What Facts About South Korea Surprise Foreigners?
Here are seven things that foreigners don't believe until they see for themselves in South Korea -- from over-the-top-pizza to kimchi fridges.
Here are seven things that foreigners don't believe until they see for themselves in South Korea -- from over-the-top-pizza to kimchi fridges.
South Korean high school students are under heavy academic stress. But high school students in vocational schools have their own kind of difficulties.
Urbanization and an aging population is prompting more schools to close down in rural S. Korea. But the end is only another beginning.
Humanities lovers in South Korea gather on Facebook page Humanities Bullshit to ramble about society. But rambling is not all there is to their bullshit.
South Koreans' obsession with education is well-known. A recent trend in private education industry involves a Jewish learning method called havruta.
State-issued history textbooks is one of president Park's signature policies. Only one high school is using it. Its school year is off to a rough start.
The world looks to Korea as a model for education but the system has a dark side. Korean education produces students who are overachieving but unhappy and ill.