SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Parents and children have different perceptions toward the child’s level of English at elementary, middle and high school, a recent study revealed. Yoon’s English School, a company that runs a chain of English language schools across the country, conducted a survey of 627 students from elementary, middle, and high [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Big Hit Entertainment, the management agency of K-pop group BTS, announced Tuesday that it has partnered with the Korea Foundation (KF) and the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) in producing a remote Korean-language course featuring the K-pop sensation. Through the partnership, KF will open a BTS-themed remote learning [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of elementary schools in South Korea operated after-school English classes for first and second graders last year, following the government’s partial deregulation at the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Education said Tuesday. The ministry said 3,409, or 55.3 percent, of the 6,167 elementary schools [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — While the number of students from multicultural families is on the rise each year, there are not enough language specialists to educate them, a recent report has revealed. The Ministry of Education reported that there are now 137,225 students from multicultural families in South Korea, rising by almost 30,000 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national human rights agency on Tuesday advised the Justice Ministry to use languages that refugees can understand in documents stating their refugee recognition status amid criticism the current system may infringe on their rights. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) said in a statement that [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Vietnamese is gaining popularity among South Korean universities as Vietnam’s rapid economic development, coupled with Park Hang-seo’s sterling reputation as the South Korean head coach of Vietnam’s national football team, is leading many students to take interest in the country. Vietnam has also been chosen to host the upcoming U.S.-North Korea [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An elder was riding a city bus in Seoul recently and saw a very questionable sign. What he saw was a bus stop sign that said ‘STOP’ in English. In the past, there was a sticker underneath the button that said the same thing in Korean and a picture [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean IT giant Kakao Corp. said Thursday that its artificial intelligence (AI) powered system has surpassed humans for the first time in a Korean reading-comprehension test. Kakao’s AI topped the list by scoring 91.85, surpassing a human score of 91.2, the company said. Clova, an AI platform by [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Road Traffic Authority, the government agency that issues driving licenses, has recently reduced the number of languages in which written driving exams are offered for foreigners living in South Korea. Due to the growing number of foreigners in South Korea, the new measure is bound to be an [...]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Drivers who pay for their parking with the PayByPhone app can now use the app in Spanish, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. Later this year, the leading mobile parking payment service will also be available in Punjabi. The support of multiple languages increases PayByPhone’s usability for its [...]