On January 20, Barack Obama claimed his place in history as America’s first black president before a jubilant crowd of more than a million in Washington D.C. The presidency passed to Obama from George W. Bush at noon and Obama thanked Bush for his servic
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According to a recent survey, more than half of Korean teenagers have used abusive language on the Internet. The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Youth Media Addiction Prevention Center questioned 1,000 elementary, middle and high school students in
From March, instant cup noodles will be banned at school cafeterias nationwide. The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) announced last week that it decided to remove junk foods from schools that are high in calories but low in nutrition. Elementary,
Seoul education authorities will designate an autonomous private high school in each district of the capital. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology plans to name 30 autonomous high schools between March and May this year in an attempt to diver
President Lee Myung-bak warned that this year’s economic growth may further slow down. He said on December 27, 2008 that the country’s economy may see a downturn in the first half of 2009 because of the bad effect from the global economic crisis. Howeve
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology교육과학기술부 revealed its new plans for English education on December 18. The plans include the introduction of a Korean version of the TOEFL test and increasing English class hours for elementary school
The leaders of Korea, China and Japan agreed on December 13 that Asia must be the engine of growth to curb the global financial crisis and pledged to closely cooperate in order to help boost the world economy. The three leaders made the vow during their f
In December, America’s unemployment increased sharply with the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits at a 34-year high. He urged passage of a new New Deal program to convert rising unemployment into an opportunity to transform the economy.
The Bank of Korea (BOK) said on November 28 that Korea became a net debtor nation for the first time in eight years during the third-quarter. The BOK said it was mainly due to Korean banks and companies’ increase in borrowings from other countries to sid
American researchers found that banning fast food advertisements reduces childhood obesity. The new study measured the effect of TV fast-food ads, with results indicating that a ban on fast food commercials would reduce the number of obese children by 18
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