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Wed, April 21, 2021 | 04:39

1 in 3 young students felt suicidal due to academic burden: poll

Nearly one out of three middle and high school students in South Korea mulled suicide over the past year due to academic burden, a survey showed Monday. In a poll of 5,669 middle and high school students conducted by the state-run National Youth Policy Institute from July to October last year, 27 percent said they had thought of taking their own life within the last year. By ...

2021-04-19 17:35

Dwight School to hold virtual music concert amid pandemic

Dwight School will hold its annual music concert virtually this Saturday as students at its six campuses across the world cannot gather together due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the previous Dwight Global Music Concert, students from the network of schools in Seoul, New York, London, Shanghai, Global Online and Dubai, met in one location for the festival, but it will be held ...

2021-04-15 16:23

Gyeonggi offers education services for multicultural families

The local education office of Gyeonggi Province has developed and distributed educational guidance materials in eight languages to help elementary schoolchildren from multicultural families adapt to school life, and their parents better understand Korea's school system. The Gyeonggido Office of Education said, Thursday, it has also made two videos, one for students and the ot...

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-04-15 15:27

Teachers' portrait rights, copyright infringed on under online education

Over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers' portrait and intellectual property rights are reported to have been infringed upon since the commencement of online classes. The unexpected fallout from the coronavirus was raised during a virtual joint forum, Saturday, by the Korean Federation of Teachers' Associations (KFTA) and the Korea Education and Research Information S...

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-04-12 12:18

Seoul students to learn about Myanmar pro-democracy protest

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) said it has developed educational material to help students here understand the current pro-democracy protests in Myanmar against the military coup there, and the situation its citizens face. The material, titled “Waiting for Myanmar's Spring,” are aimed at helping students discuss social issues on diversity, human rights and ...

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-04-07 15:59

Education ministry seeks to expand in-person classes

The Ministry of Education said it would seek to expand in-person classes amid a continued mix of online and offline classes amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Students in the greater Seoul area, especially middle school students, are likely to have expanded in-person classes as they now have fewer days to go to school than peers in other regions. Under the Level 2 social d...

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-03-29 16:01

Korean language schools in Incheon shut doors as pandemic limits foreign student access

An increasing number of Korean language schools in Incheon are closing as social distancing rules for the COVID-19 pandemic have deterred people from taking classes. The dip in student enrollments comes as schools across the country ceased outdoor activities teaching Korean culture and traditions and shifted all lessons online to comply with the government's measures aimed at...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2021-03-15 15:48

Budget for overseas Korean language education sharply raised

The education ministry said Sunday that it has nearly doubled its budget for Korean language education overseas this year amid growing demand for Korean as a second language thanks to the global popularity of K-pop and other Korean cultural content. According to the education ministry's 2021 plan, the country will spend 23.6 billion won (US$20.8 million) this year to help exp...

2021-03-14 11:09

Sunfull Foundation chief appointed chair professor of Chung-Ang Univ.

Min Byoung-chul, chairman of the Sunfull Foundation, has been appointed as a chair professor of the Business School at Chung-Ang University. The university said Min, who has been teaching courses including “creatively opening business in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution” at Konkuk University and Hanyang University in Seoul, has started to give lectures on “promotin...

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-03-11 15:03

KAIST swears in new president

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) President Lee Kwang-hyung was sworn in Monday, beginning his four-year term, according to the university.

Lee Kyung-min | 2021-03-08 16:24

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