SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — India opened up its second Korean language master’s program with the Korean wave sweeping the globe. Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi recently held a faculty meeting to introduce the master’s program in the Korean language. The university has selected 25 new students for the Korean language master’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — While the South Korean legal drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” is raising awareness about people with autism spectrum disorders, only a few people with autism are actually able to attend university, data showed Sunday. Rep. Lee Eun-joo of the minor opposition Justice Party quoted a report from the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Teenagers regard one’s ability as the most important criterion for distributing rewards, a study indicated Thursday. The report published by the Korea Educational Development Institute surveyed about 500 students from a total of three middle and high schools about their perception of fair distribution. They were presented with various [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Vice Education Minister Jang Sang-yoon said Tuesday it has become “realistically difficult” to continue to push ahead with a widely unpopular proposal to lower the elementary school starting age by one year to 5. The remark was seen as meaning the government is scrapping the proposal after Education Minister [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign students from outstanding overseas universities will be allowed to work as interns at high-tech companies and research institutes in South Korea under a new visa program intended to help strengthen corporate competitiveness, the Ministry of Justice said Friday. The ministry said it will introduce the so-called “high-tech field [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Opposition is growing among teachers and parents alike to the government’s plan to move up the elementary school starting age by one year to 5 starting as early as 2025. Reporting this year’s key policy plans to President Yoon Suk-yeol last week, the education ministry said it will soon [...]
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 [...]