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South Korea's teachers union on Sunday rejected the labor ministry's ultimatum that called for a rewriting of its bylaws that would prevent fired educators from staying on as members. The moves come...
Updated : 2013.02.24 19:28
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South Korean households' spending on education declined to a six-year low last year due to an economic downturn and increased government subsidies, data showed Sunday. The ratio of education expendi...
Updated : 2013.02.24 11:45
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A provincial education chief who was probed last month by police for bribery charges was taken to a hospital after an apparent suicide attempt on Tuesday, police said. Kim Jong-seong, chief of the S...
Updated : 2013.02.19 16:27
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Korean people picked “love” as their favorite word in English, a survey showed. EBS, a state-run education television network, conducted the survey on 1,210 viewers to see which English words they l...
Updated : 2013.02.15 17:35
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Spending on private education dropped for a third straight year here in 2012 due mainly to an increase in elementary students participating in government-run after-school programs, a report showed We...
Updated : 2013.02.06 20:34
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The education ministry will aim to make high school education free for everyone by 2017 as part of efforts to implement President-elect Park Geun-hye's campaign pledges on education policy, officials...
Updated : 2013.01.15 15:49
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The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has filed a complaint with the prosecution against 12 private agencies involved in illegal overseas study programs. The accused agencies have been l...
Updated : 2013.01.06 17:12
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It can be said that most people want to live a life that gives them some precious meaning. Even from their sorrows, they learn a lesson and find happiness. However, when we feel that we live every da...
Updated : 2012.12.30 20:20
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The name Pagoda may not ring a bell to those outside English education, but among English hagwon, it has made its name as a prestigious institution. Founded in 1969 in front of the Pagoda park in Jo...
Updated : 2012.12.30 20:20
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An international assessment of mathematics and science for the fourth and eighth grades, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, or TIMSS, has been conducted every four years since 199...
Updated : 2012.12.30 20:20
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It was this summer when a newspaper agency ran a special feature on the drinking culture of Korea that people started to voice their thoughts on the matter. Not long after that, the Ministry of Heal...
Updated : 2012.12.03 20:39
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The full-time MBA ranking published last month by BusinessWeek brings the 2012 season of media rankings of business schools to a close, and the results will be met with the usual mix of joy, despair ...
Updated : 2012.12.03 20:39
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Korea’s education system is ranked 2nd out of the 40 countries with the best education systems, according to a global league table published by the Economist Intelligence Unit for London-based educa...
Updated : 2012.11.28 20:15
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Exam, hagwon, workbook, answer, frustration, boring and mom: What comes into your mind when you see these words? Those are the most frequent words that were mentioned in a survey in which students w...
Updated : 2012.11.26 20:22
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Rising private education costs and mediocre education top the two main presidential candidates’ agenda for educational reforms. But experts raise questions about their ability to implement their co...
Updated : 2012.11.26 20:21
