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The teaching of history is, or at least definitely should be, fundamental to any culture and its education systems. This may be truer for countries like South Korea with a difficult history of wars, c...
Updated : 2013.12.04 20:12
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Controversy is simmering over allegations that a question did not have a correct answer on the national college entrance exam, where even a one-point difference can make or break the fate of college a...
Updated : 2013.12.04 20:11
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South Korean students ranked the highest in mathematics, and scored highly in reading and science proficiency tests among the nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to a report released Tuesday from the organization.According to the report, Korea re...
Updated : 2013.12.03 20:12
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Sogang University has met with strong resistance from both professors and students alike after it unveiled a sweeping reorganization plan that includes a merger of departments.According to Sogang University president Yoo Ki-pung, the reorganization plan aims to bolster the school’s compet...
Updated : 2013.12.02 17:59
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The education ministry said Friday it ordered publishers of seven out of the eight government-approved Korean history textbooks to revise a total of 41 instances of what it calls obscure and imbalanced descriptions of history.Publication of the books will be suspended if the order is not c...
Updated : 2013.11.29 14:16
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Updated : 2013.11.27 20:13
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The eight bridges on the campus of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology remain unnamed. The reason? It has yet to produce the Nobel Prize winners after whom each of them will be named. T...
Updated : 2013.11.27 20:02
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Last summer, Nyenrode Business Universiteit’s latest graduates left the university to embark upon their new careers, but it was not goodbye. Though these students may no longer need the university, i...
Updated : 2013.11.20 20:42
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Student council elections at some universities have been marred by low participation, indifference and even claims of irregularities. Experts voice concerns about a decline in democratic participation and weakening commitment to public interest activities among students, who have grown up ...
Updated : 2013.11.20 20:41
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Educational Testing Service said it has kicked off the application process for the 2013 ETS TOEIC Scholarship Program for Korea.ETS will provide a total of $72,000 to help 24 Korean students further their education.Introduced to Korea in 2008, TOEIC scholarships are awarded to students “w...
Updated : 2013.11.20 20:41
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Prosecutors said Sunday they have indicted 22 individuals, including lecturers at private education institutions, for allegedly circulating and teaching with leaked questions from a U.S. college admissions test.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said eight brokers face charges ...
Updated : 2013.11.17 10:58
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Seoul National University, one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, laid out a series of new admission processes Thursday, raising concerns of causing chaos in the nation’s college admission system. Among the changes, the state-run university is considering accepting applica...
Updated : 2013.11.14 21:56
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The Korean government has set up a digitalized classroom in Cambodia as a part of an educational assistance program for developing countries.The “smart classroom” opened Thursday at Wat Phnom High School located in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, the Ministry of Education said.The clas...
Updated : 2013.11.14 20:51
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HONG KONG ― About a 10-minute drive up a narrow hill from Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong’s buzzing youth hangout and popular tourist attraction, visitors encounter a 100-year-old, Baroque-style building. ...
Updated : 2013.11.13 19:50
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More than 70,000 South Koreans studied at U.S. universities and colleges last year, representing the third-largest number of international students there, according to a formal report issued Monday.The number of foreign students in U.S. higher education reached a record high of 819,644 in ...
Updated : 2013.11.12 20:00
