SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Sex education is undergoing changes in and out of schools in South Korea. A series of sexual crimes and intensifying gender discrimination have led many to call for sex education that encompasses gender discussions, leading many teacher’s associations, civil groups, and startups to develop various curriculums to be taught at [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Wednesday it will establish 13 new state-run King Sejong Institutes in 11 countries for foreigners wanting to learn the Korean language and culture. With the additions, the number of King Sejong Institutes, a public institution run by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to promote [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Yonsei University has installed donation card readers on campus, which allow students to donate to the school by touching their card to the reader like a transportation card. On Monday, the university reported that it has installed 10 donation-only card readers on its campus for the first time in [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that teenagers in South Korea would prefer being celebrities or sports stars instead of traditionally sought-after jobs such as doctors and lawyers. A joint report from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and the Center for Social Welfare Research team of Seoul [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean middle school students think they know a lot about sex. But in reality, they’re lacking when it comes to sex-related knowledge. According to a survey conducted by the Korean Women’s Development Institute (KWDI), middle school students who reported that they know an ample amount of sex knowledge accounted [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Research equipment dispersed throughout research labs will be now be moved to a single location to allow easy access to multiple colleges. The Ministry of Education (MOE), Korea Research Foundation, and Korea Basic Science Institute announced plans on Wednesday to collect all low-usage equipment dispersed throughout colleges and place [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — High school students in Seoul have introduced a ‘fair trade vending machine’ that sells chocolates, dried fruits, and other products sourced through fair trade. Members of a student club at Seoul High School in Seoul’s Seocho District, were responsible for introducing the vending machine. “This is South Korea’s very [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has decided to foster a culture where children can play whenever they want, opening ways to develop a variety of programs at schools and in local communities. The government announced on Thursday a list of major objectives to create a nation where ‘children can be [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The argument that school environments in areas where immigrants are concentrated are worse than in other areas has been met with a strong disagreement on the grounds that there is little evidence to support such a hypothesis. Yang Kyung-eun, an assistant professor of social welfare at Sungkonghoe University, made [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Sixteen percent of young South Korean students are at risk of smartphone or Internet addiction, a poll released by the government said Tuesday. According to the survey of 1,286,567 fourth, seventh and 10th graders by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, 206,102 students, or 16 percent, were found [...]