Last October, I had the most wonderful experience in my campus life. It was none other than being a part of 'Jerami', the student ambassadors of Jeju National University. First of all, 'Jerami' is a word that combines Jeju Island's language, 'the best, very amazing' with the Chinese character 'beaut
The director of “Bowling for Columbine” Michael Moore once said, “Guns don’t kill people- Americans kill people.” Michael Moore is ashamed of American violence and its highest gun crime rate in the world. He thinks that the policies of gun laws in the U.S are weak. Also, he feels that Americans are
Once upon a time, Jeju was mainly a rural island with barely any places to access electricity. The number of active haenyeo was slowly decreasing and Cheju National University was only fourteen years old. Not many people aspired to go to university because access to education was still an uphill bat
As the core of Korean society, Confucianism has fostered a culture in which building long-lasting community ties precedes over individualism. This permeates into every aspect of the Korean modus vivendi: workplaces, schools, and family structures are all affected equally. Evidently, university cultu
Students are preparing for the finals on campus, especially at the library. Even though the library is open 24/7, most of the city buses stop operating at 10 p.m.. This makes students who live far away from campus difficult to study more even when they want to. To prevent this scenario from happenin
Jeju Resources of JNU Central Library is opening a winter Jeju resource exhibition. The theme for this year’s winter exhibition is Jeju language. The exhibition consists of 30 books about the lifestyle or the proverbs about Jeju in the Jeju language. Each book has its own unique way to tell the read
The Japanese Language and Literature Student Association of JNU, — Hibiki — successfully conducted its 44th ‘Wave Festival’ on November 24. Paranjae means ‘Wave festival’ in English. Since the event is held only once a year, both professors and students had high expectations. Students from other dep
The 3rd Jeju Biennale began on November 16 and will end on February 12 next year. It started with the search for artistic practice towards global symbiosis in our era of the climate crisis when geological concepts are newly raised. Biennale is a large international exhibition held every two years."F
The Jeju Free International City Development Center (JDC) has recruited youth international ambassadors. They have selected the youth forum committee's promotional and planning teams which has been organized by the JDC Future Business Department. If you participate as a youth panel in the Internatio
Jeju will hold a launching ceremony for the emergency medical helicopter on the 29th at the Citizens' Welfare Town Square. The medical helicopter starts operation on December 1st. Advanced in-flight medical devices are set up in the helicopter. And emergency medical care is possible through the heli
JNU Career Employment Division has started the “Reporters’ Program”. Reporters promote activities that exist within the university. They also carry out activities to complete specialized programs provided by universities. These activities are carried out on a team basis and have begun in the first w
Eoullim was finally chosen as the 55th general student council of JNU by for the general student council election campaign. Eoullim received 3,654 votes in this general student council election, garnering 63.7 percent of the total votes. Park Joo-young, a philosophy senior, was duly elected to serve
Nobel Prize-winning writer J. M. G. Le Clezio wrote an article about his experience on the island back in 2009, and one cannot deny that his observations are far from rose-tinted. It is a place as beautiful as it is bitter. Le Clezio poetically reconstructs a mental picture of the island, even for t
On October 30, 1929, there was an incident in which several Japanese male students pulled the hair of two Korean female students on a school train in Gwangju. The female student’s cousin who saw the incident tried to tell them not to do it, but one of the Japanese student responded rudely instead, b
Have you ever heard of “Kimchi Day” on November 22nd? It is a day to promote the kimchi culture’s values and succession. It will celebrate its third anniversary this coming November 22nd. Having said that however, many people are still unaware of this day and a few even make fun of it. Such as “If t
As part of the festivities that used to be part of the normal university life of JNU, the previous issue of The Islander highlighted the return of the International Food Festival. This time, we are putting the spotlight on the Culture and Art Festival for International Students, aptly named as “Home
The pink muhly festival is in full swing in Jeju. Tourists are constantly flocking to the site of the “2022 Holiday Village Pink Muhly Festival” held at the Holiday Village Natural Life Park in Sinrye-ri, Namwon- eup, Seogwipo-si. This year’s festival marks its fifth year at the park and was opened
Did you know that November wasn’t originally called “November”? It is commonly believed that Julius Caesar added July to the calendar we know today. After him, Augustus, the first Roman emperor, included August, making the calendar unique. However, this is not true since there were already differenc
Jeju National University’s Strategic Planning Division is promoting a local challenge project. The reason why JNU created this project is to select one of the 17 core values of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) as a theme and to explore relevant community issues and seek out solutions. Out of the
JNU library is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday to Friday. You can always go and borrow the books that you want during this time. However, there may be people who are unable to go during these opening hours. For those people, our school library provides a service to check out books at night.Th