President Yoon Suk Yeol plans to meet with a group of Japanese college students during his visit to Tokyo this week to highlight the benefit of his administration’s solution to the issue of wartime forced labor for future generations, sources said Tue…
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
In collaboration with the Governments of Mauritius, China, Korea, Australia, Germany, Russia, with the European Investment Bank, and with additional financial support from beneficiary countries Seychelles, Angola, Togo, Guinea, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Zambia, Mali and South Africa, ICD and other IMF departments have been offering courses at ATI in Mauritius, since … Read more
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — A satirical cartoon about President Yoon Suk-yeol has sparked a debate about freedom of expression after the culture ministry expressed regret and issued a warning to the organizer of a cartoon festival that awarded a prize to it. Drawn by a high school student, the cartoon, titled “Yoon Suk-yeol Train,” … Read more