Word: yonsei
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...more than the SAT or ACT, the CSAT holds bearing on people’s well-being 20 years after they take it. If students score highly enough to get into a “SKY” university—a Seoul National University, Korea University or Yonsei University—they land on the path towards an enviable job, salary, and social class...
...highly stratified culture, this promise is a powerful one. When I ask my Korean friends what they think of students who go to Seoul National or Yonsei, their first reaction is, “They must work really hard.” In contrast, when a Harvard student drops the H-bomb, often the first reaction is, “Wow, you must be really smart.” Since Korean college admission is based entirely on a test score, it is widely acknowledged that no matter how naturally intelligent you are, if you don’t study intensively...
...There are already hundreds of North Korean software engineers working in China, in border cities and elsewhere, according to Heejin Lee, a professor at Yonsei University, who has conducted fieldwork in the region. Most work as subcontractors for South Korean, Japanese or Chinese firms - sometimes in joint ventures - and Lee says there are numerous clandestine firms. The North Koreans earn high marks for their scientific and mathematical skills and come substantially cheaper than their Chinese counterparts - $300-$500 a month, one-third the cost of a Chinese engineer, or half the price of an Indian one, he says...
...mystery why. This week, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and his new government started to lay the ground rules for future dialogue with the North. "North Korea is just trying to discipline the new unification minister [of South Korea]," says Professor Moon Jung In, at Yonsei University, referring to Kim Ha Jong, the South's key policy maker on the North. His agenda will presumably be a reflection of Lee's election platform, which took a harder line against Pyongyang than previous South Korean governments...
...reason why the dispute has erupted again is that Roh has been under considerable political pressure at home. Kim Jaebum, a professor of diplomacy at Yonsei University in Seoul, says the liberal President has been widely perceived as soft on Japan-a political liability at a time when his beleaguered Uri party is preparing for hotly contested local elections in May. "He had to step it up," says Kim. "The Korean people were waiting for an explicit expression from the President." Sure enough, Roh's strident speech has been greeted enthusiastically at home, with an editorial in the Korea Times...