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Court temporarily bans school from using state-authored history textbook

A district court on Friday temporarily banned a local high school from using a controversial state-authored history textbook. The court upheld an injunction request filed by five parents who accused...

Mar 17, 2017
Education
Private education spending hits record high in 2016: survey

Monthly expenditures on private education here reached an all-time high last year amid a steady drop in the number of students, a government survey showed Tuesday. Monthly spending on private educat...

Mar 14, 2017
Education
Over 80 schools to use state history textbooks as supplementary material

More than 80 middle and high schools have applied to use controversial state-authored history textbooks as supplementary materials in the new academic year, the education ministry said Monday. The t...

Mar 6, 2017
Education
[Eye] Star TOEIC instructor jumps on video streaming bandwagon

On a chilly evening in February on the third floor of Freec Up Studio in Samseong-dong, only a handful of people were roaming across the hall packed with meeting rooms and studios. In one relatively...

Mar 3, 2017
Education
School entrance ceremony canceled amid protest over state textbooks

A group of parents of high school students is set to file a suit Thursday demanding the cancellation of the school's adoption of controversial state-authored history textbooks. Munmyeong High School...

Mar 2, 2017
Education
Students, parents rally against state-authored history textbooks

Dozens of students and parents rallied at a high school in this southeastern city Tuesday for two consecutive days in protest against its adoption of state-authored history textbooks. Munmyeong High...

Feb 21, 2017
Education
High School to adopt state-authored history textbook

The Ministry of Education said Monday that a trial of the controversial state-authored history textbook will be conducted at only one school. The school -- Munmyeong High School in Gyeongsan, North ...

Feb 20, 2017
Education
High-school apprenticeships gain traction

Most of this year’s high school graduates will choose to further their education, but Kim Sung-woo has decided to take a different path. Instead of enrolling in a university, the Steve Jobs wannabe ...

Feb 20, 2017
Education
Ready for school -- and the academic race

Six-year-old Kim Lyu-hyun has yet to start school, but he is not new to sitting tight for a few straight hours to study. The child is comfortable reading and writing in his mother tongue, can add an...

Feb 17, 2017
Education
Dwight School to promote beauty of language through reading event

Dwight School Seoul will be hosting its fifth annual VIP Reading Day to promote the diversity of languages. Scheduled to take place at the international school’s campus in western Seoul on Tuesday, ...

Feb 16, 2017
Education
Most schools reject Park's signature history textbooks

Most schools across the nation appeared Wednesday to have rejected a set of controversial state-authored history textbooks advocated by impeached President Park Geun-hye. The textbooks for middle an...

Feb 15, 2017
Education
Children's clothing, school products turn luxurious

Randosel backpacks (Yonhap) Top luxury brands popular with adults are also grabbing the market for children, their sales increasing as kids get ready to go back to school this month or next, industr...

Feb 13, 2017
Education
Paris 7 to open master's course on Korean independence movement history

Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7, will open a master's course on the Korean independence movement history later this year, the Independence Hall of Korea in Cheonan said Thursday. "(T...

Jan 19, 2017
Education
Seoul to launch long-term survey of gifted students

South Korea’s Ministry of Education will conduct a study of gifted students following their academic and career path for 25 years after their graduation from state-run special education programs, it ...

Jan 18, 2017
Education
KAIST to hold startup, investment conference

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology is holding a two-day conference in Daejeon, in the center of South Korea, to provide support and assistance programs for potential startups, the...

Jan 18, 2017
Education

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