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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
Teacher arrested on charges of leaking exam papers to daughters

A Seoul court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for a teacher at a private school on charges that he leaked exam questions to his twin daughters who attend the same school. Earlier in the day, the...

Nov 6, 2018
Education
Angelina Jolie's son not on Yonsei admissions list

Yonsei University spoke with The Korea Herald on Monday, denying widespread rumors that Angelina Jolie’s son was on the list of applicants for any of its 2019 programs. The actress visited Korea Nov...

Nov 5, 2018
Education
[Graphic News] Stanford most innovative university in world

For the fourth year running, Stanford University tops Reuters' ranking of the World's Most Innovative Universities, a list that identifies and ranks the educational institutions doing the most to ad...

Oct 25, 2018
Education
Ruling camp to reinforce monitoring of private kindergartens’ accounts

The government and the ruling party vowed Thursday to reinforce monitoring of accounting practices at private kindergartens and to increase the number of the state-run facilities, after accounting fr...

Oct 25, 2018
Education
[Herald Interview] ‘Liberal arts education offers key ingredient in tech economy’

Korean students interested in pursuing music can combine their musical training with economics, business management, finance or psychology to lead the way in promoting Korean culture or K-pop in innovative ways.

Oct 25, 2018
Education
Govt., ruling party unveil measures to root out preschool irregularities

The government and the ruling Democratic Party on Thursday unveiled a set of strict measures to eradicate irregularities and enhance accounting transparency at private kindergartens. Government and ...

Oct 25, 2018
Education
Conflict over kindergarten accounting fraud deepens

A conflict between public and private kindergartens is deepening following a lawmaker’s revelations of thousands of cases of accounting fraud by private kindergartens. As the Education Ministry and ...

Oct 23, 2018
Education
Education Ministry to disclose private kindergartens found with accounting fraud

The Education Ministry began operation of a corruption report center to monitor private kindergartens for irregularities Friday, after thousands of private institutes were found with accounting fraud...

Oct 19, 2018
Education

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