National Police Agency Commissioner Cho Hyun-oh has offered to resign, taking responsibility for the lax police response in a rape and murder case. On April 2, a 28-year-old woman was murdered more than six hours after she reported to the police at 10:50 p.m. on the previous day that she was being sexually assaulted. “I ask for the forgiveness of the family and express my deepest condolences. I will take all responsibility for this and step down,” Cho said on Monday.“I reproach myself and offe

But challenges lie ahead of full rollout of e-textbooks in 2015Sosu Elementary School in rural Goesan, North Chungcheong Province, recently received eight students transferred from other schools. It was a rare moment for the school, which usually has more students leaving than coming in. “The change came after we were designated two years ago as a pilot school to use digital textbooks,” said headmaster Jo Yong-deuk. Sosu Elementary is among the 63 schools nationwide designated to employ digital

Russia is developing weapons that can bend minds and put people in a zombie-like state, the Daily Mail reported last Saturday.Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin has confirmed that his country’s scientists are working on guns that emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR). He claims that the new weapons will be “more acceptable in terms of political and military ideology” than nuclear wea

German and French used to be second language choices at schools in Korea, but have since been replaced by Chinese and Japanese. This made it easier for Korean students to get high scores on second language exams, plus the Chinese and Japanese economic and cultural influence on Korea was growing.Still, German is still an essential tool for those seeking to do business with Europe, said a distinguished professor who recently came to Seoul from Germany.“European countries are Korea’s major export m