SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 18.8 trillion won (US$16.8 billion) will be invested over the next five years to create a safer and cleaner school environment in South Korea. Among the projects, 500 billion won (US$446.9 million) will be set aside for renovating traditional classrooms with desks and chairs into next-generation playgrounds. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Elementary schools across the nation are busy these days having preliminary calls for their new entrants before the start of the new school year. But not a few schools in rural areas are left with nothing to do but sit on their hands, as they have no students who [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Physical activity programs will be expanded for first and second grade elementary school students in South Korea. Survival swimming courses will also be expanded according to local conditions. The Ministry of Education announced a master plan on Wednesday which includes the objective of developing various physical activity programs for [...]
ULSAN, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new Dinosaur Footprint Park opened on Thursday in Ulsan’s Woojung Innocity. The Korea Land and Housing Corp. invested 3.14 billion won (US$2.78 million) for the construction of the park that surrounds a dinosaur footprint, a cultural asset designated by the city of Ulsan. Four life-size models of dinosaurs [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A child benefit of 100,000 won (US$88.53) will be paid to families for each child below the age of seven every month starting next September, regardless of their enrollment status at school. The Health and Welfare Committee at the National Assembly passed a bill amending the Child Benefit Act [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — YouTuber is now one of the 10 occupations most desired by South Korean elementary school students, while scientist has been pushed out of the top 10, a government survey showed Thursday. In the survey of thousands of young students by government agencies earlier this year, professional athlete replaced teacher [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of youths getting treated for alcohol addiction neared 2,000 last year, doubling from seven years ago, a report said Wednesday. The drinking rate among the young is declining, but the severity of problems from drinking is still heavy, with one out of two youths drinking to dangerous [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean has become the third most popular foreign language in Russia following English and Chinese. Kazan Federal University’s Center of Korean Studies announced on Tuesday that it will host the first National Korean Olympiad. The center has been holding annual competitions on the Korean language for the past nine [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of foreign students studying at Seoul National University (SNU) have a poor understanding of major classes conducted in the Korean language, a poll released Monday showed. According to the survey of 432 foreign students by the university’s Diversity Council, 47.2 percent said they have little to no [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — While 6 out of 10 parents with infant children recognize the educational potential of smartphones, only 1 out of 10 parents actually used mobile educational applications for children. Roughly 60 percent of parents said they let their children play with smartphones to entertain them or so that they could [...]