The Ministry of Education has launched an audit into allegations that professors colluded during an early admissions interview at Incheon National University.
Should employers be legally barred from asking job applicants where they went to school? The question has resurfaced in Korea as lawmakers and civic groups push to expand fair hiring rules.
A major indoctrination facility in North Korea displayed banners calling South Korea the "No. 1 hostile country" and inciting public animosity against Seoul, photos released by the North's media showed Monday.
Korean families' spending on private education for their children has jumped by more than 60 percent over the past decade, government data showed Sunday.
As suicides among the youth continue to ail Korean society, the government will expand support for students, the Ministry of Education announced Tuesday.
Seoul's 10 p.m. curfew on hagwon is facing renewed debate as an ordinance seeks to extend hours to midnight. This move raises concerns about academic pressure, student rights and the implications for public education.
The Ministry of Education said Monday it would review how questions are set and vetted for Korea’s college entrance exam after a sharp drop in top scores in the English section drew public outcry over its difficulty.
Korea’s chief test administrator resigned on Wednesday after universities and educators criticized the English section on this year’s national college entrance exam for being more difficult than recent years.
Students at a private high school in Daegu broke into the principal’s office and the administrative office and stole storage devices containing personal information of teachers and students, the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education said Friday.
The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how U.S. President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign pledge to close the department entirely.
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