SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – According to data submitted by the Academy of Korean Studies to Rep. Shim Jae-kwon of the Democratic Party of Korea, who also sits on the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, there are still many OECD-member states that denote Korea’s East Sea only as the Sea of Japan [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The next generation of Korean studies experts from Europe have gathered in Rome, Italy to discuss various aspects of South Korea and to suggest a possible direction of the field of study for the future. The 15th Korean Studies Graduate Students Conference in Europe was kicked off at the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Singapore Korean International School has chosen to install Samsung Flip, an interactive whiteboard developed by Samsung Electronics, in its classrooms. According to Samsung Electronics, the school decided to adopt the Flip because of its capacity to connect education information with smartphone devices, allowing for improved communications between students and [...]
(Image: Yonhap) SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The wage gap between university graduates and high school graduates in South Korea has widened, surpassing the OECD average. The country’s dwindling birth rate is mirrored in the reduced student-to-teacher ratio, but it is still above the OECD average. The Ministry of Education (MOE) and Korean Educational Development [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – At least 4 out of 10 South Korean students would have chosen to study abroad had it not been for the international schools situated within the Jeju Global Education City (JGEC). According to a survey conducted by the Jeju Free International City Development Center (JDC) between December 2017 and January 2018, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of students victimized by school violence in Seoul has increased 24.5 percent from a year earlier to 11,425 this year, according to a survey released Wednesday. More than 92 percent of the entire 700,343 students, ranging from fourth graders at elementary schools through senior high schoolers, took [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Selling coffee will be completely banned at elementary, middle and high schools starting mid-September, the food ministry said Tuesday. The ban will become effective as of Sept. 14 following a law revision, according to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Foods and beverages with high levels of caffeine [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul metropolitan government said Monday it will introduce a new safety rule this month to prevent children from dying or suffering injuries after being left alone aboard school buses. The “sleeping child check” system, to be mounted on 53 buses of the city’s public elementary schools, forces the [...]
JINJU, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — “Bicha,” which translates to “flying vehicle,” is a best-selling novel that retells the story of an aircraft that is said to have flown the skies during the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592. The novel will now be turned into a movie and musical. The flying vehicle or wagon [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With reliance on smartphones increasing among toddlers and young children, educational classes on fighting Internet addiction will now be offered to preschoolers. According to government officials, the Ministry of Science and ICT will be holding classes regarding Internet addiction prevention targeting pre-school children for the first time starting August [...]