Articles by Park Jun-hee
Park Jun-hee
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Yoon orders Suneung to only cover materials taught in class
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday ordered the Education Ministry to come up with measures to alleviate parents' financial burden on private education spending and to have the Suneung, the nation's scholastic aptitude test, only include materials taught in schools' classrooms. Speaking to reporters at the presidential office, Education Minister Lee Ju-ho said the ministry will come up with relevant measures as ordered by the president. The announcement came as South Korea sees a
Politics June 15, 2023
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Seoul mayor elected as co-president of WAMM
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has been tapped as the co-president of the World Association of the Major Metropolises at the 14th Metropolis World Congress, the city government said Thursday. Oh will lead the committee for from 2024 to 2026, along with five other co-presidents from the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, China’s Guangzhou, Uruguay’s Montevideo, Iran’s Tehran and Belgium's Brussels-Capital Region, the city added. The city government said being able to co-lead the associat
Social Affairs June 15, 2023
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[팟캐스트] (512) 교육부 장관, ‘AI 교육으로 사교육 과열 잡겠다’ / 작년 경찰관 3543명 옷벗었다, 4년새 46%↑
진행자: 박준희, Beth Eunhee Hong [1] [Herald Interview] Minister turns to AI classes to cool competition in education 기사 요약: 이주호 교육부 장관, “AI 디지털 교과서 활용으로 주어진 문제에 대한 답을 하는 학생이 아닌 질문할 수 있는 인재 양성할 것” Education Minister Lee Ju-ho is attempting to change the course of South Korea’s education system by adopting artificial intelligence technology in all public school classrooms, which the minister claims will transform the nation’s hypercompetitive education culture and make
Podcast June 15, 2023
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Seoul Nat'l Univ. sacks disgraced ex-justice minister
Seoul National University’s disciplinary committee said Tuesday that it has decided to expel former Justice Minister Cho Kuk from the school's law faculty, citing the court decision that sentenced him to two years in prison for abusing his power and influence. The decision comes after he was removed from his teaching position in January 2020. He was indicted without detention on Dec. 31, 2019, on 12 charges, including for bribery and corruption, over his involvement in his children&rs
Social Affairs June 13, 2023
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Seoul city rolls out ‘BTS Map’ to celebrate band’s 10th anniversary
The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Tourism Organization on Monday rolled out a BTS map dubbed the “Seoul BTS Map,” consisting of the capital city’s attractions with links to the boy band as the group celebrates its 10th anniversary. As part of “BTS Festa,” a two-week festival set for this month, the map contains places the bandmates visited when they were trainees or areas the group had stopped by to film, the city government said. The BTS map will incl
Social Affairs June 12, 2023
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Education committee passes bill on school violence
The Education Committee of the National Assembly on Monday passed a revision bill that aims to help victims live a life free from bullying while recovering from school violence, as the country grapples with growing numbers of school bullying cases. As part of the enhanced measures to tackle school bullying set out in the bill, shelters will be set up to help victims heal and recover from bullying and allow the heads of regional education offices to run special facilities to provide counseling fo
Politics June 12, 2023
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[Hello Hangeul] Korean proficiency test measures memory, not skill
In line with the growing fervor for Korean content, the country has also seen a rise in the number of non-native test-takers for the Korean proficiency test. Launched in 1997, the Test of Proficiency in Korean, or TOPIK, administered by the National Institute for International Education, a government body operating under the Ministry of Education, is a test that measures non-Korean nationals' ability to understand and use the Korean language. The test results are valid for two years, and is
Social Affairs June 11, 2023
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Police search for 10 Vietnamese fugitives
Police are searching for 10 Vietnamese nationals who escaped from a police station after being arrested on gambling charges Sunday morning. Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station said Sunday that the escapees had fled the police station by diving out of a window inside the meeting room at around 6:40 a.m, some three hours after they were detained. According to police, the window is 20 centimeters wide and can be tilted inward by 15 degrees. The 10 escapees were among 23 Vietnamese nationals arrested on
Social Affairs June 11, 2023
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No. of police officers quitting up 46% in 4 years
While being a police officer has long been considered a job for life in South Korea, an increasing number of officers are leaving the force, citing fatigue from work and difficulties in dealing with the community, data showed Sunday. According to data submitted by the Korean National Police Agency to Rep. Chung Woo-taik of the ruling People Power Party, 3,543 police officers quit their jobs last year, a 46.3 percent increase from 2,421 in 2018. In 2019, the police force saw 2,305 officers resign
Social Affairs June 11, 2023
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[Herald Interview] Minister turns to AI classes to cool competition in education
Education Minister Lee Ju-ho is attempting to change the course of South Korea’s education system by adopting artificial intelligence technology in all public school classrooms, which the minister claims will transform the nation’s hypercompetitive education culture and make it the first country in the world to adopt such measures at scale. Calling it a “paradigm shift,” Lee said in an interview with The Korea Herald on Monday that the new plan of replacing paper-based te
Social Affairs June 8, 2023
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Yoon meets East Timor leader
President Yoon Suk Yeol met with East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta on Friday and agreed to upgrade the bilateral ties between the two nations in the fields of development, labor, education and forestry. Yoon was quoted by his office as saying that he had explained the Korea International Cooperation Agency’s projects in the health, medical and educational field and environmental projects in East Timor. The presidential office added that Yoon has also sought aid and support from the Eas
Politics June 2, 2023
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Police officer indicted for secretly filming 26 women during sex
A police officer was arrested and charged with nonconsensual video recording during sex of partners he had met through a dating app. The Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office said Friday that it had indicted the officer at the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police for breaching the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes and for tampering with evidence. The police officer, whose identity has been withheld, is accused of filming 26 women without consent during sex using his
Social Affairs June 2, 2023
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Anti-corruption watchdog launches probe into NEC hiring scandal
South Korea’s anti-corruption watchdog said Thursday that it has launched a full-scale probe into allegations that high-ranking officials at the National Election Commission used their power and position to secure employment for their own children within the state agency. The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission said it would probe incumbent and retired officials and those previously acquitted from the election watchdog to look into employment practices. The commission said it has r
Social Affairs June 1, 2023
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College degrees no longer required from foreign instructors for online classes
A government agency that oversees policy coordination on Wednesday recommended that the Ministry of Education lower the standard for foreigners’ educational qualifications to teach online classes at hagwons -- or private academies -- to match those of domestic instructors. The Regulatory Tribunal of the Office for Government Policy Coordination recommended that the Education Ministry revise its current standard for foreign instructors teaching online lectures at hagwons to match that for K
Social Affairs May 31, 2023
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Evacuation alerts send Seoulites into panic
Confusion, frustration and fear were what Lee Hyun-jung felt early Wednesday morning after she received a mobile emergency alert and heard sirens outside calling for Seoulites to evacuate following the news that North Korea had attempted to launch a space satellite. The sirens started at 6:32 a.m, with the city issuing a “Presidential Alert” to all Seoul residents to prepare for a potential evacuation. However, 20 minutes later the Interior Ministry sent a correction. “Notice t
Social Affairs May 31, 2023
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