South Korea’s education system, characterized by intense competition and heavy private tutoring, now pressures children from a young age with “4-year-old” and “7-year-old exams.” This obsession extends to medical school admissions, fostering socio-economic inequality and mental health issues. Significant reform is needed to shift focus from academic prestige to holistic development and well-being.
People Power Party Debate: “South Korea Must Have Nuclear Potential at Japan’s Level to Counter North Korea’s Nuclear Threat” In response to changes in international politics, particularly the foreign policy direction of the Trump administration, South Korea should secure potential nuclear capabilities, including uranium enrichment and reprocessing technology, according to arguments made at a debate…
According to Kyodo News, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has begun the 11th round of ocean discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant today. This 11th release is scheduled to continue until March 30, with a total discharge volume of 7,800 tons, the same amount as in previous rounds. TEPCO stated…
The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) have set a plan to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which suffered an explosion due to the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, by 2051. However, a recent public opinion survey revealed that 6 out of 10 Japanese people believe this is impossible….
Summary of the Investigation After Two Years of Allegations Poor management of feasibility study contracts Initially claimed as a “clerical error,” but confirmed as an intentional omission Seven government officials disciplined: five reprimanded, one warned, and one cautioned A Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MOLIT) internal audit revealed that the feasibility study for the…
Autopsy Scheduled to Determine Exact Cause of Death As an autopsy is set to be conducted to determine the exact cause of death of singer Wheesung (43, real name Choi Whee-sung), his family has announced that they will not be holding a funeral service and will proceed directly with cremation after the autopsy. Police requested…
Prosecution Waives Immediate Appeal on Court’s Decision to Cancel Yoon Suk-yeol’s Arrest, Leading to His Release Today (March 8, 2025), the prosecution released President Yoon Suk-yeol, accepting the court’s decision to cancel his detention. The prosecution chose to forgo its right to an immediate appeal, a legal mechanism that would have allowed them to challenge…
This guide outlines how to automatically retrieve the latest 10-K report link for a specific company from the SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) EDGAR system. We will use Python’s requests and BeautifulSoup libraries to perform web scraping. 1. Overview of Searching for 10-K Reports on SEC EDGAR SEC EDGAR is a public database that…
Just a few years ago, nutria was nothing more than an ecological nightmare in Korea. They burrowed into riverbanks, devastated wetlands, and destroyed rice paddies. Farmers cursed them, environmentalists feared them, and the government struggled to control them. In an effort to curb their growing numbers, the Korean government offered a 5,000 KRW ($5) bounty…