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9 in 10 university students use AI for study, 6 in 10 worry it’s dulling their thinking: survey
Artificial intelligence has already become central to academic life at South Korean universities, used by the overwhelming majority of students for research and writing. Yet at the same time, many students are expressing concern that it may be weakening their ability to think critically. A 2024 national survey of 726 students at four-year universities, conducted by the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training and published in September this year, found that 91.7 percent had
Nov. 25, 2025 -
Coach-athlete interaction at marathon finish sparks online debate
A moment that might have seemed routine at the finish line of the 2025 Incheon International Marathon quickly became the topic of online debate, drawing attention from spectators and social media users alike. Footage from the race showed 33-year-old marathoner Lee Su-min, who finished the 42.195-kilometer course first in the women’s elite division with a time of 2 hours, 34 minutes and 41 seconds, being approached by her coach, 57-year-old Kim Wan-ki. Kim, a former marathoner now leading Samcheo
Nov. 25, 2025 -
Hong Kong Laureate Forum connects young scientists, Shaw winners
Korea Herald correspondent Hong Kong — More than 200 young scientists from over 20 countries gathered in Hong Kong this month for the 2025 Hong Kong Laureate Forum, a four-day event created to bring emerging researchers into direct conversation with some of the world’s most distinguished scientific minds. Built around the prestige of the Shaw Prize, often described as the “Nobel of the East,” the forum invited 12 laureates in astronomy, mathematics and life sciences to join young participants fo
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Taekwondo as ninja training? Canadian sports channel faces backlash from Koreans
A Canadian sports specialty channel is facing backlash after introducing a video of the Korean martial art taekwondo as “ninja” training. Ninjas are highly Japanese spies and assassins, but the word is often used more broadly in English as a colloquial expression for someone highly skilled in a specific area. But Seo Kyoung-duk, a social activist and professor at Sungshin Women’s University, objected to the word's Japanese origins. He said on social media Tuesday that TSN, one of Canada’s bigges
Nov. 25, 2025 -
Four face charges after tearing images of Chinese leader, envoy
Seoul police officials said Monday they have transferred to the prosecution the case of four men who tore a banner displaying the faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Dai Bing. The suspects, three in their 30s and one in his 40s, are members of a group supporting impeached former President Yoon Suk Yeol. The group on July 22 held a protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in Seoul decrying what they claimed to be election rigging by the liberal bloc, during
Nov. 25, 2025 -
Police suspect foul play in case of woman missing for over 40 days
Police said Tuesday they were investigating whether a former boyfriend was behind the disappearance of a woman in her 50s who has been missing for 42 days. The woman was reported missing by her daughter on Oct. 16, two days after she was last seen by her colleagues clocking out at work in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. Her sports utility vehicle was last filmed by a surveilance camera at a three-way junction at Oeha-dong in the same city, at around 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 15. According to local
Nov. 25, 2025 -
Sungshin Women's University students face police probe over protest vandalism
Sungshin Women’s University has sought criminal charges against at least three students who spray-painted campus facilities last year in protest of the school’s move toward partial coeducation, police said Monday. The Seoul Seongbuk Police Station said it is investigating the students after the university filed a criminal complaint in April, accusing them of property damage. Protesting students spray-painted buildings and floors on campus in Seongbuk-gu, northern Seoul, last November, after the
Nov. 25, 2025 -
Consumer sentiment hits 8-yr high on US tariff deal, robust Q3 growth
South Korea's consumer sentiment rose to an eight-year high in November, buoyed by the country's tariff agreement with the United States and stronger-than-expected quarterly economic growth, the central bank said Tuesday, The composite consumer sentiment index climbed to 112.4 this month, up 2.6 points from October, according to a survey by the Bank of Korea. It marks the highest reading since November 2017 and the first increase in three months. The index had risen for five consecutive months t
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Space rocket Nuri's transport to launchpad proceeds ahead of 4th launch
The transport of South Korea's homegrown space rocket Nuri to its launchpad proceeded Tuesday, two days ahead of its scheduled fourth launch, following a slight delay due to weather conditions, space authorities said. The transport of the 200-ton Nuri from the assembly building at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, about 330 kilometers south of Seoul, to its launchpad, located some 1.8 kilometers away at the center, began at 9:00 a.m., according to the Korea Aerospace Administration. The procedur
Nov. 25, 2025 -
High school in Seoul receives hoax bomb threat
A high school in Seoul received an apparent fake bomb threat Monday that prompted a police search and school-wide evacuation drills, officials said. Police officers were dispatched to the school in Seoul's northeastern ward of Nowon after receiving a report early in the morning of a social media post threatening to blow up the school at 2 p.m. Police did not find any explosives after conducting a search before school hours. The school held evacuation drills out of concerns such threats could reo
Nov. 24, 2025 -
S. Korean man gets life sentence over blackmail ring that sexually exploited or abused hundreds
A 33-year-old South Korean man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for running an online blackmail ring that sexually exploited or abused 261 victims, including more than a dozen minors he raped or assaulted, over a four-year period before his arrest in January. The Seoul Central District Court said the severity of Kim Nok-wan’s crimes warrants his “permanent isolation from society.” It sentenced 10 accomplices to prison terms ranging from two to four years in what law enforcement authorities
Nov. 24, 2025 -
S. Korean man found dead in large bag in Vietnam
A South Korean man has been found dead in a large bag in a residential area of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, prompting local authorities to launch an investigation, Seoul officials said Monday. The 20-something man's body was discovered near an apartment Sunday afternoon, after a security guard from a nearby building and passersby reported it to the local police as they noticed a strange smell coming from a big blue bag, according to the South Korean consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City and the
Nov. 24, 2025 -
3 killed in van accident on Udo, off Jeju Island
A car accident near the ferry terminal on the small island of Udo, just off Jeju Island, on Monday left at least three dead and 11 others injured, local authorities said. According to the Jeju Fire Safety Headquarters, the crash occurred at 2:47 p.m. just outside Udo's Cheonjin Port, when a van driven by a man in his 60s struck the visitors after having disembarked from a ferry, before coming to a stop by crashing into a road sign. All 14 victims were reported to be tourists. Among them, three —
Nov. 24, 2025 -
What drove Korea's school meal workers out of the kitchen?
School cooks and other nonregular school staff began a nationwide walkout last week, calling for improved wages, pay during school breaks and better welfare. But the workers say these demands, while important, only skim the surface of what pushed thousands to walk out of Korea’s schools. The school staff strike has been sparked by a deeper crisis, they say — one shaped by toxic working environments that treat the workers responsible for feeding Korea’s children as second-class citizens. The work
Nov. 24, 2025 -
Ex-intel chief: I tried to stop Yoon’s martial law plan “on my knees”
Yeo In-hyung, former head of the Defense Counterintelligence Command, testified Monday that he pushed back against then-President Yoon Suk Yeol’s suggestion of invoking martial law and emergency powers during a covert meeting in 2024, telling him the military could not be mobilized for such an action. Appearing as a witness in Yoon’s ongoing trial, where the ousted president faces charges related to his imposition of martial law in December 2024, Yeo said Yoon first floated the idea during a pri
Nov. 24, 2025