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Gov’t to Drop ‘Killer Questions’ from CSAT to Reduce Private Education Spending

Gov’t to Drop ‘Killer Questions’ from CSAT to Reduce Private Education Spending

SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education announced Monday that extremely difficult questions not taught in schools will be eliminated from the annual college entrance exam as part of the government’s efforts to reduce private education expenses. The ministry said it will push for a “fair College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) centered [...]

SK Telecom’s Coding Education for Children Becomes School Curriculum in Barcelona

SK Telecom’s Coding Education for Children Becomes School Curriculum in Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain, Mar. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) announced today that the company will partner with Global System Mobile Association (GSMA) and Spain’s No.1 mobile carrier Telefónica to introduce South Korea’s coding education to Barcelona, Spain. The company said that its Smart Robot Coding School will be added to the school curriculum [...]

SK Telecom’s Travelling ICT Experience Center ‘T.um Mobile’ Goes to Barcelona

SK Telecom’s Travelling ICT Experience Center ‘T.um Mobile’ Goes to Barcelona

Seoul, Korea, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it will bring T.um Mobile, a travelling ICT museum, to Barcelona to provide Spanish children with the chance to experience cutting-edge technologies. T.um Mobile will be opened as part of the Youth Mobile Festival (YoMo) Barcelona at Fira Montjuic, from February 27 [...]

Hyundai Donates 2015 Sonata to High School Automotive Program

Hyundai Donates 2015 Sonata to High School Automotive Program

DANVERS, Mass., May 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Essex Technical High School received a new addition to its Technology and Services Academy from Hyundai Motor America. The company donated a 2015 Sonata that will be used to train new technicians, which is extremely critical for the automotive industry. The students and faculty received the keys today.   “We are [...]

LINE and UNICEF Sign Global Partnership Agreement

LINE and UNICEF Sign Global Partnership Agreement

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — LINE, the world’s leading mobile platform, and The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) signed a global partnership agreement on February 13, 2015. Jong Nam Oh, Executive Director of The Korean Committee for UNICEF and Jung-ho Shin, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LINE Plus Corporation and Chief Globalization Officer [...]

LG Chem Leads World’s Biggest Building Installation of OLED Lighting at SNU

LG Chem Leads World’s Biggest Building Installation of OLED Lighting at SNU

SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Chem., Ltd., the world’s largest OLED light panel manufacturer, today unveiled the world’s biggest building installation of OLED lighting at the inauguration ceremony for Seoul National University’s new main library. LG Chem supplied 1,100 OLED light panels for reading lights at the KwanJeong Library at Korea’s premier [...]

The KDI School Completely Revamped K-Developedia, a Comprehensive DB on Korean Development, to Celebrate Its Second Anniversary

The KDI School Completely Revamped K-Developedia, a Comprehensive DB on Korean Development, to Celebrate Its Second Anniversary

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The KDI School of Public Policy and Management announced its launching of a completely revamped website of K-Developedia (www.kdevelopedia.org) in commemoration of the second anniversary of a comprehensive DB on Korean development. It has largely updated the DB in two years since its first official launch on [...]