SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 210,000 children and teens in South Korea visited a hospital for depression or anxiety disorders over the past four years, data from the National Health Insurance Service showed Thursday. According to the data submitted to Rep. Kim Byong-wook of the ruling People Power Party, a total of 209,565 [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Police investigating a drug scam targeting students have concluded that each beverage given to teenagers contained three times as much methamphetamine as a usual dose, an amount that could result in serious bodily damage, officials said Monday. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) recently requested Interpol red notices to [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean authorities are convening a high-level “Council of Related Agencies Responding to Drug Crimes” on Monday to tackle the growing number of drug-related incidents, including the recent case in which beverages laced with narcotics were handed out to students at cram schools in Seoul’s Gangnam district. The meeting, [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The last suspect of a scam ring has been arrested for allegedly handing over beverages laced with drugs to random high school students in Seoul with the purpose of extortion, police said Friday. The female suspect, whose identity has been withheld, is one of the four individuals accused of [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A 49-year-old woman has been arrested on charges of handing over drinks spiked with drugs to random high school students in Seoul after duping them into believing they were good for concentration, police said Wednesday. At least six reports were made of students exhibiting abnormal symptoms after drinking beverages [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — High school students prefer not to report cases of school violence in a higher proportion than elementary and middle school students, a government report showed Sunday. A school violence analysis conducted by the Ministry of Education showed that the proportion of students who preferred not to report cases of [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of young Koreans transferring to community college after studying at a general universities is on the rise, data showed Thursday, amid uncertainty over their future careers. According to statistics from the Korean Council for University College Education, the number of students who entered junior college after graduating from [...]
NAMHAE, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Namhae County in South Gyeongsang Province said Wednesday that it will operate a 100-won (US$0.08) cab program for students to return home at night. The free taxis program is exclusively available in the county, where there is a lack of sufficient means of public transportation. Middle school and high school [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The COVID-19 pandemic has left a profound impact on students, particularly the so-called “corona kids” whose emotional and social development has been disrupted during a critical period of their lives. Many have experienced a decrease in physical strength, suffering from poor psychological well-being and a loss of self-confidence. Despite [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s “medical school craze” has intensified to the point where students as young as elementary school are attending entrance exam classes. This phenomenon is not limited to the mecca of private education, Daechi-dong in southern Seoul, but is widespread across the country. This trend has become increasingly controversial [...]