Korean-American girls skip high school graduation to learn about their roots Syracuse Frank Ordonez/The Post-Standard. | Syracuse, NY.---I have a story in today's Post-Standard about two Central New York teen-agers who skipped their graduations this week to learn more about their Korean heritage. | Alexandra Leogrande and Kasey Bueche...
Overseas Koreans' Children Can Attend School Here Chosunilbo | For the first time, the children of overseas Korean nationals will be allowed to attend classes in Korean schools during their vacations. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on Thursday said it will allow children of overseas Korean national...
Coventry social studies teacher hopes his Korea visit will pay dividends for his students The Providence Journal | COVENTRY - How do you say "video game" or "pop music" in Korean? | Ted Mitchell, a social studies teacher at Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School, doesn't know yet - but if finding out will help get his students more interested in ancient Korean hist...
At South Korean cram school, a singular focus International Herald Tribune | : As the sun dipped behind pine hills surrounding this rural campus on a recent Monday, Chung Il Wook and his wife arrived in a car with their 18-year-old daughter, Min Ju. They hugged her before the blushing teenager hurried into the school buildi...
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New South Korean president under fire in beef row AOL SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - President Lee Myung-bak took office in February on a wave of popularity propelled by his vow to boost South Korea's economy with skills honed in business....
Koreans Pay Among World's Highest Prices, Survey Shows Chosunilbo | The coffee at Starbucks in Seoul is more expensive than in 11 major cities around the world, relative to overall price levels. That's according to the Korea Consumer Agency, whic...
SFU joins forces with university in Seoul Canada Dot Com | SEOUL - More than 30-years-ago, Mario Pinto and Kwan Soo Kim became both intellectual rivals and close friends while pursuing chemistry PhDs at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. | A Korean foreign student at the time, Kim relied heavily on Pinto...
Vancouver Film School reaches out to Korea Canada Dot Com | The Vancouver Film School opened a recruitment office yesterday in South Korea. | "Improving our visibility in Korea will go a long way toward continuing to attract the best and brightest students from Asia Pacific and around the world," said schoo...
Local schools see Asia as key to rebuilding international enrollment The Business Review Overseas students bring $350M to the city's economy Photo Illustration John Spencer | Business Journal At an overseas alumni reception in Seoul, Todd Hoffman swaps business cards with Don Kim, director of Han Shin Consulting. | South Korea, meet Phil...
NZ exports at risk after insecticide found in beef NZ Herald | New Zealand beef exports to South Korea have been put at risk by two scandals, one an apparent repetition of a 2005 debacle that cost the lucrative trade millions. | Traces of endosulfan, a controversial insecticide widely used in horticulture, have been reported in a 26kg carton of meat from a Waikato processor. | South Korea is NZ's second bigg...
Environment isn't clean, kids learn Florida Times Union | An end-of-the-year science project on the impact of pollution grabbed the imaginations and emotions of sixth-graders at Fletcher Middle School, and their teachers hope that passion will carry on into their summer. | The project wrapped up the last week of school with a presentation by Jane Wood, who wrote Trouble on the St. Johns River, a book ab...
