All family members farmed all day long, but they earn just two dollars for that day. As no waterworks have been done in their village, children fetch water from a stream ten kilometers away from home. There is no part of their body that is left unscathed, but they have never seen a hospital before. This family is not a special example, but a rather common one. According to the World Bank, about three billion people around the world are living on barely two dollars a day. In addition, UNICEF emphasized that 400 million children have been drinking contaminated water and 270 million children do n

What is appropriate technology and why is it needed?One man, whose expertise is in environment and carbon emission, developed very efficient and eco-friendly linear compressor, which is only used in very expensive refrigerator, and agonized how to use this in good way for poor people using least efficient refrigerator. So, he used carbon tax. If carbon emission is decreased, government pays the emission difference as compensation. With support from environmental organization, he added high-end technology, and gave it to the poor people. High-tech is given to destitute poor. How delightful thin

Why is Malawi the hottest place for appropriate techn-ology? Good Neighbors is an international humanitarian and development NGO that is currently developing ten appropriate technology projects in five countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In Malawi, Good Neighbors supports four appropriate technology projects including mushroom farming, photovoltaic multi-charger, cotton sanitary pad, and cornstalk charcoal. Especially, Malawi branch is a good business model which shows the effects of boosting incomes based on a local branch. In Malawi, which is among the world’s least-developed count

It has only been a few months since I have started working for The Postech Times. Therefore I still have a long way to go. I am grateful that The Postech Times was created, and that I am given a position to report news related to our school to various audiences. In order to keep up with the standards of the The Postech Times, I have participated in the newspaper camp this summer and learned various skills required for reporting news. To exceed the standards, I promise to maintain self-discipline and strive for a new goal for each publication. In time, I hope to reach more and more readers of T

My respectful mentor said, “Keep a cool head, see life through a warm heart”. Reporter has a role not only of pinpointing trouble between society and individuals with sympathy, but also of analyzing dispassionately. So I’m ashamed that my former activity as a reporter has been too passive, inactive, and reluctant. From now on, recognizing the role of a newspaper as the most direct and traditional method to communicate with public, I’ll deliver fair, unbiased fact, and not be lazy about gathering information. Though the university may seem like a very tiny place, issues hiding here aren’t diffe

As a reporter of The Postech Times, I am glad to celebrate its third anniversary of publication. When I covered news and wrote articles, I always had our readers in mind. I have agonized over what the reader would want to read and have tried to convey useful information through the articles. In my opinion, The Postech Times needs to prepare a long-term project that many readers look forward to the next issue. Furthermore, The Postech Times needs to increase the number of papers printed and to become more independent.

Firstly, I want to congratulate The Postech Times on its third anniversary. Until now, we endeavored to provide recent information about POSTECH, communicate with foreign students and inform people outside of POSTECH about the news of our university. However, despite our will, we have not sufficiently listened to Postechians’ thinking, leading people toward disinterest in the school newspaper. Accordingly, we will resolve the problem by communicating with Postehcians and covering interesting topics in the newspapers. Moreover, I would like to ask the readers of The Postech Times and even nonre

The publication date for this issue, which is Sep. 5, is the 3rd anniversary of The Postech Times. In 43 issues, many news and stories have been featured. Especially for this issue, many people have kindly sent us words of encouragement and advice in light of the occasion. Five short writings on the left are thoughts and resolutions of our reporters; one on the center of page 7 is from one of our regular readers; two on the bottom center are messages from the previous editors-in-chief. The article on the far right includes an outline of how The Postech Times has evolved in the past three years

It is a pleasure to congratulate The Postech Times on its third anniversary. At the early stage of its foundation, The Postech Times was not sufficiently trained nor was it experienced. But it has become one of the major communicative channels for the POSTECH community in a short time with the support of the publisher, professor editor and staffs, and the committed work by the student reporters. I would like to share my deepest thanks especially to the readers, who have had interest to give encouragement and advice to the POSTECH newspaper. In three years, The Postech Times has improved and ha

On behalf of all readers, I heartily congratulate the English-language section of “The Postech Times” on reaching the third year anniversary. I’d like to give a warm round of applause to reporters, professors and university staff who made considerable efforts establishing the base of the English newspaper.Getting down to writing this message, an anecdote from when I was the editor-in-chief of my high school newspaper came across my mind. That was, discarding all printed newspapers! Some contents in the newspaper were written in wrong way due to the guidance teacher’s indifference. Securing the

Three years ago, I was merely a doubtful participant who observed how a team was formed and how a newspaper was made from scratch by a handful of students. Later, I had the honor of becoming the second editor-in-chief of that team. Since I owe a considerable portion of my university life memories to The Postech Times, an opportunity to celebrate its third anniversary on paper was hard to pass by. I am not only proud that such a team survived without many hiccups, but also thankful for the consistent effort that the members have put into the paper.Some of my favorite times in the newspaper offi

As stated on its homepage, The Postech Times was founded in 1988. As the university was moving towards equipping itself with a more globalized scope, the English online section was established in 2009, followed by the printed newspaper beginning in the second semester of the same year. A total of 14 issues are made every year, in the interval of every third week mostly. It consists of 20 pages with five in English, and 11,000 copies printed for each issue. Contrary to popular misunderstanding, the English version is not a translated Korean version; our reporters plan and cover the news indepen

Marine-fouling invertebrates(e.g., mussel, barnacle, sandcastle worm, hydroid, and sea star) form a strong attachment to the marine substratum against mechanical stresses arising from the tide, buoyancy, and drag using their special physical and chemical underwater adhesives. There are many insightful lessons to learn from these organisms, and indeed, underwater adhesives from these marine organisms have been investigated as a source of potential underwater adhesives because of their fascinating properties. These properties include strong adhesion to various material substrates, water displace

Established in 2005 under the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK), Young Engineers Honor Society (YEHS) recognizes only the best and brightest engineering major students. Those admitted are invited to NAEK’s events to inspire confidence and motivate young engineers by giving them an opportunity to meet NAEK members. NAEK is a non-profit and non-governmental society of the engineering professions. It’s objective is to contribute to engineering technology innovation and to its continued development by supporting engineers who have rendered research and interna- tional cooperatives. T

Do you know why the third Monday of May is special? It is because people can only celebrate this day once during their lives. On this day, certain individuals are acknow- ledged as full-fledged members of society, and they are reminded of the responsibility and pride as grown-ups who will lead the future of Korea. The day is called the Coming-off Age Day. Koreans consider those who are above 20 years old as adults. Therefore, people born in 1992 will become adults this year.The Origin of Coming-of-Age DayThe exact origin of Coming-of-Age Day is not definite; there are some records that go back

POSTECH ranked 28th globally according to the 2010-11 world university ranking conducted by The Times Higher Education of Britain. This was the first time for a Korean university to rank within the top 30 in a world university ranking surveyed by global authorities. It was a great opportunity to introduce the excellence of POSTECH to the whole world; however, this opportunity doesn’t come around very often. POSTECH holds a natural handicap since it is located in Pohang which is far away from the capital area. The fact that it is a very small university specialized in science and technology mak

The first International Symposium on Creative IT Engineering and Innovation was held to share ideas about creative ways to train the field’s elites. Although the newly created IT Innovation Laboratory (i-Lab) started this year, it was prepared during the presidency of the former president, Sunggi Baik. Moreover, he was appointed as the chair of the Symposium Organizing Committee. The Postech Times interviewed him to resolve curiosity about the symposium. Could you briefly explain about the pan-national project to train IT talents briefly and give your opinion about it?Korea quickly developed f

Pohang has long been a famous place of many fish lovers for mulhoe and gwamegi which can only be found in Pohang. The Postech Times visited a mulhoe restaurant with two international students, Du Hauchun and Li Ming of Harbin Institute of Technology to find out the real taste of the city, Pohang.One of the headiest sensory experiences in Pohang, a large quantity of vegetables and fruit, including shredded cucumber, chopped cabbage, and long slices of Asian pear, were included in the mulhoe that provided us the mixed tastes of all ingredients which bears the flavor of the cold sea water.Mulhoe,

Since the beginning of April, the Department of Mathematics has been hosting Professor Don Bernard Zagier, one of the four directors of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics and a professor at the College de France. He finished high school at age 13 and completed his B.A. and M.A. at MIT in just three years. Zagier then received his Ph.D. at 20 and became a professor at age 24. He specializes in number theory, and he is also known for discovering an elementary proof of Fermat’s theorem on sums of two squares. He has given several lectures for a wide spectrum of audiences, from high school s

The sound of pencils scratching and a quiet stream of music leaking from earphones are the only sounds that break the silence in the studying hall of grey desks and cubicles just high enough to hide the faces of other people. The heavy, serious atmosphere of the studying hall sometimes overwhelms students seated in the Chungam Digital Library. Despite their resolute determination to study, many head back to their rooms after dozing for a few hours. Any Postechian has probably had a similar experience at least once. There is a lack of diversity for study spaces on campus. Some might say that if