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Tue, August 20, 2019 | 14:15

High school students from Jeju Island pose in front of Dorasan Station in the frontline city of Paju, last week. They participated in the 7th annual DMZ Peace and Life Camp held from Aug. 5 to 8 along the Demilitarized Zone. The event was organized by Kwangdong Pharmaceutical, which distributes the island's mineral water brand SamDaSoo, to help the students understand the imp...

Park Yoon-bae2019-08-13 15:09

Parents touch a bell at Bosingak Pavilion in central Seoul, Tuesday, 100 days before the college scholastic ability test (CSAT) on Nov. 14, wishing for their children's good performance in the state-administered college admission exam. /Yonhap

Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-08-06 17:06

Students frustrated over revised Higher Education Act

University students are venting concerns and frustration at the government and schools over their lax preparation for the implementation of the revised Higher Education Act that took effect, Friday.

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-08-02 17:03

Gov't revokes licenses of 10 autonomous private high schools

The Ministry of Education announced Friday that it had revoked the licenses of 10 autonomous private high schools that failed to pass a performance assessment.

Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-08-02 15:44

'Principal's death on retirement day is not in line of duty'

The Seoul Administrative Court said Wednesday that it could not recognize the death of a school principal, who died in a car accident on the day of his retirement, as death in the line of duty, due to strict regulations on the time of retirement.

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-07-31 17:43

Too sleepy to study

A child yawns during a traditional culture class on Sajasohak, a Confucian etiquette book, at Anrak Seowon in Busan, Monday. / Yonhap

2019-07-29 18:15

Nurturing math prodigies

Woongjin Foundation Chairman Shin Hyon-ung, front row fifth from left, poses for a photo with the foundation's high school and university scholarship students and scholars who became their “mentors of the day” after a mentoring session at the Korea Press Center, Saturday. The mentors in the front row included former Culture Minister Lee O-young, fourth from left, ...

2019-07-29 14:31

Sangsan to remain as autonomous high school

The Ministry of Education has decided not to approve a regional education office's decision to revoke the license of an autonomous private high school in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, saying the regional office's evaluation for the license renewal was flawed.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-07-26 19:03

Opinions split over plan to ban study schools on Sunday

Opinion is divided over the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's (SMOE) plan to ban operation of private study institutes, better known as hagwon, on Sundays. Supporters say the ban will allow students to fully rest at least on Sunday and reduce private education expenditure, while the academy owners and some parents have voiced strong opposition to the plan, which they s...

Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-07-22 20:17

Protest against elite school abolition

Parents of students at Sangsan High School in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, protest against the regional education office's cancellation of its autonomous private high school license, calling on the Ministry of Education not to approve the cancellation, during a rally in front of the Government Complex Sejong, Wednesday. / Yonhap

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-07-17 19:33

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