SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a phase-by-phase opening of the new school year since May 20, a number of changes at schools are coming as a pleasant surprise for students. One of them is coming to school wearing training uniforms. To minimize physical contact amid the raging coronavirus, many schools in their own [...]
JEONJU, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors at Jeonbuk National University High School in the southwestern city of Jeonju headed towards the cafeteria for lunch as the clock struck 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, their first day of school. Having brought COVID-19 largely under control, South Korea began to reopen schools Wednesday, nearly 80 days after [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Elementary school students in Seoul now have more days to stay at home without worrying about school attendance this year, as the city’s education office revised relevant regulations aimed at limiting the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Wednesday that it increased the [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s city government has announced that it will be giving out agricultural and livestock products to each elementary, middle, and high school student in the city. The Seoul Metropolitan Government, 25 city districts, and the Seoul Office of Education announced Thursday an initiative to give out food to help [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — GS Caltex Corp., South Korea’s second-largest refiner, will conduct “Classroom Healing” online, a social contribution program for grade 1 of middle school students, amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The program is a collective art healing program aimed at preventing maladjustment of students to their social environment at [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s education ministry on Thursday unveiled updated quarantine guidelines for schools ahead of their scheduled reopening this month, such as asking students to self-monitor possible symptoms. The guidelines, fixed after consultations with health authorities, mandate that students and staff check their health conditions on a daily basis and [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Four South Korean university students indicted for breaking into the United States ambassador’s residence in Seoul last October were all given suspended prison sentences by a local court Wednesday. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced the four students each to an imprisonment of one year, suspended for two years, after [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that 43 percent of elementary, middle, and high school students spent less than two hours on leisure activities each day last year. Statistics Korea and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced the publication of 2020 Youth Statistics on Monday, compiling last year’s [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — All elementary, middle, and high schools in South Korea began the school year online Tuesday after a series of delays resulting from the coronavirus outbreak. Parents have expressed worry about the impact of the two-month break on their children’s education. The Korea Education and Research Information Service, a public [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education said Tuesday it will develop and distribute new educational content to help students develop their “media literacy” capabilities to critically evaluate media reports. The new content has been created as an auxiliary textbook concept that will be used in Korean language classes for fifth and [...]