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Lee drops pick for education minister nominee, expected to appoint gender minister nominee

President Lee Jae Myung has decided Sunday to withdraw his nomination of education minister nominee Lee Jin-sook, the presidential office said, following a controversy surrounding allegations of academic plagiarism.

2025.7.21

Members of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union chant slogans calling for Lee Jin-sook's removal as education minister nominee or her voluntary withdrawal during a press conference in front of Government Complex Seoul in central Seoul on July 15. [YONHAP]

Union accuses education minister nominee of being out of touch and calls for withdrawal

The Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) called for Lee Jin-sook to immediately withdraw her candidacy for education minister, condemning her as fundamentally unqualified to lead the nation’s education system.

2025.7.15

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A medical school student attends a graduation ceremony at a medical school in Seoul on Feb. 24. [YONHAP]

Gov't hints at scrapping increase of medical school admissions quota for next year

The government has raised the possibility of scrapping a controversial increase of medical school admissions for next year, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

2025.2.26

Education Minister Lee Ju-ho, right, speaks during a consultative meeting of the People Power Party (PPP), and government officials at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Feb. 17. [YONHAP]

Education minister vows to strengthen school safety after stabbing incident

Education Minister Lee Ju-ho vowed Monday to come up with thorough measures to prevent the recurrence of a stabbing death of an 8-year-old student by a schoolteacher last week, while offering mental health support for teachers.

2025.2.17

How to deepen the ongoing medical crisis

We hope the education minister stops making trouble.

2024.10.9

A woman shed tears in front of the memorial of the 23 year-old teacher at Seo 2 Elementary School in Seocho-dong, Gangnam, Seoul, on Monday, which marks the 49th day since the teacher took her own life. A nationwide mourning took place while teachers demanded that the government take more aggressive actions in protecting teachers’ rights from legal harassments from parents. [YONHAP]

Classrooms empty as angry teachers go on ‘leave’

Although not an official day, the teachers dubbed Monday “the day public education stopped,” as educators across the country mourned the death of a 23-year-old Seo 2 Elementary School teacher, who died by suicide in July. It was the 49th day.

2023.9.4

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Education Minister Park Soon-ae provoked another controversy by saying that she could return to academia next March after serving as education minister for eight months.

2022.8.4

Civic groups opposing the government’s plan to lower the elementary school entry age protest in front of the presidential office in Yongsan District, central Seoul, Monday. [NEWS1]

Sending 5-year-olds to school isn't a very popular idea

Teachers, parents and civic groups are warning the government they're not keen on lowering the school entrance age from six years old to five.

2022.8.1

Kim Seung-hee, the health and welfare minister nominee who withdrew her candidacy Monday, answers reporters questions last Thursday. [NEWS1]

Yoon's second health minister nominee throws in towel

Former lawmaker Kim Seung-hee, President Yoon Suk-yeol's health minister nominee, walked away from the appointment after being accused of misappropriating political funds.

2022.7.4

President Yoon Suk-yeol, center, bangs a gavel as he convenes his first Cabinet meeting at the Sejong government complex in Sejong City Thursday. [NEWS1]

Yoon Suk-yeol picks women for his final two Cabinet appointments

President Yoon Suk-yeol named two women to fill his education and health minister posts, aiming for a bit of gender balance in his male-dominated Cabinet.

2022.5.26