Professor dismisses reports of out of control competition at top science collegeA professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has dismissed claims that competition at the college is out of control, revealing that the then-dean of academic affairs sent a memo to professors last year asking them to bump up the average GPA of freshman.The memo, which was seen by The Korea Herald,

A South Korean parliamentary subpanel failed to pass the country’s free trade pact with the European Union on Friday, discouraging the conservative Lee Myung-bak administration’s hopes of expanding exchanges with the world’s biggest economic bloc at an early date. The European Parliament ratified the bilateral trade pact by an overwhelming majority in February, leaving the Seoul government impatient to have the deal take effect by July 1 as previously agreed by the two governments.Minister of Tr

North Korea was busy reporting events related to the 99th birthday of the regime’s late founder Kim Il-sung Friday, momentarily abandoning its ongoing appeals for outside food aid. Hordes of North Koreans across the nation pledged their unchanging loyalty toward the late leader on the “Day of the Sun,” and a series of performances and events were held to honor his spirit, Pyongyang’s official medi

Business majors at KAIST attend a meeting amid controversy over competition at the college in Daejeon on Tuesday. (The Korea Herald)Professor rubbishes reports of out of control competition at top science collegeA professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has rubbished claims that competition at the college is out of control, revealing that the then-dean of academic affairs s

Lecturer rubbishes reports of out of control competition at top science collegeA professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has rubbished claims that competition at the college is out of control, revealing that the then-dean of academic affairs sent a memo to lecturers last year asking them to bump up the average GPA of freshman.The memo, which was seen by The Korea Herald, wa

 The reality of “hallyu,” or the Korean wave, in North Korea has been revealed by a series of in-depth interviews with North Korean defectors. In “Hallyu, shaking North Korea,” a recently published book by Korea Institute for National Unification, researchers Kang Dong-wan and Park Jeong-ran analyze the changing perceptions of North Koreans due to their exposure to South Korean visual media. In in

(MCT)A 40-year-old man was arrested on charges of secretly videoing women over a period of six years, South Gyeongsang Province police said Thursday. Lee took pictures of 1,014 women in showers, bathrooms and changing rooms from 2005 to March this year around Gimhae and Busan, police said. He always carried a digital camera whenever he went outside, sometimes holding it under women’s skirts and re

Seoul will call for the Japanese government to provide a safety certificate for food products manufactured from 13 regions near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Korea Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The measure will be put into practice in May, officials said. The affected regions, including Tokyo and the prefectures of Miyagi, Yamagata, Niigata, Saitama, Kanagawa and Sh