American parents show up at their children’s schools. A lot. Nearly nine out of 10 attended at least one PTA or other school meeting in the 2011–12 school year, according to data released last week by the Department of Education’s National Household Education Surveys Program. Six out of 1... Read more...
By Sangim Han and Rose Kim Chung Eunjung, a mother of two sons in Seoul, says South Korea's plan to give children extra playtime by ending Saturday classes means only one thing: more private tutoring. On June 14, President Lee Myung Bak's government announced it would recomm... Read more...
SEOUL (AFP) – A giant steel float that will be part of a "floating island" in Seoul boasting off-shore entertainment facilities began a snails-paced trip towards the city's Han River Saturday. The football-field-sized structure, resembling the hull of a cargo ship, moved at a barely noticea... Read more...
North Korea has fired artillery shots near the disputed sea border with South Korea and the South has returned fire. The North fired shells into the sea near Baengnyeong Island off the the South's western coast, South Korean news agency Yonhap said. North Korea said the firing was part of an a... Read more...