Is having any expectations and dreams for the future worth it? How much should we let those expectations pressure us and dictate what we do these days? Looking back at the beginning of the year, most of us would say that we did not get the outcome we desired to get by this time. Nonetheless, was it
On October 30th, the ‘JDC-JNU Young Leaders of Next Generation Forum’ was held at JDC (Jeju Free International City Development Center). Three Jeju National University students and about fifteen foreign students from Russia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and India participated in the event in person
Jeju Province Development Corporation is planning to build a new office building when an appropriate place is secured in the old downtown area of Jeju. Like other regions, the old downtown area of Jeju was stagnating due to the simultaneous outflow and aging of the population. Therefore, the corpora
Jeju National University’s Center for Korean Language and Culture held the 14th Korean Language Speaking Contest for Foreigners to celebrate Hangeul Day. Due to COVID-19, the contest proceeded in a nonface-to-face format. Contest participants were asked to submit the contest video by email. Any fore
Jeju National University has been designated as a pilot university for ‘2021 KF Global e-School Korean Language Training Project.’ This project is managed by the KF (Korea Foundation) and aims to improve the lack of Korean language teaching manpower abroad. Accordingly, JNU will be providing online
Jeju Island has recently got rid of all the pink muhly fields covering 2,300 square meters of land. Jeju Special Self-Governing Province has plowed over the pink muhly grass around the country, which risks disturbing the local natural botanic ecosystem.Originating from the Midwestern United States,
Jeju is promoting the recruitment of sign language interpreters to enhance accessibility to information of socially disadvantaged individuals. Compared to this time last year, this change is a forward-looking change of attitude. In fact, there has been an opinion that sign language interpreters shou
Nokji Hospital is located in the Health Care Town in Seogwiposi and was fully funded by Greenland Group, a Chinese real estate developer. On December 5th 2018, Jeju Island allowed the hospital to operate, under the condition that it will only accept foreign tourists who come to Jeju for medical purp
Jeju Forum 2020 was held from November 5th to 7th at Lotte Hotel Jeju. On the 5th, its theme was ‘Youth Day,’ organized with four sessions which were prepared and managed by youth teams.The name of the first session was ‘CODE BLUE: CPR on Earth’ planned by team ‘ChungBaram,’ and was concentrated on
Kang Hye-Su (Culture & Formative Design, 4)
Measuring a mere 50km from the east to the west and 27km from the north to the south, the city-state of Singapore is more commonly recognized as an island. Similar to Jeju island, Singapore is also surrounded by the sea. As such, water sports activities like sailing, kayaking, windsurfing and dragon
On each of the twenty-three routes on the main island of Jeju (except Chuja-do and Gapado), fifteen participants and two guides (as there are twenty-three routes, total 391 hikers per day) will walk apart for 23 days exploring Jeju’s nature on foot. The capacity per program is 15 people on a first-c
Studying in Korea has been a dream of mine since I was 14 years old. And now, here I am! I packed my bags and travelled to Korea in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. What could possibly go wrong? It’s been nearly 2 months since I arrived here in Jeju and coming to study here during this time was
October 9th is Hangul Day, and it is also known as the Korean Alphabet Day. It is said that King Sejong the Great created Hangul in 1443, having sympathy for his people, who had many difficulties due to the difference between the Korean language and the Chinese characters. It is said that most of th
Jeju language is an endangered language which still holds many linguistic features of the Korean language from the 15th century. Recently, there have been efforts to preserve this valuable asset of Jeju by the Jeju National University Korean Language and Culture Center and the Jeju Special Self-Gove
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) released eighteen sea turtles in the waters of Jeju Island’s Jungmun Saekdal Beach on September 11th, 2020. Eight of each artificially incubated hawksbill sea turtles and green turtles were released. A green sea turtle and a loggerhead sea turtle, which wer
There will be changes regarding the International Student Identity Card (ISIC), and they will be applied from 2021, January 1st. Currently, Jeju National University has been issuing ISIC to its students using the university’s own system, which is managed by the Student Welfare Office. However, after
JNU decided to proceed with non-face-to-face classes, in most courses, for several weeks like the previous semester. However, a few of the classes were conducted face-to-face. What did the students think about conducting faceto-face classes in the current situation? The Islander had an interview wit
Until last September, foreign workers on the island could only receive counseling in English, Chinese, Filipino and Vietnamese in the Jeju Foreign Workers Support Center. However, on September 22nd, the island hired experts who can speak Nepalese, Indonesian, and Cambodian. According to the Foreign
Many local governments have actively developed their own local currencies, which can revive the economy by boosting transactions within their local districts and therefore increasing income. The name of Jeju’s local currency is "Tamnaneun Jeon" using the word ‘Tamra’, the old name of Jeju.In April