Articles from Korea (Rep of)
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Standards and working conditions 22 March 2018 Global dialogue in support of the teaching profession
The 8th annual International Summit on the Teaching Profession to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 22-23 March is, once again, a good opportunity to discuss the teaching profession between those who represent teachers and those who represent governments.
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Leading the profession 13 March 2018 #WDR2018 Reality Check #18: “Behind the Scores; Myths on Korean education” by Hyunsu Hwang
Hyunsu Hwang
The “Forward” of the 2018 World Development Report (WDR) by the World Bank Group’s president, Jim Yong Kim, shocked me. It starts: “Education and learning raise aspirations, set values, and ultimately enrich lives. The country where I was born, the Republic of Korea, is a good example of how education...
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Union renewal and development 13 February 2018 #WDR2018 Reality Check #14: Where is the World in the WDR 2018? An Appeal to Rename it the ‘American Development Report’ by Jeremy Rappleye & Hikaru Komatsu
Jeremy Rappleye, Hikaru Komatsu
The 2018 World Development Report “Learning to Realize Education’s Promise” provides deep insights into the worldview of the World Bank, the world’s most powerful development institution. Instead of critically questioning the Bank’s explicit claims – as most of the blogs thus far have done – it is also worth pausing...
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Union renewal and development 15 February 2016 EI issues apology to Korean affiliate
Education International’s General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen has apologised to the Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations for having urged the South Korean authorities in October 2015 to reverse their decision on state-controlled history textbooks.
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Union growth 30 November 2015 South Korean trade unions mobilise against government attacks
Trade unions from across the country are banding together in a call for peaceful mass demonstrations after the government cracked down on a labour law protest rally in November, resulting in major arrests and injuries.
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Union growth 29 October 2015 South Korea: government threatens to take control over history textbooks used in schools
Korean teacher unionists are facing disciplinary measures for requesting the withdrawal of a proposed government measure to take full government control over the contents of history textbooks.
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Union renewal and development 26 July 2015 Plight of teachers in Korea, Colombia, Nepal, and Iran raised in urgent resolutions
Sungho Byun, President of the Korean Teachers and Education, brought an urgent resolution before Congress in response to the 60 thousand teachers from KTU who lost their union after the government decertified them earlier this year.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 June 2015 Korea: 700 schools shut as respiratory virus sweeps across the country
Hundreds of South Korean schools have closed their doors as public authorities struggle to ease growing panic over an outbreak of the Middle East respiratory syndrome virus.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 May 2015 Global Financing for Education needed to make new goal a reality
The proposed Sustainable Development Goal on education is being called the most ambitious commitment to education in history, but one which global leaders in education finance say requires greatly increased resources to pay for it.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 March 2015 Korea: Unions defend teachers on multiple fronts
Korean teacher unions are actively defending their members’ status in moves to ensure that teachers’ pensions are protected benefit and that legal assistance is on-hand to protect their rights.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 November 2014 South Korea: Four students take their lives under stress of exams
The recent suicides of four South Korean high school students once again have many asking what can be done to address the issue of high-stakes university entry exams and the overwhelming pressure placed upon students.
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 September 2014 South Korea: Court decision restores KTU as a legal trade union
On 19 September, the Seoul High Court restored the legal status of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers’ Union (KTU) as a legal trade union.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 June 2014 Korea: Education union loses lawsuit to reverse delegalisation
A Korean court has again turned its back on the International Labour Organization's recommendations in its decision to remove the legal status of one of the country’s teachers’ unions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 December 2013 Korea: Teacher trade unionists detained
Education International has expressed grave concern at the escalating violence against legitimate trade union organisations in South Korea. Authorities have staged raids in the last few days, including against one of EI's affiliates in the country, the Korean Teachers' Union (KTU).
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 November 2013 South Korea: Outrage over union’s de-registration
The President and General Secretary of Education International, Susan Hopgood and Fred van Leeuwen, have told the members of the Environment and Labour Committee of the National Assembly of Korea that the recent de-registration of the Korea Teachers’ and Education Workers’ Union (KTU), one of EI's affiliates in the country,...
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 October 2013 South Korea: educators demand respect for workers’ rights
On 24 October, the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) was officially deprived of its legal status by the South Korean Govenment. The union had been given a one-month ultimatum to revise its by-laws.
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 October 2013 Korea: KTU deprived of legal status
On 24 October, one of EI’s affiliates, the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU), was officially deprived of legal status by the Park Geun-hye administration. KTU had been given a one-month ultimatum to revise the provision in its by-laws allowing union membership to dismissed and retired teachers. In a...
Korea: KTU deprived of legal status