Park Choon-bae, president of Inha Technical College, has been appointed president of Inha University, the school said Thursday. “The new president has been selected according to legal procedure through a transparent selection process, which examines their vision for the school as well as past academic achievements,” said the school.  The school board appointed Park as the 13th president, following the retirement of current president Lee Bon-su. It applauded Park’s achievement and leadership as t

Actor Shin Young-gyun, honorary president of the Motion Pictures Association of Korea, has donated 1 billion won ($890,000) to Sogang University in Seoul, the school said. The donation will be used for the new “Art and Technology” department of the university, which is an academic discipline seeking to combine different studies from technology to humanities to arts in a bid to foster creative individuals, according to the school. “Shin has decided to give the large amount of money for the sake o

Former Seoul Mayor Lee Won-jong, 70, has been appointed chairman of Seoul Development Institute, an urban policy research institute in the capital. The city-funded think tank is expected to undergo major reform of its organizational structure and research programs under the new chairman from next month, according to city officials. Lee, a long-time local government chief, served three terms as governor of North Chung­cheong Province, first in 1992 and then from 1998-2006. He was also Seoul Mayor

Three citizens were selected as honorary vice mayors of the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday under Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon’s initiative to reflect citizens’ ideas in policy formulation, city officials said Tuesday. Following his motto, “Citizens are the Mayor,” the city government has so far selected citizens to be one-day mayors.This time, the city selected citizens to be messengers for ordinary citizens for a year in unpaid positions. There are three incumbent official vice mayors for

The government announced a wide range of measures against school violence Monday, focused on united action by all members of society.The measures call for strengthening the role of teachers and headmasters in resolving school violence, zero-tolerance toward bullying and more protection of and care for victims, as well as expanding character education for all school ages.“Every member of society including teachers, schools, parents and the government should act to eradicate school violence. The g

Kim Chang-ryul, a member of K-pop group DJ DOC and a sophomore at Kyung Hee Cyber University, has given his performance fees from school events and commercials to underprivileged students at the university as scholarships, the school said Sunday. “I heard there are many students worrying about their tuition fees lately. The scholarship may not be large but I would like to help students in need,” Kim said. The 39-year-old singer is well known for passing high school qualification and college entr

Ministry says action violates law guaranteeing schools’ independenceThe Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education ordered schools in the capital to revise their student conduct rules according to the ordinance on the enhancement of students’ rights proclaimed last week, officials said Monday. The SMOE has distributed guidelines to all elementary and secondary schools as a reference to revise their school rules last week, they said. But the Education Ministry, which has opposed to the student right