SEOUL, South Korea on Wednesday launched a mandatory entry log system using QR code-based registration at entertainment facilities, such as clubs and karaoke establishments, a move aimed at enabling health...
SEOUL, South Korea announced a set of guidelines for minors’ appearances on YouTube and content on Tuesday in an effort to protect their human rights. The measures, unveiled by the...
SEOUL, A rise in infections linked to cram schools in South Korea’s capital has raised alarm over school reopening, with more students set to return to classrooms later this month....
SEOUL, Dozens of coronavirus infections coming from clubbers in Seoul’s multicultural neighborhood of Itaewon have been reported, keeping parents on edge with just two days left until schools reopen. Last...
SEOUL, Young South Korean students’ spending on private education spiked to a 10-year high in 2019, data from the Ministry of Education and Statistics Korea showed Tuesday, reflecting undiminished parental enthusiasm for their children’s academic achi…
SEOUL, Nearly half of Chinese students enrolled in South Korean universities have yet to return here after their winter break in China, the Ministry of Education here said Tuesday, indicating their growing fears over coronavirus outbreak ahead of the …
Students and staff in China, Italy, Japan, Iran and South Korea countries hard hit by the coronavirus on study abroad programs through the State University of New York and City University of New York are being contacted and quarantined.”Out of an…
In a nation where education is among the most competitive and high pressure in the world where classes have been conducted in monsoons or snowstorms the South Korean government has postponed school.Universities are quiet and mostly empty as teachin…
UNITED NATIONS The United Nations said Wednesday that nationwide school closures in 13 countries intended to help contain the spread of the coronavirus have resulted in nearly 300 million young people being out of school.”We are working with countries…
NEW YORK Health officials seeking to prevent the spread of COVID 19 in New York state focused Wednesday on a suburban community where four members of the same family and a neighbor have been diagnosed with the virus, ordering new testing and putting a…
GENEVA A U.N. analysis of the global trade impact of the coronavirus epidemic finds nations have been hit with export losses of $50 billion in February, and the world should brace itself for worse to come the longer the epidemic lasts.Over the past tw…
BANGKOK, THAILAND Saudi Arabia banned citizens from performing the Muslim pilgrimage in Mecca, Italy weighed closing schools nationwide and Iran canceled Friday prayers for a second week as nations scrambled Wednesday to control the coronavirus outbre…