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Education grant reform can no longer be delayed

A government forum highlighted mounting concerns that Korea’s automatic education grant system is driving wasteful spending despite a shrinking student population.

2026.7.8

Schools panic after YouTuber aces math test in just 18 minutes with AI glasses

Teachers have called for a strong ministry response but feel stuck trying to combat a digital problem with analog tools.

2026.6.25

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Test takers take the Test of Proficiency in Korean [CHO MOON-GYU]

Concerns rise over Topik answer leak in China after test-taker reported to police

Answers to the Test of Proficiency in Korean, or Topik, were leaked on Chinese social media, according to sources on Thursday,

2026.4.16

Medical students attend a class at a lecture hall of the Pusan National University School of Medicine in Busan on Sept. 1, 2025. [YONHAP]

Education Ministry to roll out mandatory AI courses at universities

The Ministry of Education will spend 6 billion won to introduce mandatory AI courses at 20 universities, marking the first nationwide push to ensure college students gain basic AI skills regardless of their major.

2026.2.23

Incheon National University's (INU) Songdo campus [INCHEON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY]

Education Ministry launches audit into Incheon National University over alleged admissions collusion

The Ministry of Education has launched an audit into allegations that professors colluded during an early admissions interview at Incheon National University.

2026.2.6

The Ministry of Education title is seen in this 2020 file photo. [YONHAP NEWS TV]

Education Ministry to review CSAT question vetting process after criticism over difficult English exam

The Ministry of Education said Monday it would review how questions are set and vetted for Korea’s college entrance exam after a sharp drop in top scores in the English section drew public outcry over its difficulty.

2025.12.15

Choi Kyo-jin, Sejong's superintendent of education, was tapped as education minister, and attorney Won Min-kyong, right, was nominated for gender equality and family minister on Aug. 13 by President Lee Jae Myung. [NEWS1]

President Lee nominates superintendent, human rights lawyer to head education and gender ministries

President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday nominated six minister-level officials for posts including Minister of Education and Minister of Gender Equality and Family.

2025.8.13

An empty lecture hall is seen at a medical school in Seoul on July 17. [YONHAP]

Gov't cancels briefing on medical students' return amid lack of consensus

The Education Ministry on Wednesday announced that it would unveil a plan this week to accommodate the mass return of boycotting medical students, but abruptly canceled it, citing the need for more time for consulting among medical schools.

2025.7.24

Lee Jin-sook, nominee for education minister, attends a confirmation hearing before the National Assembly in western Seoul on July 16. [NEWS1]

Lee withdraws education minister nomination

President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday withdrew the nomination of Education Minister Lee Jin-sook.

2025.7.20

A pedestrian walks by a medical school in downtown Seoul on May 9. [NEWS1]

65% of med students yet to return, face warnings or even expulsion

A total of 12,767 out of 19,457 students — or 65.6 percent — across 40 medical schools had not returned to class as of Wednesday, with punishments ranging from warnings to repeating a year or even expulsion.

2025.5.9