The Korea Herald

[Feature] Learning gap: school’s new coronavirus challenge

Jul 27, 2020

With schools expected to continue mostly online in the fall, worries grow over a widening achievement gap
Korea adds 5 new special schools, most in 7 years

Jul 26, 2020

South Korea saw five new special schools open in the year ending March 31, the largest yearly increase in seven years, with new additions in Seoul, Incheon, Gangwon Province and South Chungcheong Pro...
S. Korea to expand medical school admission quotas, open public medical school

Jul 23, 2020

South Korea will increase the admission quotas at medical schools and establish a new public medical school in a bid to broaden the reach of health care services, lawmakers and government officials s...
More universities endorse case for tuition refunds for classes disrupted by pandemic

Jul 22, 2020

More South Korean universities are positively responding to the demand for partial tuition refunds to compensate students for disrupted learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. The National Korea M...
Ministry to survey all student athletes for abuse

Jul 21, 2020

The Education Ministry plans to ask all of nearly 60,000 student athletes in the country about their experiences with physical and verbal abuse, after the suicide of a triathlete last month brought t...
Licenses for two international schools in Seoul revoked

Jul 20, 2020

The Ministry of Education on Monday backed the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s decision to revoke special status to two autonomous middle schools. The ministry announced it has decided to uphold the...
[Feature] Pandemic’s ‘uneven’ impact on college hopefuls

Jul 19, 2020

High school seniors fear becoming casualty of coronavirus in college admissions; repeaters argue everybody’s suffering
Seoul school on track to lose elite status for accounting fraud

Jul 9, 2020

Another elite high school in Seoul is likely to lose its autonomous status next year amid the liberal administration’s highly-controversial push to do away with elite schools. The Seoul Metropolitan...
Kwangwoon University Intelligent Defense ICT Center works to foster more professionals and intellectual property rights

Jul 7, 2020

Kwangwoon University Intelligent Defense ICT Center works to foster more professionals and intellectual property rights In face of rising demand for artificial intelligence-based applications, Kwang...
Youth club helps out students from multicultural families

Jul 1, 2020

COVID-19 is having an adverse effect on Korean society as a whole, especially among high school students. While facing the challenge of preparing to go to college, students find it hard to participat...
Students file suit for tuition cuts as pandemic disrupts learning

Jul 1, 2020

South Korean university students have joined together to file a class action lawsuit against the Ministry of Education and schools, seeking partial tuition refunds for disruptions to learning due to ...
Education ministry to support training programs for Korean language teachers in Asia

Jul 1, 2020

The education ministry is set to expand Korean language education in Asian nations, by rolling out a support project to train locals there as professional Korean language teachers, the ministry said ...
[Best Brand] SPEP excels global business, language training

Jun 30, 2020

EDUCATION SPEP Global education firm SPEP has been at the center of business education, providing training and consulting programs to increase the foreign language proficiency of professionals at l...
Seoul education chief vows to flatten educational hierarchy in online learning era

Jun 30, 2020

Seoul City’s education chief vowed to reduce educational disparity and innovate the current grading system to promote equal opportunities for all students. The initiatives are intended to support th...
[Best Brand] Seoul Cyber University outshines rivals with diverse virtual classes

Jun 30, 2020

CYBER UNIVERSITY SEOUL CYBER UNIVERSITY Seoul Cyber University has pulled ahead of other high-level educational institutions in online education, which emerged as a major phenomenon in the aftermat...