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All posts tagged "teachers"

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  Korean culture seminar at USC attracts educators from around US

  The University of Southern California’s Korean Studies Institute and the Korea Academy for Education is hosting about 50 educators from elementary, middle and high schools around the country this week for its annual summer seminar on Korean...

  • Posted July 14, 2015
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  UN urges S. Korea to abolish HIV testing of foreign teachers

  GENEVA, May 20 (Yonhap) — A United Nations committee on Wednesday reprimanded South Korea’s mandatory HIV testing of native English teachers as discrimination against foreigners, urging the country to abolish the policy. Foreigners who come to South...

  • Posted May 20, 2015
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  Obama praises S. Korea for paying teachers as much as doctors, engineers

  WASHINGTON, April 16 (Yonhap) — U.S. President Barack Obama has praised South Korea’s education system again, saying teachers in Korea are paid as much as doctors and engineers. “My sister was a teacher, and so I know...

  • Posted April 16, 2015
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  Korean American chosen as 2015 Inspirational Teacher

  A Korean American kindergarten teacher was chosen as United Way of Greater LA’s Inspirational Teacher of 2015. Laura Park, 43, has taught at Granada Elementary Community Charter School since 1997. She was chosen as one of UWGLA’s...

  • Posted March 12, 2015
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  [Expat Newsire] For Expats in Korea, Race to the Bottom Wages are Here

    Incomes have been falling in South Korea for some time, and the race to the bottom is now coming to English teachers, writers, and editors in the country. While teacher salaries are frozen in...

  • Posted December 12, 2014
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  Korean govt offers scholarships for college students to teach English in rural areas

  Visit www.talk.go.kr. The Korean government is offering scholarships for college students to come teach English in its rural areas. TaLK, or Teach and Learn in Korea, is sponsored by the Korean Ministry of Education and invites college juniors...

  • Posted October 29, 2014
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