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All high school students to get free education starting 2021

South Korea's presidential office, the government and the ruling Democratic Party agreed Tuesday that the country will provide free education to all high school students starting in 2021. To this en...

Apr 9, 2019
Education
Korea International School named Apple Distinguished School

Korea International School said Monday that it has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for its effective implementation of technology to help redefine learning. According to KIS, Apple ...

Apr 8, 2019
Education
Celebrating 400 years, Dulwich Olympiad London

Dulwich College Seoul students pose for a photo at the Dulwich College campus in London on March 24. Some 60 students and teachers from Seoul participated in the Dulwich Olympiad London 2019. (Dulw...

Apr 4, 2019
Education
[Photo News] Bridging Korea and Japan

Kim Soung-soo (fourth from left, second row), chairman of Youth For Understanding Korea, a nonprofit student exchange organization, poses with Korean and Japanese participants in the 2018-2019 exchan...

Mar 10, 2019
Education
[Newsmaker] South Korean authorities, private preschools on collision course

The education authorities of Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon warned Sunday that local private schools will face harsh administrative punishments if they press ahead with a collective action to p...

Mar 3, 2019
Education
[Herald Interview] Small-but-nationwide graduate school appeals to foreigners

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

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