The Chonnam Tribune asked students for their opinions about some social issues that need lots of consideration. Why don’t you read this article and make your own opinion?Adopting Wage Peak System Hwang Bub-ryang (Sophomore, School of Economics) Recently, the government announced that it would introd
The Chonnam Tribune asked students for their opinions about some social issues that need lots of consideration. Why don’t you read this article and make your own opinion?NIS Hacking InvestigationCho Young-hyun (Senior, Dept. of Energy & Resource Engineering)Up until this time, the National Intellige
“The true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure.”- Stephen Richards My name is Muhammad Umar. I am from Pakistan. I would like to share my story of living in Korea. I have recently completed my MBA degree in International Trade at Chonnam National University. I am the
One widely held belief is humans are better than other creatures at learning. It is also the majority’s opinion that humans possess learning strategies and reasoning skills that are qualitatively unique among animals. But, I think what is special about humans has more to do with teaching. Our abilit
The Chonnam Tribune started this new page “Tribune Talk” to communicate with our readers. Here are some messages from them. – Ed.
In early February the Government decided the new route for the Honam High Speed Railway without stopping by Daejeon. In my opinion, the new railway should go directly from Gwangju to Seoul rather than not passing through Daejeon because it is built to reduce the journey times between Honam and Seoul
The naval base construction on Jeju Island resumed last month but the conflict between the Navy and local residents still remains unsettled. I think the naval base in Jeju should be constructed in principle because it is vital to the national security. Korea’s existing naval bases are not well locat
Low wages for young people who want to build their career is a common practice in our society. Many employers intend to exploit young job seekers because they are so desperate for a job that they have no choice but to work as an intern in spite of low pay. It is definitely wrong because it is natura
The reliable access to energy and raw materials is vital for Korea as the country does not have own resources to ensure their adequate and in-time demand by the industry. Korea’s new drive in developing own energy and mineral resources overseas has been the response followed by the government and ma
What do you think about the government's policy, mandatory CCTV installation in kindergartens?: We recently realized that our children are not in the safety zone from a series of child abuse cases in kindergartens. Some people might say that mandatory CCTV installation in kindergartens cannot be th
I think the Chonnam Tribune has a strong point that it is the only English magazine at Chonnam National University and provides a variety of useful information for students, even for international students from abroad. The last issue had really interesting contents. Especially, the character illustr
The Chonnam Tribune asked a student for his opinion about removal of Hong Sung-dam’s painting from a special exhibition of the Gwangju Biennale. Let’s think about the issue whild reading his opinion. "I believe in a freedom of expression should be guaranteed. But in the case of the removal of some
The Chonnam Tribune asked a student for his opinion about university evaluation conducted by the press. Let’s think about the issue whild reading his opinion. "I oppose college and university ranking system of the press. The result may make people have biased ideas about the universities that were
The Chonnam Tribune asked a student for his opinion about the government cyber censorship. Let’s think about the issue whild reading his opinion. "My friends, and I, as well as many other people are using the application, ‘Kakao Talk’ as a mobile messenger. This application has many users and it is
The Chonnam Tribune asked a student for his opinion about tobacco price hike. Let’s think about the issue whild reading his opinion. "If someone asks me “Do you agree with the tobacco price rise?” my answer is definitely NO. The government said it will make the smoking rate lower and improve people
The stories about people who fight against unfairness have been on the news for the last few months. These kinds of news stories have been the most visible to me because usually people do not really make an effort to change unfair situations. If people aren’t affected by the problem they usually don
According to a recent news report, a trial court in Korea (the Wonju Branch of the Chuncheon District Court) ruled that a young man in his 20’s, identified as Mr. Choi, should be imprisoned for 18 months in prison for causing a brain-death to a burglar in his 50’s, identified as Mr. Kim, in March of
Not many people may know that May 20th is the ‘Together Day (segaein-ui nal)’ which has been annually celebrated to raise awareness of cultural diversity in Korea since 2008. And it is followed by ‘the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development’ on May 21st, an annual internationa
What Are Human Rights? If this question is put to a person, he would give his version of just two or three rights he is aware of. But then the human rights are not restricted to a few rights or freedom that a person is expected to enjoy. To understand human rights or to define them, we ought to brea