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Feb 13, 2009 [Faculty Essay] A Change In Government Party politics has never worked in Korea, and the importance of the National Assembly and lawmakers has been forgotten.

Feb 13, 2009 Japanese Historian Becomes SNU Professor SNU has appointed Kazuhiko Kimijima, now teaching modern East Asian history at Tokyo Gakugei University, as a professor of history education.

Feb 03, 2009 SNU Hospital Verfied Genes To Cause Diabetes During Pregnancy SNU Hospital has verified genes that can be the cause of diabetes during pregnancy. Women who have problems with the genes CDKAL1, CDKN2A-2B, HHEX, IGF2BP2, SLC30A8, TCF7L2 are at a 130 to 150 percent greater risk, according to professors Park Kyong-soo, Cho Young-min and Jang Hak-cheol of the Seoul National University Hospital.

Feb 03, 2009 SNU Law School Hires a Young American Lawyer Leitner took an early interest in Asian society. During his university days, he interned at the Japanese branch of global law firm Baker and McKenzie in Tokyo. It was there that he developed an interest in Korea, especially Korea’s relationship with neighboring Japan.

Feb 03, 2009 Korean Government Supports Foreign Students Associations The National Institute for International Education (NIIE), a government agency specialized in promoting education globalization, is also supportive of the association. ``Foreign students here can be Korean ambassadors back in their countries. I believe the central government should provide grants to promote their activity,'' an agency official said.

Feb 03, 2009 Artist Bong('70) Holds Family Exhibition BONG Sang-kyun('70), a renowned artist and the father of film director Bong Jun-ho, is opening a special exhibition with his son, daughter and granddaughter this month.

Feb 03, 2009 Searching For Students With Potential Kim Ho-yeon, 19, a high school senior in what was once a mining town in Hwasun County, South Jeolla, learned last Saturday that he has been admitted to Seoul National University. Kim’s mother, Yang Jeong-nim, 46, gave him a hug. His father, Kim Yong-gon, 50, smiled brightly even though his facial muscles were stiff due to a medical condition.

Jan 29, 2009 SNU Outreach Programs The scholarship students get to experience the gift of sharing by helping youngsters marginalized by society, and children whose families are too poor to afford private lessons get to study with high achievers and have a chance to dream of a better future.

Jan 15, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Education and Social Change When asked in the 1950s, "How long do you think we have to wait to see a black American president?" the famous Nobel laureate William Faulkner replied, "Not until two or three hundred years from now, I presume."

Jan 15, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Survival of the Fittest Tigers and lions are not rivals but winners because they are both the best.

Jan 15, 2009 [Alumni Story] A History of Ownership On a summer’s day in 1955, PARK Byung-seon'50, a dreamy young Korean girl, boarded a plane for Paris. She was a graduate student from Seoul National University’s history department and had been given the opportunity to continue her education in France.

Jan 15, 2009 [Faculty Essay] After the Storm If we prepare for what’s to come after the crisis, we can become an advanced country when all is said and done.