SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean students, parents and environmental activists on Friday called for better measures to fight climate change, joining in the global youth movement triggered by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg. The move comes just a few days after global leaders, including South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Students and alumni of South Korea’s three most prestigious universities held candlelight vigils on their campuses in Seoul Thursday night to protest President Moon Jae-in’s appointment of his embattled aide Cho Kuk as justice minister. It is the first time that anti-Cho rallies have been held simultaneously at Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The distribution of virtual reality (VR) textbooks for elementary school students, an initiative developed by the Ministry of Education, is being hindered by restrictions that ban children from using VR headsets. According to the guidelines set by the government, VR is defined as recreational content for school curricula that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — One in five middle and high school students in South Korea are exposed to a severe amount of stress, a recent study has revealed. The Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted a survey on 2,510 students between 9 and 17 years of age, 16 percent of whom said they [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Law professor Cho Kuk’s appointment as South Korea’s justice minister was one rocky road. The liberal darling, tasked with reforming the prosecution, faced expected opposition from conservative lawmakers and underwent friction with state prosecutors. But some of the most dogged and powerful opposition came from a very nonpolitical crowd: [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of three South Korean students is too dependent on their smartphone, is at risk of addiction and is having trouble in school, a government poll showed Sunday. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s survey of 2,510 people aged between 9 and 17, 34 percent spent [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Canada maintained its status as the favorite destination for South Korean elementary students’ overseas studying for the second year in a row, beating out the longtime favorite, the United States, educational data showed Sunday. According to the Korean Educational Statistical Services, the number of South Korean grade schoolers who [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Middle and high school students who donated a sea lion statue symbolizing Dokdo Island last year published a children’s book on sea lions and donated all of profits from its sale. The ‘Haemil’ club members at the Cheongshim International Academy in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province recently donated 50 copies of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of protesters, including teenage students, held a protest in Seoul on Saturday criticizing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for an “economic war” against South Korea and calling for Seoul’s withdrawal from a military information-sharing pact with Japan. Despite sweltering heat, the demonstrators gathered in front of the Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The ongoing diplomatic and trade dispute between South Korea and Japan doesn’t appear to be having much impact on exchanges between the two countries’ universities. According to university officials nationwide on Tuesday, most exchange programs involving South Korean and Japanese universities and their students will proceed this year as [...]