What are dentistry students supposed to wear? At one of South Korea’s top universities, apparently, there are rules. Three dental students at Yonsei University were made to write formal apology letters after violating the department's dress code on Aug. 27. The letters were then posted in lecture halls for other students to see, according to the Yonsei student newspaper. One letter read, "I have been oblivious to the rules and duties of a dentistry student, all because of the hot weather and my

Suicide accounted for nearly one in five deaths among international students in Korea since 2021, Education Ministry data showed Monday. Fifteen international students died by suicide out of 84 who died while studying in Korea during the period, according to data obtained by Rep. Kim Moon-soo of the Democratic Party of Korea. The figures were compiled through a ministry survey of more than 350 universities nationwide. Accidents were the leading cause of death, accounting for 34 cases, followed b

Seoul National University has embedded anti-deepfake signals into the roughly 5,800 portraits in its 2026 graduation yearbook, two years after women’s graduation photos were used to create sexually explicit deepfakes. The university’s student council signed an agreement with StealCut, a startup founded by SNU alumni, to apply its StealCut Protect technology to the photos. StealCut described the project as the first use of such technology in a South Korean university graduation album. The student

Seoul will proceed as planned with building a permanent campus for an alternative high school serving young North Korean defectors in Gangseo-gu, the city's education authorities said Sunday, despite opposition from some nearby residents. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education held a town hall meeting with residents on Friday to explain plans to renovate the former Seoul Yeomgang Elementary School, which closed in 2020, to accommodate Yeomyung School and the city’s Early Childhood Education

South Korean students and parents on Saturday demanded that the Education Ministry cancel any college applications submitted after the initial deadline, protesting the ministry's decision to grant relief to those unable to hand in their applications due to a system outage. A group of high school seniors and their parents held a demonstration in front of the National Assembly, calling on education authorities to invalidate all applications submitted after the original deadline and arguing that th

Uzbekistan will add Korean language as an official category in its national academic competition under a new set of agreements that broaden education cooperation with South Korea into artificial intelligence, teacher training and higher education. South Korea signed three memorandums of understanding with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan on Wednesday on the sidelines of the inaugural Korea-Central Asia summit in Seoul, the Education Ministry said Thursday. Under the agreements with Uzbekistan, the two

Tell a robot to “go to the blue sofa in the living room,” and it may navigate the building only to stop in the wrong place. KAIST researchers have developed an AI system that makes the robot take a second look and ask itself, “Is this really the right place?” before deciding it has arrived. The self-checking technology helped a joint team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute finish first among 112 teams in an in

A system outage that disrupted applications for South Korea’s highly competitive early university admissions process has raised fresh concerns about fairness, with education authorities warning that far fewer than the roughly 1,200 initially affected applicants may qualify for relief. Education authorities said late Tuesday that they would apply “strict eligibility standards” to prevent unfair treatment in the admissions process. The Ministry of Education and the Korean Council for University Ed

Contract majors affiliated with major conglomerates such as Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, and Hyundai Motor drew nearly 9,000 applicants in the 2027 early admissions cycle, marking the highest number on record. According to Jongno Academy, a private education institute, on Tuesday, 13 contract majors affiliated with seven major companies received a combined 8,994 applications for 383 available spots, an 18.2 percent increase from a year earlier. The most competitive program was Sogang Universit

Lee Sang-kyun, board chairman of Seoul Cyber University, received one of Kazakhstan’s highest state honors from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Seoul on Monday for his contributions to educational exchanges and closer bilateral ties. The Order of Dostyk, Second Class, recognizes Kazakh and foreign nationals who have contributed to peace, friendship between nations, international cooperation and social harmony. Tokayev personally presented the decoration during his state visit to Korea in reco

South Korea’s association of universities on Monday apologized over a system outage that disrupted applications for the 2027 early admissions cycle, pledging relief measures for affected applicants. Lee Ki-jeong, president of the Korean Council for University Education, said in a statement that he felt “a heavy sense of responsibility and deep regret” for the anxiety and confusion caused to students and parents at the final stage of the application process. “For applicants who were unable to com

Education Minister Choi Kyo-jin said Monday he would put a dedicated ministry unit in charge of exploring a government-backed smartphone for teenagers, as concerns grow over digital addiction among children. “If necessary, I will designate a dedicated department within the Education Ministry to actively address the issue,” Choi said during an interpellation session at the National Assembly. “Public discussion is important. For our students to use such a device, there needs to be discussion among

Four speakers at the 55th Korea Herald English Speech Contest on Friday struck a common theme in their congratulatory remarks: Communication across languages and cultures can connect people and nations, and the young contestants could one day help write the next chapter of Korea-Australia relations. The event, co-hosted by Herald Media Group, publisher of The Korea Herald, and the Australian Embassy in Seoul, brought together about 600 kindergarten and elementary school students with the aim of

Young speakers took the stage Friday to celebrate 65 years of friendship between Korea and Australia, as The Korea Herald’s longstanding English Speech Contest welcomed the Australian Embassy as a co-host for the first time. The contest’s 55th edition brought 109 kindergarten and elementary school finalists to the Kyobo Life Insurance headquarters in Jongno-gu, central Seoul, under the theme “The Herald of Heritage and Friendship: Young Voices Connecting Korea and Australia.” Organized by Herald

The Ministry of Education and Korean Council for University Education are offering relief to applicants who were unable to complete their applications for next year’s university admissions because of an error in the application system shortly before the deadline. According to the ministry on Sunday, up to 1,200 applicants may have been unable to complete their early admissions applications to universities across the country. A total of 2.61 million applications had been submitted for the admissi