SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Limiting boarding school students from going outside of campus even during weekends infringes upon their rights to freedom of movement, the state rights watchdog said Friday. A high school student, whose name was withheld, filed a petition with the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, claiming the boarding school’s [...]
SUWON/YONGIN, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — More college students from overseas are entering South Korea for Korean language studies and Korean cultural programs as universities are restarting summer international exchange programs that were suspended due to the pandemic. Ajou University has been running a Summer School program for 20 college students from Uzbekistan since July [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea ranked second at this year’s youth international mathematics competition in Norway earlier this month, with China clinching the top spot, the event’s organizers said Friday. The six-member South Korean delegation earned a combined 208 points with three gold medals and as many silvers at the International Mathematical [...]
YEONGJONG ISLAND, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — June Huh, the Korean American mathematician who won this year’s prestigious Fields Medal, said Friday he is “happy and delighted” to win the award and pledged to play a greater role in advancing the field of mathematics in South Korea. Huh made the remarks upon arrival at Incheon [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — With Princeton University professor June Huh becoming the first-ever scholar of Korean descent to win the prestigious Fields Medal, education experts in South Korea are pointing out the need to reflect on the country’s current mathematics education system. The Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation reported that among students [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – June Huh, the Korean American mathematician who won this year’s prestigious Fields Medal, said Wednesday the ability to work together as a team in large projects has become important in the field of modern advanced mathematics, adding that such a process has an “addictive nature that is hard to [...]
HELSINKI, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — June Huh, a Korean American mathematician and professor at Princeton University, has been named a recipient of this year’s Fields Medal, a prestigious international prize awarded to mathematicians under 40 for achievements in the field of mathematics. The 39-year-old professor, who also serves as a distinguished professor of mathematics [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government, along with the King Sejong Institute Foundation, announced that it will provide a free online Korean language education platform, the Seoul City Online King Sejong Institute, for foreigners for six months starting on July 1. The King Sejong Institute Foundation is a public subsidiary of [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — About 8 out of 10 middle and high school students believe that difficult mathematics exams produce students who ultimately decide to give up studying math, a poll showed Tuesday. According to a survey conducted jointly by Rep. Kang Deuk-koo of the Democratic Party and a civic group “The World [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — More people have been spending more for online courses during the pandemic era, a report said Wednesday. The Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI) conducted a survey of 10,154 people, of which 1,221 (12 percent) had used online means of education. Among them, 691 were either elementary, middle, high [...]