INSIDE JoongAng Daily: "Department of Butt-whoopin'
Kyungbuk College of Science is also offering a major in a sport that's rapidly becoming popular in Korea: mixed martial arts, better known as K-1 in Japan. The school's Division of Leisure Sports and Recreation started offering the major this year. Eighty student have so far signed up.
'Mixed martial arts, including K-1 and PRIDE Fighting Championships, have been popular in other countries like Japan, the States and Russia for the last 10 years,' said Hong Young-kyu, professor of the department. 'Korea is a bit behind.'
'Noting that K-1 is a mixture of various martial arts, the school thought that it would be good to have such a major,' Mr. Hong added.
The problem is that there are not many experts in K-1. Mr. Hong is just one of a small number of professors who can teach martial arts, having studied it for about 15 years. He teaches Brazilian jiujitsu and Russia's combat sambo style. The school also teaches Thai and Japanese kick-boxing in addition to taekwondo and hapkido, both of which are Korean martial arts.

Department of Chastity
Men like Lee Il-jae, however, aren't fighters: they're lovers. Specifically, Pure Lovers.
Mr. Lee is a professor at the Department of Pure Love at Sunmoon University (which was established by Moon Sun-myung's Unification Church). The love taught here is considered 'pure' because it emphasizes abstinence before marriage, although it also teaches students about contraception.
'Society is extremely open about sex and pure values seem to have eroded,' Mr. Lee said. 'We teach people about sex by showing them true moral values.' The education is based on the values of the Unification Church, Mr. Lee added. The church emphasizes the value of virginity prior to marriage.

Department of Butt-whoopin'
Kyungbuk College of Science is also offering a major in a sport that's rapidly becoming popular in Korea: mixed martial arts, better known as K-1 in Japan. The school's Division of Leisure Sports and Recreation started offering the major this year. Eighty student have so far signed up.
"Mixed martial arts, including K-1 and PRIDE Fighting Championships, have been popular in other countries like Japan, the States and Russia for the last 10 years," said Hong Young-kyu, professor of the department. "Korea is a bit behind."
"Noting that K-1 is a mixture of various martial arts, the school thought that it would be good to have such a major," Mr. Hong added.
The problem is that there are not many experts in K-1. Mr. Hong is just one of a small number of professors who can teach martial arts, having studied it for about 15 years. He teaches Brazilian jiujitsu and Russia's combat sambo style. The school also teaches Thai and Japanese kick-boxing in addition to taekwondo and hapkido, both of which are Korean martial arts.

Department of Chastity
Men like Lee Il-jae, however, aren't fighters: they're lovers. Specifically, Pure Lovers.
Mr. Lee is a professor at the Department of Pure Love at Sunmoon University (which was established by Moon Sun-myung's Unification Church). The love taught here is considered "pure" because it emphasizes abstinence before marriage, although it also teaches students about contraception.
"Society is extremely open about sex and pure values seem to have eroded," Mr. Lee said. "We teach people about sex by showing them true moral values." The education is based on the values of the Unification Church, Mr. Lee added. The church emphasizes the value of virginity prior to marriage.
The students learn how to deal with victims of sexual violence, and to teach sex education to middle and high school students. Mr. Lee said about 60 percent of the course graduates are working abroad for the church teaching sex education or doing missionary work.
Lee Jung-won, 24, the first male student in the department, said he applied for the Pure Love major after learning that purity is not only about virginity but also about living an honest and pure life.
And after graduation?