SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Rhee Chang-yong on Friday called for reforming South Korea’s college entrance system in order to nurture talents capable of leading innovations. Rhee made the point during the opening ceremony of a research institute on population and talent issues at Yonsei University in Seoul. “Leading [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Elementary schools in South Korea are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) digital textbooks at higher rates compared to middle and high schools, according to new data. Education authorities plan to inform provincial education offices and schools about additional application methods for the second semester this week, aiming to increase AI textbook usage [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on March 18 that it will significantly expand its low-sugar school meal initiative from two to 100 schools, aiming to promote healthier eating habits among students. Following a successful pilot program at two schools last year, the city is now accepting applications until March 24 [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 80% of Generation Z college students in South Korea oppose recent tuition hikes, according to a new survey released on March 13. The study, conducted by Vinulabs Insight through the college community platform Everytime, surveyed 204 university students between February 28 and March 4. It found that 84.8% [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has, for the first time, publicly disclosed data on early childhood private education spending, shedding light on a rapidly expanding market that has sparked concerns over educational inequality and excessive academic pressure on young children. The Ministry of Education released findings from the 2024 Early Childhood [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean legal tech firm Law & Company announced that its AI-powered legal assistant, Super Lawyer, achieved a breakthrough performance in the 14th Korean Bar Examination, surpassing global AI models in accuracy. The company revealed on Wednesday that Super Lawyer recorded a 74% accuracy rate on the multiple-choice section, well [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing wave of media attention is focusing on ‘Daechi Moms,’ a term referring to ambitious South Korean parents who dedicate their lives to their children’s elite education. From viral YouTube skits to TV documentaries and drama series, these mothers—often depicted wearing luxury fashion while micromanaging their children’s academic [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly one in three newly minted Ph.D. holders in South Korea last year remained unemployed, a record-high figure that underscores a tightening job market even for the country’s most highly educated individuals. According to data from Statistics Korea, only 70.4% of Ph.D. recipients who graduated in 2024 had secured employment [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — In a prestigious mathematics academy in Seoul’s affluent Daechi-dong district, known as South Korea’s “education capital,” an admission question for elementary students recently read: “How many times does the digit ’1′ appear in the sum of the series 9+99+999+…+99999999999999999999 (twenty 9s)?” This was part of the academy’s notoriously difficult [...]
SEOUL, Feb.12 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Wednesday it seeks to amend a law to place teachers with mental disorders on compulsory leave, following a fatal stabbing of an 8-year-old student by a school teacher that shocked the nation this week. Education Minister Lee Ju-ho announced the plan during a meeting of top education [...]