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A tiny earpiece which an applicant of the Test of Proficiency in Korean (Topik) used to cheat

Topik cheating scandals fuel push for independent testing authority as more people take exam

Authorities are tightening anti-cheating measures amid growing demands for an independent body to run the country's official language proficiency assessment.

2026.7.22

This photo is unrelated to the story. Incoming visitors at the Incheon Airport in this file photo dated Feb. 17, 2020. [NEWS1]

Uzbek students told to leave Korea as university, Justice Ministry trade accusations

About 20 students from Uzbekistan were told to leave the country or else, according to a local news report.

2023.12.12

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Floor guide signs at a building in Apgujeong, southern Seoul, written only in English. [KIM MIN-SANG]

‘Absurd how Korea treats its people’: English signage fad alienates older Koreans

English signage in Korea, particularly in chic areas of Seoul, is leaving older Koreans feeling lost and alienated as many struggle to find hangul on signs and menus.

2023.9.30

A menu banner of a restaurant is installed in a street in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, in May. [YONHAP]

Korean language bill aims to encourage restaurants, cafes to use hangul

A bill is being drafted to recommend cafes and restaurants to include hangul, the Korean alphabet, in their menus. Rep. Cho Myung-hee of the People Power Party and nine other lawmakers on July 11 drafted an amendment to the Framework Act on ...

2023.8.2

Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, and Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, left, greet K-pop fans at the Korea-Vietnam Night of Cultural Exchange at the National Convention Center in Hanoi Thursday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

K-pop and Korean language celebrated in president’s visit to Vietnam

Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee joined over 2,500 people at a cultural night event featuring K-pop and V-pop artists in Hanoi on Thursday evening.

2023.6.22

Liuthanian students pose with their Korean language teacher Lee Jun-eon in a beginner-level Korean language program of the King Sejong Institute at Mykolas Romeris University on Feb. 7. [ESTHER CHUNG]

Lithuanian students take their love for K-culture to the classroom

The sun had set an hour earlier in Vilnius, but the day was far from over for a group of students huddled in a brightly lit classroom at Mykolas Romeris University in Lithuania on Feb. 7. They sat with a united purpose: to learn the language…

2023.2.15

Yeo One of boy band Pentagon, left, will star in the web series “There is an Idol in my Living Room' (translated), created to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the King Sejong Institute Foundation. [KING SEJONG INSTITUTE FOUNDATION]

Pentagon's Yeo One to star in web series 'There is an Idol in my Living Room'

Yeo One of boy band Pentagon will star in the web series “There is an Idol in my Living Room" (translated), created to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the King Sejong Institute Foundation, the foundation said Monday. The King Sejong Institute ...

2022.10.17

Happy Hangul Day

A choir of children from multicultural families sings at a government ceremony marking the 576th Hangul Day at the National Hangeul Museum in Yongsan District, central Seoul, Sunday.

2022.10.9