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All posts tagged "education"

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  S. Koreans’ spending on overseas tuition falls to 9-year low in 2014

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — The amount of money South Koreans spent on education abroad dropped to the lowest level in nine years, central bank data showed Tuesday, as tepid local economic conditions discouraged people from studying overseas. Koreans...

  • Posted February 3, 2015
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  Late start school program expands to Seoul

  By Kim Se-jeong At least 368 elementary, middle and high schools in Seoul will start classes at 9 a.m. from March 1, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) said Thursday. Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon said more schools...

  • Posted January 29, 2015
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  N. Korean defector gets accepted to Seoul National University

  By Lee Ji-hye A North Korean defector surnamed Kim has been admitted to the prestigious Seoul National University (SNU) for this year. Kim ran away from North Korea three years ago and started freshman year classes in...

  • Posted January 17, 2015
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  S. Korean students think English curriculum impractical

  By Jung Min-ho Seven out of 10 middle and high school students in Korea are dissatisfied with English education in classrooms, a survey showed Wednesday. The survey, published in the latest edition of a journal from the...

  • Posted January 14, 2015
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  Obama proposes free community college program

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday announced a proposal that President Barack Obama said would make community college “free for everybody who is willing to work for it.” But administration officials provided no details about...

  • Posted January 8, 2015
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  ‘Entrance into kindergarten is harder than getting into college’ in Korea

  In South Korea, a war over seats has broken out in the unlikeliest of places: kindergartens. Schools have taken to holding public number drawings to accept students into their classrooms in increasingly competitive odds, Yonhap reported. At...

  • Posted November 19, 2014
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  Inny Kim named 2015 Ms. USA Woman of Achievement

  Inny Kim, the 36-year-old owner of college consulting company IvyEGG, is the 2015 Ms. USA Woman of Achievement. Kim, a Yorba Linda resident, was awarded one of this year’s crowns aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach...

  • Posted November 17, 2014
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