In recent years private academic institutions have gotten out of hand in the way they advertise their services. Commercials and billboards with sayings like,”5th grade is too, start in 4th,” and this buses last stop is SKY(Seoul, Korea and Yonsei Universities) are common. Saying such as these only burden both child and parent into thinking… Continue Reading »
A man in his 30′s, who was revealed to be a civil servant, was found that he has shown his girlfriend’s two young daughters, ages seven and eight, pornography videos and raped them many times. The two kids lived with him since 2007. Their mother thought that he was a diligent civil servant and looked like he loved her kids, so she decided to live with him. However, two years later since the women… Continue Reading »
Violent skirmish reported in Posco mill site in India No letting-up in the 8-year opposition to $12B project By Ara Cho On Feb. 5, Abhaya Sahu, head of Posco Protirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), an organization leading the protests against Posco, went on hunger strike near Govindpur in the eastern Indian state of Odisha to… Continue Reading »
Park Geun-hye Moon Jae-in 1 Economic democratization to enhance the fairness Fulfillment of ‘human economy’ by job revolution 2 Construction of Korean welfare system Economic democratization of win-win cooperation 3 Supply of the growth engine and job creation through creation of economy Construction of welfare state and a society of gender equality 4 Establishment of… Continue Reading »
The number of multicultural students has increased rapidly. Currently, there are over 50 thousand multicultural students in Korea. It includes students who go to international schools and youth who do not go to school at all. [1] As international marriages continues to increase, more and more multicultural families are residing in Korea. This implies that the world has… Continue Reading »
Few days ago, sexual assault occurred in Naju, Korea. A twenty three-year-old man, Ko Jongsuk kidnapped a seven-year-old young girl, sexually assaulted her and even tried to kill her. After he ran away, the girl had to stay outside naked in the rain, shivering and feeling terrified. She was finally found by police 11 hours… Continue Reading »
Photo: An elementary school student’s daily schedule. 07:30 Wakes up. Checks KaTalk to read last night’s online messages from friends. 08:20 Goes to school. Sends a message via KaTalk to a friend: “Have you arrived at school yet?” 09:00 Class begins. Uses his smart phone phone to play games and check out news. 14:30 Class… Continue Reading »
Everyone has to admit, we’ve all been there at least once: the darkest corner of our minds where we deeply ponder whether our lives are worth living, whether we would be better without it. Though this is undoubtedly a common thought among all people living through the stresses of the modern day world, looking at… Continue Reading »
It has been reported that over 70% of all elementary, middle and high school students in Korea are required to take math courses, and there is concern over the fact that this is causing students to study more hours than is necessary, and not at school, but at private academies; human rights groups are calling… Continue Reading »
According to research by the Supreme Court of Korea, 26% of Korean people think that child rapists should be punished more severely than murderers. Thirty eight percent answered that the two should be punished on the same degree. On the other hand, only 19% of experts agreed with ordinary people, who think that child rape… Continue Reading »