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UST President Moon mentions Seoul climate change on fine-dust woes

Feb 24, 2019
Education
S. Korea's average foodstuff price rises sharply in Q4 on summer heat

The average price of foodstuff in South Korea increased sharply in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared with other major advanced countries, data showed Saturday, apparently due to the scorching summe...

Feb 23, 2019
Education
KIS holds scientific technology seminar with MIT students

Korea International School announced that it invited students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology to hold an MIT Science & Technology Seminar for one week, from Jan. 7 to 11, at its Pangyo cam...

Feb 11, 2019
Education
Govt. to give 860 billion won in subsidies to universities, colleges this year

The government will pay 860 billion won ($766 million) in subsidies to all universities and colleges nationwide this year to help upgrade their academic competitiveness, the Ministry of Education sai...

Jan 8, 2019
Education
Education superintendent to propose plan for South Korean students to visit NK

Lee Jae-jeong, the superintendent of Gyeonggi Province Office of Education, will propose a plan for South Korean students to visit the North at Wednesday’s railroad groundbreaking ceremony, the educa...

Dec 25, 2018
Education
Part-time lecturers in Busan go on strike to protest dismissals

Part-time lecturers in Busan went on strike Tuesday, protesting their dismissals less than a month after a revision bill aimed at improving their treatment passed the National Assembly. In a press c...

Dec 18, 2018
Education
New guideline on delaying school attendance to take effect in Seoul next month

A new guideline for delaying elementary and middle school admission for reasons such as studying abroad will come into force in Seoul starting next year. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education a...

Dec 16, 2018
Education
1,000 more classes to open at state-run kindergartens next year: ministry

The Education Ministry announced Thursday that 1,080 new national and public kindergarten classes will open up next year as part of an initiative to lessen dependence on private kindergartens. In a ...

Dec 6, 2018
Education
Institute releases Suneung answers

The Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation released the answers for this year’s Suneung, or college scholastic ability test, on Monday, after reviewing complaints filed against this year’s exa...

Nov 26, 2018
Education
Internet erupts over difficult Suneung English questions

Questions from this year’s English test for the Suneung, South Korea’s national college entrance exam, have baffled the internet community, including many Native English speakers. Final-year high sc...

Nov 16, 2018
Education
[From the scene] As flights stop, Korean students take Suneung test

On the day of Suneung, South Korea’s college scholastic ability test, hundreds of thousands of students looking both determined and nervous flocked to test sites across the country. Cheering crowds ...

Nov 15, 2018
Education
Incheon Global Campus to hold joint admissions event Saturday

Four international universities at Incheon Global Campus in Songdo will hold a joint event to promote next year’s admissions on Saturday. Incheon Global Campus Foundation said Thursday that the Ghen...

Nov 15, 2018
Education
[From the Scene] Culmination of years of preparation, Suneung is here

Tense atmosphere day before the college scholastic ability test

Nov 14, 2018
Education
3 awarded grand prize in IYF English Speech Contest

International Youth Fellowship awarded grand prizes to three winners for its 18th English Speech Contest on Saturday. The annual contest with it final round in Sejong Hall at Seoul Human Resources D...

Nov 13, 2018
Education
Ratio of unredeemed student loans edges up in 2017

The ratio of South Korea's unredeemed student loans rose in 2017 for the first time amid the country's unstable job market, government data showed Monday. According to the data from the National Tax...

Nov 12, 2018
Education

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