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"Pukyong National University's goal is to be a happy nest for students· Regional Innovation Platform"
Aju Business Daily, published an interview with President Kim Young-seup of PKNU on Dec.16, 

△ The Aju Business Daily, which contains articles about Pukyong National University.

Aju Business Daily published an article about Pukyong National University on the corner of <Aju reserved seat> on the 16th.

There are two major articles devoted to the entire page 20 of this newspaper.

The title of the main article, which contains the interview with President Kim Young-seup, is titled "'Dragon Valley', where 300 companies nest, builds Unicorn Campus"

In his interview, president Kim said, “Universities should work together to remove ideological barriers and serve as a platform to serve the community with local governments, local businesses and public institutions.”, and he emphasized the university's role in innovation in the community and local industry.

The article said, “Kim Young-seup, president of Pukyong National University for the 7th  year as university president in 2016, asserted that the path of regional universities facing the era of declining school age is a new form of 'academic cooperation'" and added, "The power to change the local economy comes from people, and it is education that changes people, leading to future industries by innovating higher education."

The article introduced, in order to realize this, they are ▷ building a regional university-university cooperation belt (K7-Belt), ▷ a dragon valley under construction at Yongdang Campus, ▷ the first smart culture cluster in Korea, ▷ and the establishment of the 'FAO Graduate School of Global Fisheries'.
 
In particular, President Kim emphasized in the article, “To cope with the rapid change of society with artificial intelligence and big data, universities should reorganize their teaching positions, integrate departments, or change their teaching methods.” and he added, From the student's point of view, it is not desirable to be trapped inside the interdepartmental wall, so if the wall can't be broken down, the decree is revised to make it easier for students to make other majors by launching a net to escape."

The Aju Business Daily recently published a small boxed article about the change of the Pukyong National University following Kim's interview. The title was 'Supplementary Startup Support for 100 Startup Students'.

The article said, “Pukyong National University focuses on students, especially among professors, employees, and students, which are the three main bodies of the university,” and highlighting the 'Startup 100 project', which will be in operation from February next year.

Following the article, “Daeyeon Campus is finding hidden spaces for students.” ▷ Remodeling the entire library, ▷ Changing the fountain on the first floor of the Dongwon Jangbogo building, and ▷ Remodeling the paradise space of the Natural Science University.
 
In this article, Choi Yoon-hong, the executive secretary of Pukyong University, said, “We are not able to build a new building with a budget of hundreds of billions, but we are changing the space where students can be satisfied with the dead space in the campus.” <Pukyong Today>