Thanks to the winning of the 2018 Winter Olympics bid, Korea’s national brand power is expected to increase in the coming years. On July 7, the IOC (International Olympic Committee) chose the small eastern city of Pyeongchang to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. According to Lee
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Do you know what happens if you never give up on your dreams? Your dreams come true! Pyeongchang, a small town in Gangwon-do, never gave up its dream to host a Winter Olympics even though it failed twice before. After preparing and waiting for many years, Pyeongchang’s dream came true at last on July 7 in
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On June 29, the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology said that it will digitalize all textbooks. By 2015, elementary, middle, and high school students nationwide will study with digital textbooks. They won’t have to carry heavy school bags anymore. Using light, simple electronic devices such as tablet
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On June 22, the international community approved Korea’s plan to build its second research station in the Antarctic. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the international support came at a meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina among 33 member
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Currently, students have to go to school on Saturdays two times a week on the first and third week of every month; they only take two Saturdays off on the second and fourth weeks. However, starting next year, they will take every Saturday off. On June 14, Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik announced
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On June 7, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced that he will seek a second term as the head of the United Nations. “During the past four and a half years, we have undertaken important work and found common ground on critical global issues of peace and security -
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On May 28, Korean singer Kwanghee from the boy band ZE:A broke a world record. He set a new world record when he joined an event for the “Environment Day 2011” at Seoul Chunggaecheon Kwang tong kyo. He took the challenge of
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These days, the Korean language is gaining huge popularity among middle and high school students around the world. A total of 60 schools in the U.S. are providing regular Korean language courses to their students. On May 24, the Korean Consulate General in San Francisco said that 6 schools in California started offering regular
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On May 17, Korea ranked 22nd in the World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) 2011 out of 59 countries, up one place from last year. Korea’s global competitiveness is rising 3 years in a row. The research was done by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD)in Switzerland. The IMD started
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Many high school students learn a second foreign language at school other than English. According to a recent report by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, most high school students in Seoul choose to learn Chinese or Japanese. Out of 222 high
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