SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Scouts, once a symbol of youth, will be disappearing from elementary, middle, and high schools in Seoul as the city’s office of education decided to relieve teachers from being involved in youth organizations. The Seoul Office of Education announced on Sunday that it would ask all teachers to “exclude [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As speaking multiple languages is gaining importance in a rapidly globalizing world, institutions set up across South Korea to support multicultural families are offering special programs to provide children with early opportunities to learn multiple languages. Seoul’s Dongdaemun District Family Center is offering ‘one home two languages’ program for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Students in Seoul will soon learn how to negotiate as part of their school curriculum. The Seoul Office of Education announced on Wednesday that it will be distributing an instructor’s guide to educate high school students on labor rights for the first time among 17 offices of education in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this year, universities will hold a gender sensitivity class about sexual harassment and sexual violence as part of orientation for college freshmen. The Ministry of Education announced on Wednesday that it had recommended that universities implement these types of educational programs for new students. The ministry has distributed [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK) announced on Wednesday that it had posted the March 1st Proclamation of Independence in six different languages on the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s website that was established to promote the city to the world. The organization has translated the document into English, Japanese, Chinese, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer young students in South Korea perceive North Korea as an enemy than a year ago, while a larger number of them regard the North as a cooperative partner, a poll showed Tuesday. In the poll of 82,947 elementary, middle and high school students by the education and unification [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to introduce a credit system for high schools where students can choose the subjects they want to study, just like at university. High school credit systems are already in place in Finland and the United States, regarded by some as the two most innovative countries in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A student-run academic course has been launched at the University of California, Berkeley, to explore the phenomenal success of K-pop boy band BTS and its growing global impact, the school’s website showed Thursday. The 2-unit course, “Next Generation Leaders: BTS,” opened as part of the UC Berkeley’s Democratic Education [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – “SKY Castle”, a black comedy and thriller by the cable channel JTBC, has ended on Friday with a recorded nationwide viewership ratings of 23.78 percent. It set a new record for the highest viewership ratings in South Korean cable network history. The drama has brought about deep interest in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), which is currently seeking to open its own university in South Jeolla Province in 2022, is expected to face hurdles in opening on time amid financial and administrative challenges, industry watchers said Monday. In January, KEPCO selected the Booyoung Country Club golf [...]