Professors pass nonbinding no-confidence motion against education ministerPublic universities are facing unprecedented government pressure to reform their leadership structures and staff evaluations.The Education Ministry seeks to abolish professors’ direct election of university presidents and replace seniority-based professor evaluation with a merit-based system. It argues that direct presidential election has caused election irregularities and that merit-base evaluation is needed to foster ac

As South Korea recovered from the Korean War to become the first country to go from aid recipient to donor, the government is educating the public about the importance of official development assistance.Shortly after Korea joined the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee, government officials decided that the country was in need of more ODA expertise and policy and project reform. So the Korea International Cooperation Agency, a state-run organization for overseas assistance and humanitarian a

Hwang Yae-ji one of first six accredited by aid agencyThis is the third installment of a series of articles introducing programs and activities of the Korea International Cooperation Agency, a state-run organization for overseas assistance and humanitarian aid. -- Ed.Hwang Yae-ji was well on her way to starting a career in law, until she discovered a new program on international assistance.The 24-year-old has one of the highest scores for a test on official development assistance administered by

Myanmar’s first internationally monitored elections this Sunday could help prove the new government’s dedication to democracy. The polls anticipated to bring Aung San Suu Kyi to parliament for the first time could help inspire other countries to lift sanctions imposed against the pariah regime. The opposition leader has warned elections will be neither free nor fair because of irregularities including intimidation of candidates, but is pressing on with her bid. And another of the country’s democ

New evidence suggests prosecutors aware of wider case in 2010New evidence surfaced on Thursday suggesting that the surveillance scheme operated by the ethics division of the Prime Minister’s Office targeted more than 2,600 people.While the controversy surrounding the ethics division’s surveillance scheme grew former presidential secretary for employment and labor Lee Young-ho did not appear for questioning, saying that he needed time to prepare, and that he will make himself available on April 2

Former Prime Minister Chung Un-chan stepped down as the head of the Commission on Shared Growth for Large and Small Companies, raising speculation that he may be looking to run for office.Although Chung said that he was stepping down as he considered it the best way to raise interest in shared-growth among the government and the public, observers suspect that the move is the first step in running in the presidential election at the end of the year. In addition, Chung strongly criticized the Fede