South Korea
2 Jan
South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck with a knife on Tuesday by a man who pushed through a crowd pretending to be his supporter, police said. Lee was surrounded by journalists and supporters at a construction site in the southern port city of Busan when a man lunged and…
8 Dec
Top security advisors for Seoul, Tokyo and Washington will meet in Seoul Saturday to discuss the growing threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea, South Korea's presidential office said.
6 Dec
South Korea's population is expected to decline at a faster rate than during the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic in human history, according to a recent report by The New York Times (NYT). The total fertility rate in South Korea is projected to drop to a record low of 0.6 children per woman by the…
1 Dec
South Korea will launch its first military spy satellite early Saturday on a SpaceX rocket, Seoul's defence ministry said, intensifying a space race on the peninsula after Pyongyang launched its first military eye in the sky last month. Seoul's reconnaissance satellite, carried by one of Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets, will lift off from…
20 Nov
South Korea travel to China on Tuesday for 2026 World Cup qualifying, with Son Heung-min warning his side they must keep their cool in front of a sell-out crowd.
16 Nov
Nearly four million jobs in South Korea are at risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence technology over the next two decades, a central bank study released on Thursday said.
11 Nov
School is not a substitute for life education. There is more to life than just going to school. Your education is a compilation of life’s experiences and exposures. There is a lot more to learn in life than just what they teach you in school. A child’s foundation begins at home. Good morals, values, manners and character all begin way before they even enter school. To educate means to develop the mental, moral, spiritual and social capabilities of a child.
30 Oct
South Korea is on track to become a multiracial nation in 2024, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The report, which was released on October 30, 2023, predicts that the percentage of people with foreign backgrounds in South Korea will reach 5.1% in 2024. This means that…
16 Oct
If I had a kobo each time I heard the statement ‘Government has no business in business’, I would be very rich already. Typically, that statement is used in support of several arguments that appear logical on the surface but are absurd, at best. One of such arguments is that government should neither own nor…
13 Sep 2023
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, said on Tuesday that the FCT Administration would partner with the Republic of South Korea on vocational education. Wike also expressed willingness to partner with Turkiye on agricultural development. The minister stated this when the Ambassadors of South Korea to Nigeria and his Turkiye…
23 Aug 2023
Air raid sirens wailed across central Seoul on Wednesday as officials stopped cars and ordered people to head to underground shelters in South Korea's first civil defence exercise in six years. The 20-minute drill, which began at 2:00 pm (0500 GMT), was aimed at "preparing for a quick evacuation in the event of an air…
22 Aug 2023
In the realm of teaching English abroad, South Korea often emerges as a top destination due to its rich culture, technological advancements, and attractive teaching packages.