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No one was injured in a blast, which was attributed to the buildup of gas by one town official.

Last summer I was in Seoul visiting Korea University and the big headline there on the front page was, General Arrested for Fondling Privates.

Now, there actually is.

Ambiguity is actually quite difficult to avoid in the construction and understanding of sentences.

Now, four years, philosophy has had a bit of an image problem when it comes to university majors fascinating to study maybe but what exactly are you going to do with that after you graduate well this year's admissions numbers at some of korea's top universities tell a rather different story yeah so judging by this year's

applications philosophy has become a surprisingly really popular choice for students applying for university in 2027. to give you some examples at korea university philosophy had 113 applicants for every place in its essay-based admissions track, which is the third highest rate among humanities programs there.

At Yonsei University, the figure was 78 to 1.

Now, Seoul National University uses a different admissions track, so the numbers aren't directly comparable, but Philosophy ranked third among humanities programs there as well, with just over 15 applicants per

isn't surprising at all.

So semiconductor programs linked to major companies are also seeing very strong demand.

For example, Korea University's Department of Semiconductor Engineering, which partners with SK Hynix, recorded its highest competition rate since it was established in 2021.

Yonsei University's Department of System Semiconductor Engineering which is linked to samsung electronics was also highly highly competitive now these programs offer a direct path into the semiconductor industry after graduation so the appeal is much easier and straightforward to explain

Uh, before we get into the BCHL season, I thought this was interesting.

Tell us about having Korea University take part in your preseason.

Yeah, I mean, I think it really exemplifies the direction the BCHL is going.

I mean, our global, our global numbers are the, the impact of our rosters.

From non-traditional countries like Korea, from, uh, other Asian countries, Japan, and then obviously Europe, has really skyrocketed over the past three years, and I think it was a great opportunity.

Uh, the Korea University approached us saying they were making a, a tour through Western Canada, and, uh, we, we jumped at the opportunity.

Thought it was a great-

Yeah.

It's so, so interesting.

But this came from researchers from the Korea University in Seoul, and they looked at forty thousand adults, it's a lot of adults, over seven years, and they compared weekdays and weekends, um, and different blood pressure markers and physical activity.

And then overall, the people that got the extra weekend sleep, they had six percent lower odds of hypertension, so potentially significantly different there within the study.

But one to two hours extra seemed to be that useful spot that they'd found, so one hour and twenty-seven minutes to be precise, emerging as the specific sweet spot.

The New York Post says that sleeping an extra hour and 27 minutes on weekends lowers the risk of high blood pressure.

Now, Korea University studied 41,000 adults, and those who slept longer on weekends were 9% less likely to have high blood pressure.

Study author Dr. Lee says getting some extra sleep on the weekend may give the body a chance to recover and reduce some of that stress.

However, more than four additional hours of weekend sleep was linked to an increased risk of high blood pressure, which researchers say may be connected to sleep irregularity and disruption of the body's internal clock.

Yeah.

He did his MBA here in Korean University, who actually got the second place.

We are really good friends right now.

I think he is going to start his startup soon.

I'm Aaron Van Dorn.

Today on the podcast, we have Dr. Hyun Jong Lee from Korea University in Seoul, South Korea, to discuss an app-based intervention aiming to stabilize circadian rhythms to prevent mood episode recurrence in patients with mood disorders.

Following that, we'll speak once again with AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin about the rest of the September issue, which is oriented around recent developments in clinical treatment.

Dr. Lee, your study looked at an app-based intervention designed to work with a wearable health tracking device to encourage stability in circadian rhythms in patients with mood disorders with an aim at preventing mood episode recurrence.