with 26 institutions (schools) in 10 countries, but now the university interacts with 984 foreign institutions in 81 countries and runs a variety of international programs to strengthen its global competitiveness.
- No.413
- Writer홍보실
- Date2018.03.09
- Views6064

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