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Apr 30, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Fight Against a Mutating Foe For now, we have to assume swine flu is deadly and will cause a global pandemic.

Apr 30, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Overreaching Academic Role in River Restoration Plan Lately, overreach has been a dominant theme in South Korean society. When an administration overplays its hand, there’s typically a sense of desire and anxiety behind it.

Apr 28, 2009 [Student Essay] Korea: Try Something New It's not the economic growth, skyscrapers or fancy restaurants that make my life here special; it is everyday, normal moments and enamored experiences that define Korea for me.

Apr 22, 2009 "Information Technology Broght Me To Life, Not Stem Cells." “It’s IT that brought me to life, not stem cells,” he said. In the year since he returned to the public eye, Lee, who is often called Korea’s Stephen Hawking, has inspired his fellow disabled people with his story of patience and determination.

Apr 22, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Writing with Clarity, Precision When people write in a foreign language, they try to show off their intellectual sophistication by using flamboyant words, pretentious expressions and inflated style.

Apr 16, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Have They Become Monsters? It was Nietzsche who once said: "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.

Apr 14, 2009 Dimensional Crossover in Nano-size Particles Professor CHOE Sug-bong found that nano-size particles could be reduced to the point where they exist in a blurred boundary between a two-dimensional and one-dimensional phase.

Apr 14, 2009 [Student Essay] Exports, Still a Beacon of Hope for Nepalese Economy Nepal has no alternative to developing an investment friendly environment and tapping the advantage of globalization that has eased the transfer of capital, technology, and know-how.

Apr 14, 2009 Single Elderly People More Likely to Suffer Dementia CHO Maeng-je, Professor of Neuropsychiatry at College of Medicine, released a government supported research result on April 13. According to the report, smokers and single elderly people are exposed to a higher risk of getting dementia.

Apr 09, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Time for a Return to Korean Business Values Management scholars, myself included, may reflect on the past during this sudden world economic catastrophe started by the American financial crisis. It was truly shocking to see Alan Greenspan and Jack Welch, who have been spreading American values around the world, apologize to the American people for their mistakes.

Apr 08, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Sanctions Have Had Little Impact on Pyongyang Pyongyang's rocket launch should come as no surprise to the international community. Unlike the previous missile launch in 2006, this one has been well telegraphed days in advance by the North Korean authorities who appear to have been keen to secure maximum international exposure for their actions.

Apr 08, 2009 Topical Solution Relieves Vaginal Symptoms in Breast Cancer Survivors Who Experience Menopause After Chemotherapy Doctor LEE You-Kyung of SNU Hospital attended the American Society of Breast Disease (ASBD) Annual Symposium and presented her results of the randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.