During the more than two years I served as South Korea’s minister of education, science, and technology, I found myself frequently astonished by the outside world’s lavish praise for our education ...

"Even university professors have said, 'I can't solve the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) questions.' I made a firm commitment not to become a superintendent who perpetuates education for the ...

The debate over gifted education in Korea has often played out between two sides: Opponents argue the special education program is tailored for the select few and undermines the principle of equal ...

The Ministry of Education and the National Institute for International Education on Sept. 4 announced the application period for the 2026 Global Korea Scholarship for undergraduates from Sept. 15 to ...

Editor’s Note: Monica Schnee, English as a Second Language (ESL) Program Coordinator at the River Edge Public School District in New Jersey, traveled to Korea as a Fulbright Distinguished Awards in ...

As global competition reshapes higher education, The Korea Times has announced the first-ever K-universities Global Excellence Rankings 2026, designed not only to assess universities’ global readiness ...

Having already succeeded in giving free school lunches to all the needy (and unneedy) elementary students in Seoul, it seems newly minted Mayor Park Won-soon has now gone in on the next big populist ...

A Lynch School of Education and Human Development research team embarked this fall on an arduous but fulfilling two-week investigation of 16 Hyukshin middle and high schools in South Korea—the ...

The Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) has awarded UB’s Asia Research Institute a “core university grant” that will strengthen UB’s position as a regional hub for multidisciplinary research and education ...

The UB Asia Research Institute (ARI) offers research grants of up to $3,000 on a competitive basis to support scholarly research or creative work related to Asia and Asian diasporas. Funds can support ...