SEOUL– Half of schools in South Korea were closed or shifted to online classes Tuesday in the aftermath of Typhoon Hinnamnor, the education ministry said.The typhoon forced a total of 2,615 elementary and secondary schools nationwide, or 13.2 percent,…
SEOUL– In a bid to sign with a major league club, South Korean high school pitching prospect Shim Jun-seok has decided to skip the annual rookie draft in the South Korean league.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Wednesday that Shim, the …
SEOUL, Foreign students from outstanding overseas universities will be allowed to work as interns at high-tech companies and research institutes in South Korea under a new visa program intended to help strengthen corporate competitiveness, the Ministry…
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) — Seoul shares turned higher late Monday morning on tech gains amid speculations that a second straight quarterly U.S. contraction may have the Federal Reserve become less aggressive in raising rates.The benchmark Korea Composit…
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) — Opposition is growing among teachers and parents alike to the government’s plan to move up the elementary school starting age by one year to 5 starting as early as 2025.Reporting this year’s key policy plans to President Yoon …
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) — A university on Monday cleared First Lady Kim Keon-hee of plagiarism after a monthslong probe into in her academic papers.Kookmin University in Seoul conducted an investigation into Kim’s four research papers over allegations …
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol will receive a policy briefing from the education ministry as initially planned after postponing it earlier to take care of public safety and COVID-19 issues ahead of his vacation next week, officials said Thursday.Educa…
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol has postponed receiving a policy briefing from the education ministry in order to take care of public safety and COVID-19 issues before he goes on vacation next week, officials said Thursday.The policy briefing from Educ…
SEOUL– Limiting boarding school students from going outside of campus even during weekends infringes upon their rights to freedom of movement, the state rights watchdog said Friday.A high school student, whose name was withheld, filed a petition with …
INCHEON– Police on Friday placed a university student in Incheon under emergency arrest for allegedly causing a female classmate to fall to her death from a building after raping her.The 20-something male suspect, a freshman at Inha University in Inch…
Said Nasibov, an 11th grade student of the Modern Educational Complex named in Honour of Heydar Aliyev, has been admitted to UCL (University College London), which ranks 8th place in the ranking list of world universities.He has also received admission…