South Korea unveils new education policies for international, multicultural students

The policy push comes amid significant demographic changes. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Korea’s English Exam Was So Hard It Prompted an Apology. How Would You Do?

South Korea has a notoriously grueling college entrance exam. This year’s English portion was so difficult that it led to a ...
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Students dive into South Korea study abroad for first time this fall

UP’s Seoul, South Korea study abroad program, which sent its first cohort to Sogang University this fall, is more than an ...

Ending RFA, VOA Korean services threatens national security, AI system

The recent shutdown of Radio Free Asia and Voice of America Korean language services impacts security policy decisions and ...

North Korea’s ruling elite prepares for once-in-5-years party meeting

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has opened a meeting to prepare for the upcoming ruling party congress, one of the ...

When news from outside goes off-air

For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North Korea.

North Korea makes Russian a required foreign language in schools — as 2 isolated nations grow closer

North Korea has mandated Russian as a foreign language for its elementary school children – a further sign of Moscow’s increasing ties with the hermit kingdom stemming from its invasion of Ukraine.