SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of university students from low-income households will receive tuition discounts of up to 50 percent from this year. The Ministry of Education said on Tuesday that nearly 3 in 10 university students will benefit from the national low-income scholarship programs this year, as government funding has increased [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of ten South Korean adults didn’t read a single book last year, but 60 percent don’t feel that their level of reading is lacking. According to the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Tourism’s study on the nation’s reading habits disclosed on February 5, during the one-year period [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign students enrolled in South Korea showed a record-high growth rate last year, propelled by a rise in those from China, a tally from a state-run educational body showed Monday. The number of foreign students registered at South Korean universities rose 18.8 percent from a year [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Over 7 in 10 high schools in South Korea are failing to meet the required 150 minutes of physical education classes per week, a new survey has revealed. South Korean students at only 25 percent of the country’s high schools now receive 150 minutes of PE classes each week, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Language learners in South Korea are green with envy at self-taught English-speaking stars like BTS and Chung Hyeon as they confidently take English interviews with the international media. Videos of tennis player Chung Hyeon’s English interview after the Australian Open quarterfinals are attracting views on the South Korean web, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A law revision recently passed a parliamentary committee to ban selling coffee at all elementary, middle and high schools, the food ministry said Thursday. Proposed changes would remove coffee and coffee drinks from school cafeterias, snack stores and vending machines, which mostly cater to faculty members, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new state-run facility for promoting the country’s culture will open in Hong Kong this week, the government said Tuesday. The new Korean Cultural Center, located inside Hong Kong’s creative landmark PMQ, is the third of its kind in China after Beijing and Shanghai and the 32nd worldwide. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea bizwire) — The number of foreign faculties and research institutes that provide Korean studies and language courses has nearly doubled in a decade, owing to the country’s growing economic power, the Korean Wave and financial support, a state-financed public diplomacy organization here said Tuesday. “The number of overseas organizations running Korean [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education has backtracked on an English education ban in preschools following mounting criticism. The education ministry has withdrawn its decision to ban after-school English classes in nursery schools only three weeks after the announcement, with the proposed ban now up in the air. Though new standards for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A new initiative from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will result in the construction of a number of arts and culture schools for seniors. The culture ministry announced the comprehensive plan for arts and culture education on Thursday, which will see new educational institutions for senior citizens built [...]