Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden have begun talks in Tokyo. Footage of the meeting was shown on Monday by Japan’s public broadcaster, Trend reports citing TASS.Prior to the talks, a welcoming ceremony was held at the e…
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S. Korea welcomes Senate confirmation of Goldberg as U.S. ambassador to Seoul
SEOUL/WASHINGTON– South Korea on Friday welcomed the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of President Joe Biden’s nominee for the new U.S. ambassador to Seoul, vowing “active support” for his mission to strengthen the two countries’ alliance.The Senate voted T…
Bogota int’l book fair kicks off with S. Korea as guest of honor
SEOUL– The 2022 Bogota International Book Fair (FILBO) has opened in Colombia’s capital with South Korea as the guest of honor.Launched in 1988, FILBO is the second-largest event of its kind in South America, where an average of 600,000 people visit e…
Court suspends decision to void ex-justice minister daughter’s medical school admission
BUSAN– A court on Monday suspended Pusan National University’s decision to nullify its 2015 acceptance of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s daughter into its medical school for having used forged documents on her application.The school in the southeas…
Elementary school teacher given 7-yr prison term for luring teenagers into filming sexually abusive material
SUWON, South Korea– An elementary school teacher has been sentenced to seven years in prison for inducing more than 100 teenage girls to film sexually exploitative materials and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old, a court said Monday.The man, in his 30…
Foreign students ‘taken from Shanghai’ as teachers resign from international schools
The Shanghai lockdown has prompted an exodus of foreign students and teaching staff, as the city reported its first deaths from COVID-19. Foreign residents of the city, many of whom were working in the education sector, are being evacuated, with many c…
Ex-HUFS president tapped as education minister
SEOUL– Kim In-chul, nominee for education minister and deputy prime minister for social affairs, is a former president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) known for his expertise in the area of higher education.Kim began his career as a pro…
University officially voids medical school admission of ex-justice minister’s daughter
BUSAN– Pusan National University (PNU) on Tuesday made a final decision to nullify the 2015 admission of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s daughter into its medical school for using forged documents on the application.The school in the southeastern po…