The 20th Seoul Queer Culture Festival was held on June 1, in central Seoul, the biggest gathering for the LGBTQ community in South Korea since it began in 2000. Some 80,000 people gathered in Seoul Plaza in front of the Seoul City Hall to take part in the annual get together. They paraded 4.5 kilometers from Seoul Plaza to Euljuro through Gwanghwamun for the first time. The parade, which is referred to as the Pride Parade in English, began with “Rainbow Riders” on motorcycles taking the lead, followed by 11 parade cars. Although there were concerns that this year’s festivities would see counte

Blockchain, a technology that appears to be an important part of our future, is slowly creeping into our lives. POSTECH, a pioneer in science and technology, became the first ever Blockchain campus. Before, voting and collecting ballots were achieved through offline polling booths. However, now, students are able to vote online through an app called ‘Blockchain Voting’, a blockchain-based app. Developed through a collaboration between the Office of Industry-Academic Affairs and the Office of Academic Information Affairs, the app allows any member of POSTECH to create a poll.Coincidently, from

On May 8, the eve of 2019 Sunrise Festival took place as the CHEERO, the POSTECH cheering squad, performed its show. The theme of 2019 Sunrise Festival was ‘haengbok hoero’, meaning happy circuit, with the slogan ‘turn on the switch of your passion’. Before the festival, there was a ‘POSTECH festival treasure hunt event’ where the students who found the batteries and transistors of the happy circuit are given presents. The story of the treasure hunt event is that the ‘K Group’, probably referring to KAIST, stole the batteries and the transistors in the happy circuit and hid them. The eve of th

On April 30, at 11A.M. the 25th memorial ceremony for Mueunjae Kim Ho-gil, the first president of POSTECH, was held at the Mueunjae Memorial Hall. He paved the way for POSTECH to becoming a world-class university, but was passed away in an unexpected incident in April 1994. Attended by his bereaved family and the faculty members, the ceremony was followed by a special lecture and the memorial forum that highlighted the achievements of the deceased. The ceremony was attended by many professors and faculty members: Ms. Kwon Bong-soon, the representative of the bereaved and the wife of Dr. Kim Ho

After POSTECH and Yonsei University announced the establishment of an all-encompassing model of cooperation between the two universities last year, the joint development of the future-oriented Block chain Campus has made progress.Apart from opening courses for each other, developing a joint degree program and supporting joint research projects, POSTECH and Yonsei University are both determined to use blockchain technology—widely recognized to play an integral role in the 4th Industrial Revolution—to bring down boundaries throughout both campuses.Developing a blockchain-based system does not re

From April. 12 to 13, POSTECH Peace Institute (PPI) hosted “Field Trip to Gwangju” – a field trip to the historic sites of Gwangju 5·18 Democratic Movement. The purpose of the trip was to raise students’ historical awareness and provide an opportunity to acknowledge the importance of peace. Gwangju 5·18 Democratic Movement is the movement that occurred from May 18 to 27, 1980, where people of Gwangju came together to fight for the abolishment of former president Chun Doo-hwan’s military dictatorship, the abolition of martial law, and the establishment of a democratic government. Eleven POSTECH

Student Hall Renovation that took place during November 2018 finally reached its end and opened up this semester for all to use. The renovation was processed by the donations from the POSTECH Information Research Laboratories (PIRL). Last year June, the PIRL donated a total of 500 million KRW to POSTECH to aid in the development of POSTECH and IT related majors. PIRL commented that they hope to offer a better environment for all POSTECH members, especially the students. The renovation was a huge success. Additional resting areas were built within the first floor lobby for students to freely us

POSTECH’s Summer Experience in Society (SES) program is an extremely popular program that nearly all Postechians hope to participate in at least once during their studies. SES is a new type of university education where students participate in internships in industrial and research fields to learn how theory and knowledge taught in the classroom can be put into practice. When the program was launched in the Summer of 2016, 18.1%, and, in the following two years, nearly 25% of students partook in the internship program. The satisfaction rate of the participants towards the program and the compa

All POSTECH members were cordially invited to the 2019 Matriculation Ceremony held on Feb. 15. On that day, 317 freshmen (B.S.) started their new academic journey at POSTECH. About 1,000 people including freshmen, their parents, and other guests gathered at the school auditorium.Before the ceremony, all new Postechians gathered outside the auditorium in academic regalia, and entered into the auditorium following the department flag bearers. After them, distinguished guests marched in order of mace, faculty, guests, and President Kim Doh-Yeon. At 11 A.M., the opening of the ceremony was officia

On March 5, 2018, POSTECH and Yonsei University announced their open campus in hopes to foster well-rounded scholars. Since the declaration, the partakers have brainstormed various agenda to execute as parts of the open campus. On Jan. 7 to 18, Startup 403: Startup Bootcamp (BIZ4199-01) was held at the school of business building at Yonsei University as the first class established by the two universities hand in hand.This three-credit course was held for two weeks, and grades of Pass or No Record were given. The class was instructed by professor Kim Do-yoon (BIZ) from Yonsei University with th

Proud graduates of POSTECH! I extend my praise and congratulations to the 753 graduates here today who will be receiving their bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. In addition, I would like to express the most special of gratitude and respect to the parents for their love and care, and to the professors for their devoted guidance during this arduous academic pilgrimage. Furthermore, I would like to take this opportunity to convey my deepest appreciation to Chairman Jeong-Woo Choi and the Board of Trustees, Mrs. Okja Jang, the widow of the late Founding Chairman Tae-Joon Park, distinguis

Nowadays most of the people in advanced countries are used to being connected to the internet regardless of place and time. However, according to Northern Sky Research, around 470 million households and 3.5 billion people still lack access to the internet. Providing internet to these kinds of people is a huge business and quite a few companies are already making a process to the goal.A lot of remote businesses rely on geostationary satellites, which are satellites which orbit the Earth once a day so it seems stationary seen from the ground. However, this method is expensive and the trip back a

Until now, ultra wideband wireless communication or Wifi technology was applied to autonomous mobile robot that special appliance had to be installed. However, Polaris3D developed a self-driving technology in factories or indoors only by installing a computer program.Department of Creative IT Engineering graduate students established Polaris3D (CEO Gwak In-beom) last year and developed simple autonomous mobile robot solution just like installing a computer program. They entered this at CES 2019, which is renowned IT product exhibition.The program allows the robot to drive on its own, draw maps

My dear POSTECH members,2019, the Year of the Earth Pig (Gi-Hae-Nyeon) has arrived. I would like to extend the sincerest of wishes for the realization of all your endeavors in the new year.I offer my deepest gratitude to POSTECH members everywhere for your vigorous devotion in elevating our university to new heights. I am filled with anticipation towards another year where the sweat and toils of all Postechians actualize into numerous achievements for the furtherance of academia and nation. In 2018, the first class of the Mueunjae School of Undergraduate Studies brought about exciting metamorp

The two independent newspapers of POSTECH share the same paper and name, The Postech Times. Ten years have passed since the first publication of the English one. To celebrate the new year and 10th birthyear the English newspaper, The Postech Times prepared a special feature, ‘The Postech TMIes’ on the Campus side. TMI, which was coined recently, means ‘Too Much Information’. The Postech Times always tries their best to provide articles with facts and topics interest for the readers. Besides going out for the coverage and keeping contact with interviewees individually, all reporters gather once

A research team at the Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) & POSTECH in has discovered the role of a key gene involved in the autoimmune disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or lupus for short. In the December issue of Immunity, the scientists reported that defects in Ets1 gene in both mice and humans are linked to some of the characteristic SLE immunity abnormalities, and found a potential therapeutic candidate.SLE is a chronic disease where the immune system uses autoantibodies to erroneously attack multiple healthy organs and tissues.

POSTECH was established in 1987. As the first research university in Korea, POSTECH aimed to serve humanity. POSCO, whose president at the time was Park Tae-joon, actively supported and proceeded to found POSTECH. The first president of POSTECH, Kim Ho-gil, specified the plan for POSTECH’S successful establishment that continues to this day. 32 years have passed since then. POSTECH has grown into a leading university worldwide, influencing society and industry in many positive ways.The 32-year anniversary event was held in the Administration Building on Nov. 30, three days prior to the actual

On Nov. 29, POSTECH held the 4th ‘Introducing my research’ (IMR) from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. at the C5 Conference Hall. IMR is a science speech contest where the competitors introduce their research to a wide range of audience for three minutes without using a PPT but just a few tools that can be held by hand. The key to the contest is how well they explain and deliver their major to the audience, and all Postechians - graduate students, undergraduates, researchers, professors – can enter the contest. IMR was inspired by FameLab - a British science communication competition - and is run under the c

One of the aspects that Koreans emphasize as a reason Korea is a nice country to live in, is its highly developed service industry. As of the parcel service, the ‘same-day delivery’ is now almost a requirement to avoid falling behind other competitors. However, the workers toiling behind the curtain must not be forgotten.On Oct. 29, a parcel laborer working in the distribution center in Daejeon, Korea, was in the middle of unloading parcels off the trucks when he was killed by a trailer going backward. On Nov. 21, the Parcel Solidary Union declared its general strike against CJ Korea Express,

On Nov. 9 and 10, elections for the Student Union of POSTECH (SU) and Female Student Union (FSU) were held. As a result of the ballot count, campaign Ak-bo (sheet music)’s Lee Ho-hyeong (MSE 14) and his running mate Choi Myeong-hwan (IME 15), were elected president and vice president of the SU respectively. Since this election was composed of a single candidate only, it was carried out by calling for yeas and nays. According to the official total of counted ballots, the total amount of voters for the SU was 552. 487 voted in favor, 50 were against, and 12 submitted blank ballots. The turnout o