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Park renews call for correct history education

President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that history should be taught "correctly" for young South Koreans in what could be the latest move to advocate for state history textbooks. "I think history achi...

Dec 15, 2015
Education
Textbook controversy spills over to selection of authors

With the government postponing the announcement of the criteria for government-issued history textbooks for the third time Monday, the dispute over the selection of authors fueled the debate over the...

Dec 15, 2015
Education
‘Liberal arts education translates into better jobs’

With South Korean youths struggling to get jobs amid the worsening employment rate, the nation’s higher education trend has been shifting toward practical courses like finance and engineering and awa...

Dec 7, 2015
Education
Backlash intensifies over bar exam retention

The government’s decision to delay the abolishment of the state-run bar exam has stoked vehement opposition, as students from 24 of 25 law schools in Korea agreed Friday to hand in dropout letters an...

Dec 4, 2015
Education
Gov't to sponsor unification education at universities

The government plans to choose a handful of universities to lead education on inter-Korean reunification, a Unification Ministry official said Friday. The ministry will allocate 1.8 billion won ($1....

Dec 4, 2015
Education
‘Seoul private schools run illegal English lessons’

Some private elementary schools in Seoul are breaking relevant laws by giving uncertified English lessons to young students, a local civic group said Monday. World Without Worries About Private Educ...

Nov 30, 2015
Education
Ministry keeps textbook review committee under wraps

The Education Ministry said Monday it has confirmed 16 members of the review committee for secondary education history textbooks, but refused to disclose the members, stoking further opposition again...

Nov 30, 2015
Education
George Mason Korea head sees bigger role for colleges

Songdo-based university offers unique education based on diversity, field experience, Lee says

Nov 23, 2015
Education
Number of kids studying abroad falls 63% in 8 years

Yoon Jeong-sik, a 30-year-old who has studied in the U.S. for half of his life, has struggled to find a job in Korea. Having graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political philosophy from a state un...

Nov 17, 2015
Education
Number of overseas Korean students continues to drop

The number of young South Koreans studying abroad plunged by a third over eight years, official data showed Tuesday, apparently thanks to the nation's improved English education system. In 2014, 10,...

Nov 17, 2015
Education
Seoul school accused of admissions fraud

Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Sunday that it found multiple cases of admissions fraud by Hana Academy Seoul in a special investigation of the school. According to the SMOE, the academy...

Nov 15, 2015
Education
Ministry to punish teachers for textbook protest

The Education Ministry has requested disciplinary actions against teachers who participated in a nationwide condemnation of the recently revived state-authored history textbooks, officials said Sunda...

Nov 15, 2015
Education
Test-takers embrace challenges of ‘Suneung’

Jo Myeong-ja, 79, has taken a long detour en route to higher education. As the oldest of some 630,000 students who took the annual college entrance exam Thursday morning, Jo stood outside the gates ...

Nov 12, 2015
Education
Education ministry, foreign embassies ink deal on biz cooperation

The Unification Ministry and eight foreign embassies in Seoul agreed Thursday to cooperate on developing a program that will help middle school students explore their career options, government offic...

Nov 12, 2015
Education
630,000 students take college entrance exam

More than 630,000 high school seniors and graduates in South Korea took the state-administered annual college entrance exam Thursday, as the government implemented various traffic control and anti-no...

Nov 12, 2015
Education

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