Exchange students from South Korea are introduced to The First Tee Program The Leaf Chronicle | Pictured from left to right are Pastor Song Kyu Bak, his wife Yong Suk Bak, Hee Yeop, Jung Hyun, Dong Woo, Ye Eun, Kang Min, Ye Jin, Su Hyun, Ga Yeon, Sung Min, Coach Les Freeman, and Chaperon, Mi Suk Lee | The United Church on Stateline Road spons...
Seoul City to Ban Draconian Appearance Rules at School Chosunilbo | Schoolchildren in Seoul will soon be allowed to dye or perm their hair after the education authorities decided to ban Draconian rules about what they may and may not look like. | Seoul education chief Kwak No-hyun announced a new ordinance on stude...
Special University Admission Schemes Widely Abused Chosunilbo | Special university entrance schemes designed to widen access for disadvantaged minorities are being abused to a serious degree. The Board of Audit and Inspection on Wednesday said it found 865 cases of illegitimate university entrance through speci...
WiFi Bullies Emerge in S. Korea Schools Jakarta Globe Seoul. Being the most wired country in the world has opened the way for a new form of bullying in South Korean schools, with victims being forced to pay for WiFi access for their tormentors. | Bullied students are made to sign up for subscriptions th...
Wifi bullies emerge in wired Korean schools The Star | SEOUL,(Reuters): Being the most wired country in the world has opened the way for a new form of bullying in South Korean schools, with victims being forced to pay for Wifi access for their tormentors. | Bullied students are made to sign up for subs...
Seoul Education Chief Guilty in Bribery Case Chosunilbo | The Seoul Central District Court on Thursday found Seoul education chief Kwak No-hyun guilty of bribery. He was freed from months-long imprisonment with a W30 million fine (US$1=W1,137). | The court dismissed Kwak's claim that the money he gave riv...
New Study Points to Unknown Nuclear Tests by North Korea in 2010 The New York Times FacebookTwitterLinkedinShareShareCloseRedditTumblrDigg | E-mailPrint | SEOUL, South Korea — It was May 12, 2010, and a story on the front page of North Korea’s leading state-run newspaper declared that the country’s scientists had achieved nuclear fusion. | The initial reaction from the rest of the world was, of course, disbelief: North K...
Recalibrating science education The Star | THE problem of the lack of interest in science as a subject among Malaysian students is not new. | In fact, it was identified in the study by the Ministry of Education, to be more precise the Educational Planning and Research Division (EPRD) and the UNESCO Institute of Education Planning (IIEP), Paris in 1990 on the provision of science education...
