The Korea Herald

[Photo News] UN subsidiary hosts youth speech contest for Sustainable Development Goals

Sept 15, 2017

SPEECH CONTEST -- The United Nations Project Office on Governance held its first speech contest -- "Let's Talk about SDGs" -- in Songdo, Incheon, on Friday, co-hosted with the Ministry of the Interio...
Kindergartens call off strike

Sept 15, 2017

The Korea Kindergarten Association on Friday called off its plan to stage a strike next week. The strike scheduled for Monday was averted as the association representing private kindergartens nation...
Education Ministry calls kindergarten strike ‘illegal’

Sept 12, 2017

South Korea’s education authorities on Tuesday declared an upcoming strike by private kindergartens illegal, warning that such collective action “will not be tolerated.” Members of the Korea Kinderg...
Contract teachers won't see status shift: Education Ministry

Sept 11, 2017

Contract teachers in public schools will be an exception to the Moon Jae-in administration’s campaign to give all public-sector irregular workers permanent employee status, the Education Ministry sai...
KIS promotes global friendship through football tournament

Sept 9, 2017

The Korea International School held its annual Gaelic Football Season at its campus in Seoul on Sept. 2, co-organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association and the Irish Embassy, the school said. The e...
[Eye] The guilt of a South Korean cram school mogul

Sept 8, 2017

MegaStudy founder says Korea has no future if cramming continues
'In era of AI, women will thrive in men’s world'

Sept 1, 2017

Ewha Womans University president aims to nurture future talent, rebuild school’s tarnished image
South Korean students fall by 167,000 this year

Aug 31, 2017

South Korea saw a 2.5 percent on-year drop in the number of students enrolled in kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools last year, government data showed Thursday. As of April, 6.46 milli...
Moon urges variety in education, reduced burden on students

Aug 30, 2017

President Moon Jae-in stressed the importance of variety in public education Wednesday, while calling for government efforts to reduce financial burdens on students and their parents. "What I especi...
446 foreign scholarship students to graduate from Korean schools this month

Aug 16, 2017

A batch of 446 international students on scholarships invited by the government are set to graduate from 57 universities in South Korea this month, the Education Ministry said Wednesday. The student...
‘Smart classroom’ is the future of school

Aug 14, 2017

Machine-assisted educational platforms set to enable learners to study at their own pace.
Korean Education Center opens new branch in Atlanta

Aug 9, 2017

The Korean Education Center, a Ministry of Education-affiliated agency in charge of teaching Korean to overseas Koreans and foreigners, will open its 42nd offshore branch in Atlanta in the US state o...
[Eye Interview] Education reformer aims to tackle elitism in schools

Aug 4, 2017

Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon says South Korea needs visionary, revolutionary educators to nurture future talent
Education collegians protest plan to cut teacher recruitment

Aug 4, 2017

Hundreds of education college students in Seoul on Friday protested a government plan to sharply reduce the recruitment of new elementary school teachers next year. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of ...
Education chief to female teachers: Be proud, you’re a great catch

Aug 2, 2017

A provincial education superintendent has been denounced for allegedly making sexist remarks, a local media outlet reported Wednesday. According to Money Today, North Gyeongsang Province education s...