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Parents seek after-school care. Will longer hours for elementary students work?

Teachers, parents and children question whether extending early-grade classes to 3 p.m. can solve Korea’s after-school care shortage.

2026.9.21

Enslaved by the bell? Young elementary students say a later end of school would be ‘exhausting.’

A government push to add extra periods for a 3 p.m. dismissal is being met with strong resistance from teachers as well as little learners.

2026.9.1

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Adults guide students on their way home from school outside in Dongdaemun District, eastern Seoul, on May 12.

For kids, journey home from school far deadlier than morning commute

More than half of child pedestrian deaths occurred between 2 and 6 p.m., when students head home from school.

2026.8.26

Less breakfast, more sugar and an introduction to tobacco: The unhealthy trends of transitioning to high school

A long-term government survey found rising breakfast skipping, sugary drink intake and multiple tobacco use among students, with girls facing higher anxiety and smartphone overdependence.

2026.8.3

A photo of the empty field of an elementary school in Gangseo District, western Seoul, on May 27, 2020. [YONHAP]

Pickup sports shown red card as schools park the bus against legal liability

A parent surnamed Kim, whose child is a third grader at an elementary school in Seongdong District, eastern Seoul, has recently been looking into private football academies.

2026.5.6

A mugshot of elementary school teacher Myeong Jae-wan, who was convicted of fatally stabbing 7-year-old Kim Ha-neul at an elementary school in Daejeon [DAEJEON METROPOLITAN POLICE]

Life sentence upheld for elementary school teacher who murdered first-grader

A Daejeon elementary school teacher convicted of murdering a first-grade student was sentenced to life in prison on appeal, upholding the lower court’s ruling.

2026.1.16

Soon-to-be first graders at an elementary school in Busan walk in the school's hallway on Jan. 6. [NEWS1]

Korean first-grade students set to drop below 300,000 this year

The number of first-grade students at Korean elementary schools is set to drop below 300,000 for the first time in 2026, driven by one of the world’s lowest birthrates, government data showed last Thursday.

2026.1.13

Kid who skipped school to play computer games sparks manhunt in Cheongju after false kidnapping claim

A major police operation was launched in Cheongju, North Chungcheong, after an elementary school student falsely claimed to have been kidnapped — in an attempt to hide from his parents that he had skipped school to go to a PC bang.

2025.12.11

Elementary school principal gets 8 years for sexually abusing students

An elementary school principal in Wonju was sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of sexually abusing students in 2023.

2025.9.26

Suwon elementary school cleared after 'nuclear bomb' threat

Police cleared an elementary school in Suwon on Tuesday after a report claimed a “nuclear bomb” would be detonated on the premises, evacuating students and staff and conducting a search for one hour and 40 minutes.

2025.9.16