SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of Chinese students enrolled in South Korean universities have yet to return here after their winter break in China, the Ministry of Education here said Tuesday, indicating their growing fears over coronavirus outbreak ahead of the start of the spring semester. The ministry said 45.6 percent, or [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Domestic universities have so far reported 13 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, including one Chinese student, a professors group said Monday. The University Professors Association of Korea said the 13 COVID-19 patients include eight undergraduates, three graduate students, one professor and one inhabitant of a university-run apartment. It [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of Chinese students enrolled in universities here are canceling their trips to the country ahead of the new school year amid heightening fears over the new coronavirus, data showed Friday. Roughly 1,300 students were set to arrive here on Feb. 25, but 36 percent of them [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese students enrolled in South Korean universities are returning in growing numbers this week after their winter break in China ahead of the start of the spring semester, putting local health authorities and school officials on the highest alert to halt the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. Most local [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government and universities in the capital on Friday announced a set of measures aimed at helping Chinese students enrolled in local schools as the coronavirus outbreak shows no sign of abating. The measures include providing shuttle bus services from the airport to schools for students who [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With the start of a new school year looming, most of the major universities in Seoul are still struggling to accommodate all of the Chinese students returning for the new semester due to a lack of dorm rooms. Some point out that measures are needed to prevent the spread [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to provide support measures for Chinese students enrolled in local universities as they are set to return here amid tightened quarantine against the COVID-19 virus, the education ministry said Thursday. Following a meeting with local education offices, Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae said the ministry plans to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean universities are asking Chinese students to engage in voluntary quarantine to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus originating in Wuhan, causing massive confusion among Chinese students who are no longer allowed to access school dorms. “People say goshiwons are the way to go if you’re turned [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean universities are taking various measures to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, including the separation of Chinese students deemed at risk of the viral disease, officials said Monday. A recent decision by Seoul National University (SNU) to assemble all Chinese students who have recently visited China [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –- About 3,500 young Chinese students will visit South Korea until early next month to enjoy winter field trips, the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said Monday. The Chinese students, mostly elementary and middle school students from across China, will travel to Seoul, Incheon, Daegu and other tourist destinations in seven [...]