According to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the government will establish high-quality public boarding schools in rural areas in 2010. Recently, the ministry chose 82 public high schools in rural areas that will receive government subs
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Due to a sluggish local economy and a strong dollar, Korean spending on overseas studies fell 5.8 percent in the first half of 2008, the biggest decline since the Asian financial crisis a decade ago.
The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced last week that it would start a study of the effectiveness of English immersion education in September. The city’s education authorities said they would ask a field expert to conduct the study, which w
On August 14, the Northeast Asian History Foundation opened the Dokdo Research Institute to carry through systematic research on the rocky islets under the wing of the education ministry. The institution will be led by Kim Hyun-soo, an international marin
According to the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, the number of foreigners in Korea reached almost 2 percent of the Korean population as of May. The recent government data showed that about two out of every 100 residents here are non-Korean
The government recently denied a request by disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk to resume human stem cell research, citing his bioethics violations involving a test fabrication scandal two years ago. The Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs said
According to a new OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) annual report, the average life span of Koreans was 79.1 in 2006, higher than the average 78.9 for members of the OECD. This is a significant improvement,
Recently, Japan announced a plan to include its sovereignty claim over Dokdo in a curriculum handbook to be used by teachers at schools. The handbook will be officially used from 2012 for middle school social studies textbooks, but news reports from Japan
On July 11, a tourist from Seoul was shot to death at the Mount Geumgang resort. According to the Unification Ministry, 53-year-old Park Wang-ja was shot at around 5 a.m. by a North Korean soldier while strolling along the beach within the tourist area. F
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who recently visited Korea, urged the Korean government to play a greater role in solving global issues. He requested the government to expand its contributions to the United Nations as well as more actively participate i
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