Category: Education

SEOUL– President Yoon Suk Yeol called Thursday for increasing diversity in education, saying the standardized educational programs of the past no longer serve the nation.   Yoon made the remark during a joint New Year’s policy briefing by the education and culture ministries while discussing one of his administration’s top three reform projects along with […]

SEOUL– Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Monday the government will keep up the pace of labor, education and pension reforms this year, in an effort to increase productivity and revive the economy.   “We will carry out in earnest the three major reforms of labor, education and pension, and the three major innovations of the […]

SEOUL– Kansas City Royals catching prospect Um Hyungchan was named the top South Korean high school catcher of the year Thursday.   Um was the winner of the Best Catcher category at the sixth annual Lee Man-soo Awards, named after the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) catching legend.   Um, backstop for Gyeonggi Commercial High School […]

SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol appointed his new education minister Monday, his office said, completing the lineup of his first Cabinet. Lee Ju-ho, a professor at the Korea Development Institute and former education minister under the Lee Myung-bak administration, was named education minister and deputy prime minister for social affairs in September. He underwent a confirmation […]

Suwon Samsung Bluewings, one of the marquee franchises in South Korean football’s top division with four titles, are in danger of being relegated to the lower division next year after dropping into a do-or-die playoff.   Despite beating Gimcheon Sangmu FC 3-1 on Saturday, Suwon Samsung finished their K League 1 season in 10th place […]

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