Cheese in the Trap It is a popular webtoon which features the daily life, worries, and dreams of university students in Korea. This gains sympathy from many readers in their 20s because it has the same episodes as in their life. The main character ‘Hong-sul’, a hardworking and clever student, strugg
We are in the middle of the rise of different but similar cultures enjoyed by young generations. These kinds of cultures were considered as unpopular or even subcultures in the past, but recently they have been mainstreamed among the 2030 generations. These cultures are named Snack Culture, B Cultur
Many cities around the world have their own arts & culture complexes to reflect their cultural lives and to make their environment more attractive. These art and cultural spaces give people opportunities to appreciate the artwork, to improve the area’s image and to activate the local economy. Gwangj
The Asia Culture Center (ACC) partially opened its doors to the public on September 4th. The ACC opening was held three months ahead of the scheduled official opening in early December of this year. Many locals and people around the world are anticipating that the city will renew itself as a number
Every year, about 90,000 companion animals are abandoned or lost. Most of them are sent to animal shelters. Although the animal shelters are an opportunity for them to live on, they have to live in poor surroundings and cannot receive enough care and attention from people. If you want to help these
Nowadays, a lot of people live with an animal and they are called the pet family, generally shortened to ‘petfam’ which is the new word that means people treat their pets as their family members. According to the survey result conducted by the Korean Consumer Agency in 2014, about 17.4 percent of Ko
With the rise of self-publishing at the international book fairs including the London Book Fair and the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2014, a lot of Koreans recently have interest in DIY publishing and start to write a script and take a picture in order to make their book. Self-published authors have advan
You probably have heard of the term ‘Do it yourself’, also known as DIY, which is mainly used for a behavior where people who create or produce things for themselves without the help of paid experts. DIY has emerged as a general trend for this culture and offers an alternative to the modern consumer
Some people say they do not have money and special talents that could help others but donating is something you can do with your willingness to help others. The Chonnam Tribune will introduce some ways to make a donation that does not require special talents. Just start with something you can do, an
Talent donation recently popularized, has become a trend for people in Korean society. This trend is making university students take an interest in donating their talents and skills to people around them. Talent donation takes a variety of types in different fields including education, music and med
Farmers in cacao plantations in Africa have not eaten chocolate even if they plant them. They earn only 3~4,000 won per day. The worst point is some of the farm owners exploit child labor and kidnappings for cheap labor frequently happen. Ethical or good consumption is one of the ways through which
Where did all my money go? It would be your first reaction whenever you check your account balance. The money was sure there but it is not there now and you have no idea where you spent it. Students want to do many things but they do not have enough money to do all the things they would like. Even i
Eating alone is similar to making a solo presentation. You enter a cafeteria, alone. You check seats for ‘one person’ but all the seats are already taken by other students. There are only few seats left next to a group of students. You suddenly get nervous and it feels like everyone is watching and
Most students enter university because they want to pursue their dreams and have many expectations for their campus life. When they are freshmen, the majority of them may think there are many opportunities for them to experience different cultures through diverse activities, to acquire a broad range
Vintage fashion means faded or crumpled used clothes, or a trend to like to wear those clothes. In Korea in 2000 or so, vintage fashion gained popularity with teenagers. As vintage fashion wins recognition as a style, people have gotten more interested in it. Although many items in those vintage sho
Chonnam National University (CNU) has started a new community reading project, ‘Gwangju Reads and Talks (GRAT)’, which is supervised by the CNU Library to communicate with Gwangju citizens through social reading. It is rarely possible to form a connection among civilians, but by reading the same boo
CNU Annual Survey ShowsIncrease in Student Satisfaction with University Facilities It showed that students of Chonnam National University (CNU) have a high level of satisfaction with its convenient facilities. CNU has a variety of educational and convenient facilities for its students including libr
Let’s Move: Diverse Attractions of Sports By Lim Seon-young, Tribune Reporter Students do exercise for various purposes. Some go to a fitness center and do aerobic exercise to get rid of extra flab, others play basketball or soccer to promote friendship. At that time, we generally define sports as g
From left to right: Park Sun-hee, Nam Dong-ha, Kim Hyun-gu, Jo Eun-suk Every student at Chonnam National University (CNU) may be interested in the Core Liberal Education (CLE), which is a part of CNU liberal and general education. Literature and Arts, Philosophy and History, 011, CNUians must take o
The EU-ICI Project: Spread Your Wings to the WorldBy Son Hyun-jee, Student Editor Chonnam National University (CNU) was finally nominated on September 10th, 2012 to operate the European Union Industrialized Countries Instrument Education Cooperation Program (EU ICI-ECP). Out of 11 universities conso