SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A major cheating scandal has erupted at Yonsei University after evidence surfaced that a large number of students used ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools during an online midterm exam, prompting the professor to threaten disciplinary action. The professor of “Natural Language Processing (NLP) and ChatGPT,” a third-year course [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — More graduates from South Korea’s top universities are enrolling in regional law schools, reflecting a sharp rise in competition for legal careers and raising new concerns about equity in the country’s law education system. Newly released government data show that this year, 31 percent of first-year students at five lower-tier [...]
JEJU, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A former high school teacher in Jeju has had his fine doubled on appeal after being convicted of making sexually inappropriate remarks to students during class. The Jeju District Court’s Criminal Division 2, presided over by Judge Oh Chang-hoon, on Thursday overturned a lower court’s ruling and imposed a fine [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Pusan National University (PNU) said Thursday it will become the first university in South Korea to introduce artificial intelligence–powered smart glasses designed for real-time translation and communication across multiple languages. The AI Translation Glasses are being rolled out as part of the university’s “AX Transformation Project,” which explores how advanced [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — When A, the teenage son of an international marriage, returned to Korea in his first year of high school, his parents told him to skip school and start working. They pushed him instead to a Seoul education center for migrant youths to learn Korean quickly. Two years later, he [...]
LONDON, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The University of Cambridge is introducing a new master’s program dedicated to East Asian popular culture — with a strong focus on Korean culture — reflecting the growing academic recognition of K-culture’s global influence. The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies announced on Sunday that it will begin offering [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — As far-right groups staged another anti-China rally near Daerim Station in southwestern Seoul, students at a nearby middle school responded with a counter-message: “Stop hate, start respect.” Dozens of teenagers held placards reading “Schools should be free of hate” and “Together in diversity” as they marched through their neighborhood, [...]
GANGNEUNG, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In Gangneung, where South Korea declared its first-ever “state of disaster” caused by drought, a group of local young people has organized under the unlikely name “Toilet Demon Hunters.” Their mission is both urgent and practical: teaching citizens how small changes in daily habits can conserve vast amounts of water. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly one in six foreign graduates who stayed in South Korea after studying have faced workplace difficulties, including conflicts with Korean colleagues or wage disputes, according to a government-funded study released Sunday. The Korea Immigration Service Institute found that 16.4 percent of foreign residents who previously studied in Korea [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s young adults remain the most highly educated in the developed world, according to new data released Tuesday, but the wage premium for advanced degrees is growing even as public spending on higher education lags international peers. The OECD Education at a Glance 2025 report showed that 70.6 percent [...]