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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Yeungnam University selects 31 \'WTW\' and 20 \'WTK\' teams 1 million won per person given for Europe and US backpacking travellers during vacation [December 18, 2008] WTW and WTK teams departing for backpacking trip (from front row on the left in counter-clockwise direction: Lee Jeong-yeob, Kupina, Kwon Yong-wook, Doh Hyeon-ji, Nam Hye-ran, Lee Hwa-jeong, Lim Jong-hyeok, Lee Dong-jin, Lee Min-jeong) \"Though the exchange rate sky-rocketed and the economy is doing bad, I really wanted to go backpacking overseas before the graduation. Fortunately, the university will pay for some of the expenses so I will make sure that I will experience as many things as I can and learn as much as I can.\" Lim Jong-hyeok (24) a senior in the School of Architecture at Yeungnam University will be backpacking in Australia early next month. Three months ago, he made a team called \'Studio A+\' with his classmates Lee Dong-jin (24) and Lee Min-jeong (24, female) and made thorough preparations. His team was selected by the university\'s overseas backpacking support programs, and won 3 million won (1 million won per person) by the university. He\'s enjoying every day of his life these days. Being an overseas trip right before going off into the real world, their purpose is quite clear. Fitting to their status as students of architecture, they wish to find plans for urban-branding Daegu through \'public design\'. Public design refers to creating an image of urban sceneries starting from light poles, benches, signs, bus-stops to building facade design and skyline planning. This is because they are convinced that their roles as students of architecture is to present a public design strategy that takes full advantage of the urban identity for Daegu in preparation of the 2011 IAAF World Championships. For this, they are planning to visit Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne, which are the 4 major cities of Australia in 12 days. These are all cities that succeeded in urban-branding through public designs for the Sydney Olympics. Lim stated, \"We will study the 4 major cities of Australia and present public designs unique to Daegu that show the history and rich sentiment of Daegu.\" Thus, Yeungnam University is paying for part of the expenses needed for travels to students who are departing for their \'prepared backpacking trip\'. Starting from this winter break, the university will also provide expenses for backpacking in Korea made up of teams combined with foreign and Korean students. This is for a greater effect in \'Two-Directional Global Education\'. Firstly, \'Window to the World\'(WTW), which has been in place for 6 years, 13th term, is a global program that is best known in Yeungnam University. In the last summer vacation, 93 students in 34 teams received financial support from the university and went on overseas backpacking trips. In this winter vacation, 85 students in 31 teams departed for the US, Europe, Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia and India. There are almost 1,200 students who have experienced the world through the WTW program so far. Yeungnam University gives 600 thousand won per student going to China and Southeast Asia, 800 thousand won per student going to Japan and 1 million won to students going to Europe and the US. Depending on the results of their reports, the 1st place team will be awarded 700 thousand won, 2nd place team 500 thousand won and third place team 300 thousand won as scholarships in order to encourage global experience learning. MESA (Doh Hyeon-ji and 2 students) is composed of female students in the School of Management, and was selected for the WTW and will be heading off to India in January. The title of their trip is \'Exploring India\'s Medical Tourism City\'. Their objective is to search for a plan to distinguish \'Medical City Daegu\'. For this, they will be travelling to distinguished medical tourism cities of India, such as Delhi, Agra, Gurgaon, Mumbai and Chennai for 2 weeks. They will also visit a nursing college in Chennai to examine the current situation of fostering specialized human resources. Doh Hyeon-ji (23, junior in the School of Management) pointed out that \"Medical tourism is a blue-ocean industry that creates 40 billion dollars in profits globally every year. Even in Korea, There is fierce competition for promoting medical tourism in Daegu, Busan, Incheon, Yeosu, Gangneung and Jeju. The problem, however, is that there is no unique feature in the plans for promoting medical tourism in Daegu.\" She also added, \"We should benchmark the successful strategies of India, such as Ayurveda, Yoga, Therapy, etc to find a plan to promote medical tourism in Daegu.\" Meanwhile, Yeungnam University will, for the first time, sponsor the \'Window to Korea\'(WTK) program from this winter break. WTK is a program for providing 300 thousand won in expenses for domestic backpacking trips for teams composed of 1 or more foreign student(s) and 2 Korean students at Yeungnam University. Lee Jeong-yeob (26, junior) of the School of International Economics and Business and Kwon Yong-wook (23, sophomore) of the School of Electronic Engineering, Communication Engineering and Computer Science will explore Seoul with Shefki Kupina (23, junior) of the School of Management on the 21st. Their team name is \'Hello Korea\' and Kupina first came to Korea last September as an exchange student from Sixion University in the Netherlands. Thanks to his \'buddy\' (1:1 friend between Korean and foreign students), Lee Jeong-yeob, he was able to find much help in his school work and felt the warm hospitality of Koreans. However, he still does not know many things about the Korean society. Seoul, where the past, the current and the future of Korea coexists, will help him expand his horizons on the Korean society. Kupina is greatly looking forward to his travels to Seoul. \"In Europe, there is little information and lack of the latest information on different countries and especially on Asia. I also did not know Korea properly,\" said he. He also added, \"I want to experience Korea as much as I can while I\'m here as an exchange student and then when I return to my home, I will share the real fact of Korea.\" Lee, who will join him in his travels to Seoul said, \"My pride was hurt and it was quite shocking that he thought Korea was an under-developed country before he came here as an exchange student.\" He added, \"I want him to learn and feel Korea properly through this opportunity. That\'s why I\'ve been studying the history and culture of Korea for a couple months now. Through this, I was actually able to learn by realizing the true meaning of \'what is the most Korean is the most global\'.\" WTK, which was launched with the goal that we need to know ourselves first before we can be truly globalized, will send a total of 20 teams all around the nation during this winter break.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> [December 16, 2008] Yeungnam University announced that tuition fees will be frozen. Tong-ki Woo, president of Yeungnam University, at the last academic affairs committee meeting of the year evaluated and decided on major policies for operations in 2009 such as operation regulations of the Chunma Honors College and Enrollment Outlines. Hyo-soo Lee, who is the 13th president-elect of the university was also present at the academic affairs committee meeting. In this academic affairs committee meeting, everyone voted to \'freeze tuition fees\' for 2009. President Tong-ki Woo emphasized that \"Due to the struggling economy there are more students delaying their graduation or not registering for school. Thus it is imperative that we freeze tuition fees in order to do the social responsibilities of the university in such difficult times.\" He added, \"I apologize to the next Executive Board having to pass over the school affairs in such difficult times.\" New president-elect Hyo-soo Lee responded, \"I should actually thank you for discussing such a difficult decision with me in advance and asking for my cooperation.\" He added, \"I will minimize ordinary expenses and use our budget more prudently. However, I hope that all of us will work together to reform the scholarship system so that more scholarships could be given to students who actually need it, while expanding our scholarship resources.\" Discussion and decisions for major issues for the continuity and consistency of university principles In order to help with the smooth transition to the new president, president Woo volunteers to shorten his term by one month Meanwhile, Yeungnam University has opened the door to new possibilities of direct election of its president. Woo and Lee working together to maintain continuity and consistency of university policies. During the academic affairs committee meeting, president Woo and the academic affairs committee members explained the major current issues and future tasks of the university to help new president-elect Lee get a handle on things. New president-elect Lee listened attentively to president Woo and took notes. New president-elect Lee said, \"I came here with the mindset of an intern\" and asked for the help of the experienced academic affairs committee members for administering and managing the university. President Woo also discussed about linking the major policies that he worked on during his term in office such as the Chunma Honors College, Law School and \'Chunma Arts Center\' in commemoration of the 60th year of the university. About this, New president-elect Lee stated, \"The university policies should not be severed from the transition of the president because it will only hurt the students.\" He also added, \"Through the second foundation that president Woo has established, we will work hard to make Yeungnam University a world-class glocal university.\" Furthermore, in order to help the new president to understand his responsibilities and to help him settle in, president Woo revised the statute and voluntarily shortened his term by one month to set an example of \'graceful departure\'.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> 18 local government organs participate, procured 5.5 billion won for construction Displayed potential of government-academic cooperation to foster local talents [December 17, 2008] In 2 years since starting the construction of the Yeungnam University Hometown Living Dormitory, 18 of 24 local government organs in Daegu (Dalseong-gun) and Gyeongbuk participated in the construction of this. Construction funds amounted to 5.5 billion won. Yeungnam University Hometown Living Dormitory, which will become the cradle of regional talents, is being constructed through co-efforts of the university and government. The Hometown Living Dormitory will be completed in January and will accommodate 780 students in here in the first semester of next year. In May 2006, Yeungnam University announced the beginning of the \'Hometown Living Dormitory construction project\' with the objective of fostering local talents. In the same month on the 15th, Uiseong-gun became its first project. In 2006, Yeongcheon, Seongju-gun, Chilgok-gun and Goryeong-gun also joined. In 2007, Sangju, Mungyeong, Dalseong-gun, Cheongdo-gun, Andong and Pohang also joined. This year, Gyeongju joined in January, Cheongsong-gun joined in May, Gunwi-gun joined in August, Gimcheon joined in September and Gyeongsan and Gumi joined in October. Finally, on December 17, Uljin-gun also shared their efforts for Yeungnam University Hometown Living Dormitory. Uljin-gun donated 200 million won for construction of the building and Yeungnam University responded by promising priority to 20 students from Uljin-gun during the next semester. President Tong-ki Woo (56) stated, \"This project became possible only because we understood that our region\'s future can only be guaranteed by fostering local talents through the cooperative efforts of regional universities and local government.\" He also added, \"Yeungnam University will cooperate even more assertively with the local community in the future.\" Yeungnam University Hometown Living Dormitory began construction in April last year and it is composed of three buildings with a total area of 17,495㎡.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\">[December 4, 2008] A cultural struggle that was left in the clouds for 10 years due to the \'NIMBY\' (not in my backyard) effect and conflicts with various development projects finally found a solution. On the 3rd, Yeungnam University (president Tong-ki Woo) agreed on a donation contract for the moving and restoration of \'Hwasan Seowon\' (photo), which is Gyeongbuk-do cultural property no. 22, with its owner, Indong-Jang family. On this day, Indong-Jang family also donated 100 million won to Yeungnam University. Hwasan Seowon, which is located at Jung-ri, Seokjeok-myeon, Chilgok-gun is a school that was established for fostering students of Jang Gyeong-woo (Manhoedang) in the 21st year of King Hyojong (1651) of the Joseon (also choson, chosun) Dynasty. In the 6th year of Kim Heonjong (1840), the community agreed to move the school to Hwasan at Seonggok-ri, Seokjeok-myeon, Chilgok-gun and erect a shrine for Manhoedang. However, in the 8th year of King Gojong (1871), Confucian memorial halls were ordered to be demolished and now only the auditorium remains. The auditorium has five rooms in the front and three on the side making it a relatively large building and there is a floor-heated room around the well-floor. This displays the architectural style of the later Joseon Dynasty and it has high preservation value. However, because of rapid development around the area due to establishment of new towns, and collapse-threats of the building worsened, it looked for a place to move to for the last 10 years. However, local residents all opposed it from moving to its area and thus, was basically left abandoned. This is because once it is designated as a cultural property, there are various regulations in the region of a 500m radius on building new structures, changing use of buildings, etc. descendants of Indong Jang Manhoedang thus notified Yeungnam University that they wanted to donate the Hwasan Seowon in July 2005. Thus, they visited Yeungnam University and began pursuing the moving of the historic school to the university. In result, a donation contract was agreed upon on today and transfer/restoration projects will soon begin. Through this donation, Hwasan Seowon will move to the west side of the \'Gyeongju Gable Roof House\' at Yeungnam University Gyeongsan Campus. In late December, Yeungnam University will begin the transfer and restoration project and once it is completed, it will be used for traditional culture education for the students.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> International Workshop on New Renewable Energy to be held on the 3rd [December 1, 2008] With the 2013 World Energy Congress confirmed to be held in Daegu, there has been unprecedented interest in low-carbon green Growth. Yeungnam University (president Tong-ki Woo) will be holding an international workshop under the subject \'Roles of Companies and Colleges for configuring a Low-Carbon Green Growth Society\' at the international conference center on the 2nd floor of Gyeongbuk TP from 1pm on the 3rd (Wed). This workshop is hosted by Yeungnam University and sponsored by Yeungnam University\'s \'Daegyeong Solar Cell/Module Material Process Local Innovation Center\' and the \'Research Institute of Solar Energy\', \'Research Institute of Bio-Energy\', \'BK21 Display Materials and Process Engineering Program - Advanced HR Fostering Project\', \'NURI Display Industry Work Force Cultivation Team\', etc. This workshop will examine the trends of the green energy technologies to solve global warming and exhaustion of coal resources, as well as trends of the new renewable energy technologies such as solar cells, fuel cells, wind energy and bio-energy, while also sharing directions of possible new policies. Yeungnam University expects that this will help accelerate discussions on the roles of companies and colleges for configuring a low-carbon green growth society. In this event, domestic energies experts such as Jeong Chang-hyeon (manager at the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Department of New Renewable Energy), Shin Seong-cheol (Korea Institute of Energy and Resources Technology Evaluation and Planning), Park Seong-hwan (director of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Economy and Science Promotion Department) and Lee Sang-cheol (CEO of Millinetsolar), and as well as prominent foreign scholars such as Timothy J. Coutts (National New Renewable Energy Research Center and winner of the \'Cherry Award\', which is the world\'s highest award in the solar cell sector), Gavin Conibeer (vice-dean of the solar cell and renewable energy engineering department at UNSW of Australia), Philip H. Steele (professor of bio-engineering at Mississippi State University) and Ganti S. Murthy (professor at Oregon State University). Park Jin-ho (50), professor at Yeungnam University School of Display and Chemical Engineering, planned this workshop. He stated, \"this international workshop was planned to be a place for exchanging information and establishing a network for the industry and academic circles in various sectors of the low-carbon green growth technologies\" and also added, \"Yeungnam University is planning to draw the base plans for fostering expert human resources in R&D and academic cooperative education for the new renewable energy sector, while also establishing an \'Energy University\'.\"
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Sophomore majoring in Management Pan Hao, popular MC for entrance exam presentation [December 1, 2008] “Oh, he\'s not Korean!”, “International student? Awesome!”, “Where is he from?” Morning of the 1st at Yeungnam University Mechanical Engineering Hall , Songam Hall. The Student Public ambassador for Yeungnam University that was in charge with being the MC of the entrance exam presentation appeared and stirred things up with his welcoming speech. As this 191cm tall, light-skinned handsome student introduced himself as \"Wo si Pan Hao\" small screams could be heard from the girls. There were also cell phone cameras going off here and there. The superstar of Yeungnam University entrance exam presentation is Pan Hao (21), sophomore majoring in management. Born in Luoyang, China, he is an international student who came to Yeungnam University as a freshman in March of last year. Though he did not speak any Korean at first, he studied for a year and a half at Yeungnam University Korean Language Program after graduating from high school. After about two years of college life, his Korean skills improved greatly and he is now able to MC different events. Since September, he has become the 13th \'Yeungnam University Love\', which is the Student Public ambassador for the university. He said, \"It was too bad that many international students were unable to get along with Korean students and that they were too busy trying to adjust to college life that they could not make any decent memories.\" He also boasted, \"I am really proud that I am doing something for our school every day and I really feel like a true member of Yeungnam University.\" Every night before bed, he gets ready on what to say to test-taking students who he will see the next day. He practices his self-introduction in Korean, Japanese and Chinese as well. In order to respond to the student\'s request to show off his talents, he also sings Ahn Jae-wook\'s song, \'Friend\' in a Chinese version. He does all this to leave a lasting impression to prospective new students coming to Yeungnam University. He said, \"When I first started as the MC for this, I was really nervous in front of the prospective students, but now I am relaxed and enjoy the events and joke around with the students.\" He did not forget to act as the Student Public ambassador adding, \"I hope students will expand their dreams for the future at Yeungnam University, which has Korea\'s best campus and a 61 year old tradition.\" Meanwhile, Yeungnam University held enrollment presentations to 23,000 college-entrance exam taking students from the Daegu and Gyeongsan areas from November 17 to the 5th of this month. About 1,500 students from four different high schools visited Yeungnam University every day and the Student Public ambassadors are working hard to recruit students through presentations and campus tours.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> 100 VIPs including the mayor of Daegu and governor of Gyeongbuk-do participate and congratulate opening of course [2009-1-4] 2009 will be the new start of the Law Schools, which will foster legal experts. In this region, Yeungnam University Law School will be officially launched on the 8th. Yeungnam University (president Tong-ki Woo) will hold the opening ceremony of its Law School at the main auditorium on the 3rd floor of the Law School Library at 11am on the 8th. In this event, Kim Beom-il mayor of Daegu, Kim Gwan-yong governor of Gyeongbuk-do and ministers and representatives from major institutes in the region, as well as heads of 29 organizations that finalized exchange agreements, 12 institutions and 58 individuals that donated scholarships, and 21 special advisors are expected to participate in the opening ceremony of the Yeungnam University Law School. Meanwhile, 70 future lawyers that dream about protecting the rights of the socially marginalized and people who are discriminated against will enroll at Yeungnam University Law School (Dean Bae Byeong-il) in March. In order to help fulfill their dreams, Yeungnam University prepared 30 credit hours specialized in fostering legal experts for the socially marginalized such as areas with no lawyers, multi-cultural families and foreign laborers. In order for \'human rights and public interest\', public interest theory, fair trade law, agriculture law, consumer law, environment law, human rights basic theory, international human rights law, international humanity law, education and human rights, medicine and human rights seminar, NGO law seminar, human rights and Confucian society, etc are to be opened. Through agreements with 29 organizations and law firms including the National Human Rights Commission, Ministry of Government Legislation, Korean Legal Aid Corporation and Kim & Chang Law Firm, on-hand education was improved, while courses such as WTO laws, international economics law, EU laws, international trade laws, etc are to be opened in preparation of the opening of the Korean law market so that students can train their international skills. The faculty consists of instructors with various experience such as judges, public prosecutors, military law officers, foreign lawyers, etc. Through open and special employments, a total of 28 full-time professors including 2 foreign faculty members were procured. 3 more are expected to be hire by March in order to start the new semester with 31 professors. Three chair-professors, Bae Gi-weon (former supreme court judge), Jeong Sang-myeong (former attorney general) and Choi Song-hwa (honorary professor at SNU) will be responsible for improving the on-hands legal education. Professor Bae Byeong-il (51), dean of Yeungnam University Law School, stated \"By fostering legal experts with international competitiveness and work skills, we will greatly contribute to improving the welfare of the area and to minimizing legal blind sides.\" Facilities include a five story-high Law School building and a three story-high Law School library. In addition, a law school dorm that can accommodate the entire law school student body was newly constructed as well. There are dorms made especially for married students, while child care is also provided through agreements with Gyeongsan Kindergarten. Furthermore, in order to allow students to concentrate on their studies, Yeungnam University procured scholarship funds as well. In result, there are plans to provide over 50% in scholarships of tuitions to the entire student body.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> First Discovery of Arteriosclerosis Treatment Effects from Insect Proteins [November 20, 2008] <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_006894658807381448 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2009-01-19_10-08-17_378.jpg\" target=_blank> An undergraduate student in a local university issued a thesis as the primary author for an SCI level international journal. He is Park Ki-hoon (23, photo, left, instructor Jo Gyeong-hyeon), a senior at the Yeungnam University school of Biotechnology. This is the first thesis that revealed that the proteins extracted from fall webworms (Hyphantria cunea) could be transformed using bio-engineering technologies to use for treatment of arteriosclerosis. This thesis will be in the December, 2008 issues of the prominent international academic journal, \'Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology\' that is published by Elsevier company of the US. It is very rare that an undergraduate student is able to put their name on an SCI international academic journal as the primary author. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_03917841096495524 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2009-01-19_10-10-42_379.jpg\" target=_blank> It is especially meaningful because the journal in which the thesis is being placed on is the second most influential and prominent journal in the related field. Considering the sweat and effort that was invested in this, this result may only have been obvious. Last year around this time, he did not take any days off and had no vacation investing all of his time making tests on the functions and structures of human serum protein and fall webworm proteins. After one year of working with cells in order to evaluate the effects of arteriosclerosis cell models, he discovered the possibilities of developing treatments for arteriosclerosis and placed his name on an SCI level internationally prominent academic journal. Profess or Jo Gyeong-hyeon (40), who has been instructing him for three years showed how proud he was of this student saying, \"I am only surprised of how sincere and diligent he is conducting his research, which is not seen very often among undergraduate students.\" He comes to school every day at 8am and leaves the lab past 9pm. His colleagues call him \'Kant of the school of Biotechnology\' and his main interest is in developing a pre-diagnosis kit and treatment for cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular diseases, a main cause of sudden death among Korean adults, are potentially innate in 60% of the adult population and it is the leading cause of death for any single disease. Myocardial infarction is a disease that can only be diagnosed after it has progressed for a long time and therefore, there is a high need for a kit that can predict this early and make diagnostics. Since last summer, he has begun making comparative studies on the blood of myocardial infarction patients and the blood of normal people in order to develop a myocardial infarction bio-marker. He is a senior and in order to continue his studies, he has submitted an application at Yeungnam University graduate school of biotechnology and a MS/Ph.D course. He said, \"I first selected my major as biotechnology because I became interested in it after watching the movie Jurassic Park, but it was difficult because movies and reality was very different. However, after I started doing tests full time, I became confident that this was the path I wanted to take.\" He also added, \"Now, even when I spend my entire day on researching, I don\'t feel tired or that I am wasting my time. This is because I am convinced that my research may grant patients and their families hope and power.\" <See Related Articles> @Donga Ilbo (2008-11-24) http://www.donga.com/fbin/output?n=200811240049 @Maeil News (200008-11-21} http://www.imaeil.com/sub_news/sub_news_view.php?news_id=53450&yy=2008 @Yeungnam Daily (2008-11-21) http://www.yeongnam.com/yeongnam/html/yeongnamdaily/society/article.shtml?id=20081121.010070718590001 @Hankook-i (2008-11-21) http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/society/200811/h2008112102525974990.htm @Yeonhab News (200009-11-21) http://app.yonhapnews.co.kr/YNA/Basic/article/search/YIBW_showSearchArticle.aspx?searchpart=article&searchtext=%ec%98%81%eb%82%a8%eb%8c%80&contents_id=AKR20081120114300053 @Seoul Economy (2008-11-21) http://economy.hankooki.com/lpage/opinion/200811/e2008112020574148200.htm @Maeil Economy (2008-11-21) http://news.mk.co.kr/outside/view.php?year=2008&no=708502 @TBC Prime News (208-11-20) http://www.tbc.co.kr/tbc_news/n08_today.html?mode=VW&number=55304 @MBC News (200008-11-20) http://www.tgmbc.co.kr/News/NewsContentView.jsp?Action=query&category=News&receive_date=20081120&sequence=0017&Copy_no=00&news_code=000003&work_site=T&no=38
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> 70 \'The Chinese Communist Youth League\' college students from Beijing visit Yeungnam University [November 7, 2008] <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_011146768428291714 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2009-01-08_17-21-16_377.jpg\" target=_blank> Yeungnam University (president Tong-ki Woo) received very important guests on the 6th. 100 students from China, including 72 selected from prominent universities around Beijing such as Beijing University and Tsinghua University, visited Yeungnam University. As part of the young adult cultural exchange program that Korea\'s Korea-China Culture Association (Future Forest) and the Chinese Communist Youth League, these visitors came to Yeungnam University on the 6th for a Korean-Chinese college student culture performance. In the afternoon of the 6th, they arrived at the Dormitory and about an hour later, they went to the Yeungnam University Law Library 3rd floor where there was welcoming event for them. In this event, there were 50 students from Yeungnam University including international students from China, Yeungnam University students who went to colleges in China as exchange students and representatives from the Yeungnam University student body. In the cultural performance following the banquet, clubs at University welcomed the Chinese students with extravagant dance performances, wushu demonstrations, folk performance and classic guitar performances. The Chinese students also sang folk songs of Chinese ethnic minority groups and also performed traditional dance performances of Korean Chinese and sang the Beijing Olympic theme song. Moon Hye-young (23, senior in Chinese and Chinese literature), who went to the Beijing University of Education said, \"There were many worries that they anti-Korean sentiment of China may have an effect on this event, but after meeting these students, I was totally relieved from this.\" She also stated, \"There are many things that we college students need to collaborate in for the future of the two nations, as well as the future of East Asia. I have come to believe that we will be able to work better together in the future.\" They also visited the \'Korean Chinese College Student Forum\' at Kyunghee University on the 5th and agreed to work in diplomatic cooperation for preventing and delaying desertification. The Chinese Communist Youth League has first established as the Socialist Youth League of China in Shanghai in August 1920, before the founding of the Communist Party of China. Since establishment of the Communist Party of China in July 1921, it was recomposed as an organization under the communist party in May 1922 and in 1925, its name was changed to the Chinese Communist Youth League. During the war against Japan, it was also called the Chinese Democratic Youth League and after establishing the new nation, its name was changed to the Chinese New Democracy Youth League. However, in 1957, its name was once again changed to the Chinese Communist Youth League. The Chinese Communist Youth League was once in its dark ages and had all of its operations suspended during the Culture Revolution. In October 1978, it held its 10th National Representative Conference and it finally began to be more strongly established. There are currently a total of 35.7 million members between the age of 14 and 25 in the Chinese Communist Party.
