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Education Minister nominee Lee Ju-ho [YONHAP]

Yoon Suk-yeol nominates professor for Korea's next education minister

President Yoon Suk-yeol nominated Lee Ju-ho, a professor at the Korea Development Institute School of Public Policy and Management and former education minister under the Lee Myung-bak administration, as the next education minister on Thursday.

2022.9.29

[VIEW 2035] All the blame, none of the responsibility

In many cases, it starts with the word “suspicion.” It becomes a subject of debate for two or three days, or even for a week.

2022.8.19

Make amends, radically and swiftly

Losing Park Soon-ae won’t be enough to turn the tide with negative rating on Yoon’s performance topping 70 percent.

2022.8.9

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]

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

Wrap up the plan and apologize (KOR)

Instead of making matters worse, the education ministry must call off the idea of lowering elementary school starting age.

2022.8.5

Wrap up the plan and apologize

Instead of making matters worse, the education ministry must call off the idea of lowering elementary school starting age.

2022.8.4

[Today's Cartoon] 2022.08.05

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

Education Minister Park Soon-ae, far right, holds a videoconference with the superintendents of city and provincial government education offices at the Sejong government complex on Wednesday morning. [NEWS1]

Gov't tries damage control on early school entry idea

The government is finally consulting education superintendents and parents on a plan to lower the school entrance age from six years old to five — and getting an earful.

2022.8.3

A half-baked education roadmap

Instead of proposing the idea directly to the president, the education ministry should have discussed it through the national education commission that is to be launched soon.

2022.8.1

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.