All posts tagged "education"

  • Students wait to take the annual College Scholastic Ability Test at a high school in Seoul on Nov. 13, 2014. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea quiets down for nationwide college entrance exams

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — More than half a million high school seniors and graduates took the annual national college entrance exam on Thursday with government measures to control traffic and muffle noise near nationwide testing sites in place....

    • Posted November 13, 2014
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  • President Park Geun-hye speaks at a forum on education innovation co-sponsored by the South Korean government and the World Bank at the Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul on Nov. 4, 2014. (Yonhap)
    President Park vows to implement ‘creative education’

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye vowed Tuesday to restructure the South Korean education system to stress creativity by going beyond traditional paradigms, a view in line with her “creative economy” vision. “Our education should be the...

    • Posted November 4, 2014
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  • Education officials take part in a meeting at the government complex in Sejong City, Monday, to prepare safety measures for future student field trips. / Yonhap
    S. Korean government slammed over ferry disaster management

    By Jun Ji-hye The government is drawing fire for its failure to train disaster experts although it promised to do so two years ago. The criticism came to the fore following the administration’s incompetence in dealing with...

    • Posted April 21, 2014
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  • 18% of Koreans mull emigration

    By Kim Jae-won 18 percent of Koreans considered immigration seriously over the past year mainly due to sociopolitical instability and the economic downturn, a survey showed Thursday. According to the survey conducted by Gallup Korea, 221 respondents,...

    • Posted October 31, 2013
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