SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite the widespread social stigma surrounding sexual minorities in South Korea, most young people are supportive of the LGBT community, according to a new survey. Nearly 8 in 10 school middle students said they would continue a friendship with someone after finding out they are gay, the survey by the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Michael Apple, an educational theorist and proponent of democratic schools, dropped by the headquarters of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on September 29 for a chat on education and politics. Apple entered into an easy conversation with education officer Cho Hee Yeon, whom he had become acquainted with [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A scandal surrounding the alleged special treatment of children of conglomerate CEOs and celebrities in a case of school violence has sparked a public outcry, with some going one step further and treating the controversy as a sign of social inequality in the country. According to the Seoul Metropolitan [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) will introduce a flexible work system in which workers can choose to work only four hours a day. Employees can choose to work reduced hours and spend the rest of the day for childrearing, nursing or studying. The office said that more [...]