Education minister offers resignation after backlash to policies Education Minister Park Soon-ae announced her resignation late Monday afternoon, ending a short tenure that will be remembered for her least popular policy proposal, sending kids to school at the age of five. 2022.8.8
Threat to foreign language high schools roils parents The Ministry of Education has once again found itself in the crosshairs after suggesting that so-called foreign language high schools could be entirely scrapped. 2022.8.7
![Education Minister Park Soon-ae bows her head in apology after announcing her resignation at a press conference at the Korea Educational Facility Safety Institute in Yeouido, southern Seoul on Monday afternoon. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11140781.jpg?imageId=11140781&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Members of the so-called National Association of Foreign Language High School Parents gather in front of the National Assembly in western Seoul on Friday to urge the Yoon Suk-yeol administration not to abolish foreign language high schools. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11423712.jpg?imageId=11423712&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)