SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — More universities in Seoul are seeking to replace in-person classes with online lectures due to fears over coronavirus infection. South Korean universities have postponed the start of the spring semester, scheduled for next Monday, by two weeks under the recommendation of the Ministry of Education. With the COVID-19 crisis [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese students enrolled in South Korean universities are returning in growing numbers this week after their winter break in China ahead of the start of the spring semester, putting local health authorities and school officials on the highest alert to halt the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. Most local [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government and universities in the capital on Friday announced a set of measures aimed at helping Chinese students enrolled in local schools as the coronavirus outbreak shows no sign of abating. The measures include providing shuttle bus services from the airport to schools for students who [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With the start of a new school year looming, most of the major universities in Seoul are still struggling to accommodate all of the Chinese students returning for the new semester due to a lack of dorm rooms. Some point out that measures are needed to prevent the spread [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Universities that postpone the beginning of classes due to concerns over new coronavirus infections will also carry out all scheduled lectures using makeup classes or online classes. The Ministry of Education distributed guidelines for academic operations to universities on Wednesday. The ministry said that even if universities postpone the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Class of 2024 are expecting a rather quiet school year as universities are cancelling various events intended to welcome the new students following the coronavirus outbreak. Graduation ceremonies at most high schools have either been delayed, or carried out in classrooms, instead of outdoors. University orientation sessions, enrollment [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean universities are asking Chinese students to engage in voluntary quarantine to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus originating in Wuhan, causing massive confusion among Chinese students who are no longer allowed to access school dorms. “People say goshiwons are the way to go if you’re turned [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Wednesday advised universities to postpone the start of the spring semester in its latest efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. Following a ministerial meeting on support measures for international students, Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae recommended that schools delay classes by up to four [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean universities are taking various measures to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, including the separation of Chinese students deemed at risk of the viral disease, officials said Monday. A recent decision by Seoul National University (SNU) to assemble all Chinese students who have recently visited China [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Fears over the new Wuhan coronavirus appear to be spreading to university campuses in South Korea as a large number of Chinese students return from winter vacation. Amid the growing concern about the new virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, South Korean university students, particularly those [...]