SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A former tutor of the English-language test TOEIC was sentenced to three years in prison for secretly giving exam answers to 18 test-takers in exchange for some 80 million won (US$57,776), court records showed Thursday. The 27-year-old, identified only by the surname Hong, was indicted on charges of luring [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean IT giant Naver Corp., in collaboration with the YBM Korea TOEIC Committee, will introduce a facial recognition system using AI technology to identify TOEIC English-language test takers. The system, to be introduced on Saturday, uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to compare pictures submitted during the speaking test [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – With employment stability rapidly becoming one of the most important considerations for those seeking a job, more than half of the university students and salaried workers in South Korea are eyeing the idea of becoming a civil servant. According to a recent online survey conducted by the Korea TOEIC [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Job seekers who complained about unfair refund fees for untaken TOEIC tests decided to appeal to the Supreme Court after lower courts dismissed their claims. The People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), representatives for the seven job seekers, announced on April 16 that they would file an appeal with the Supreme [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A court ruled that a decision by a high school to fire an English teacher for incompetence was justified. The teacher had been a target of criticism by students for his abject classroom performance and even got 415 points in the TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) test. A TOEIC [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Every last Sunday of the month is a TOEIC day. Tens of thousands of college students and young men and women wake up early in the morning to take the test in local middle and high schools. It has been that way for the past three decades [...]