(21 Aug 2024) The Nature Index 2024 South Korea supplement highlights the challenges that the country is facing in science and investment, including in research output and gender disparity – with only 23% of the research workforce being female, there is a major growth opportunity for the country to cement its place as leader in…
(7 Dec 2023) Universities are gearing up for next year’s Glocal University 30 project, eyeing multibillion-won government funding. Namseoul University launched a task force on Monday, which will be in charge of mapping out action plans for the project and finding areas where the university can work with local businesses and entities. After…
(8 Nov 2023) South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. opened Asia’s largest data center in the country to lead technology innovation and accelerate its future growth engine focusing on artificial intelligence and cloud sectors. Naver on Wednesday unveiled the center in Sejong, the country’s administrative city about 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of Seoul, which…
(28 Aug 2023) The Seoul Metropolitan Library has received a Green Library Award from the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The library on Aug. 27 said it placed third in this year’s awards on Aug. 22 for its Eco Project in Seoul Metropolitan Library for SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) at the 88th…
(8 Sep 2023) Some 10 children’s books on sex education have been ousted from 36 public libraries in South Chungcheong Province since July 25, after civic and parents groups complained that they justify homosexuality or promote the premature sexualization of children. The Korean Coalition for Anti-discrimination Legislation, along with over 300 local residents, filed…
(4 Jul 2023) In an unprecedented move, all of South Korea’s top research universities have come together in a call to boycott global university rankings issued by QS, saying the United Kingdom-based ranking organization has not heeded their claim that changes made to the rankings this year are not transparent and contain “mathematical flaws”. …
(31 May 2023) Karger Publishers, a global leader in scientific publishing, has announced a ground-breaking three-year Read and Publish agreement with the KESLI (Korean E-resource Service for Library) and KCUE (Korean Council for University Education) consortia. This transformative agreement, marking one of the first multi-year deals of its kind in South Korea, highlights Karger Publishers’ unwavering…
(13 Jan 2023) R. David Lankes, the Virginia & Charles Bowden Professor of Librarianship at the iSchool at University of Texas at Austin, shares his observation of visiting local libraries in South Korea. “…As part of my trip to Korea, I had the pleasure of visiting a host of innovative community libraries there. And…
(6 Dec 2022) An outdoor library that was operated in Seoul Plaza in front of City Hall in Seoul between April and November was visited by more than 210,000 people, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday. During the seven months, a total of 211,000 people, or 4,900 people each day, visited the outdoor library. Only 67…
(26 Sep 2022) Korea news – The number of library books taken out by students at major national universities across the country last year was reduced by half compared to four years earlier due to the growing preference for e-books and lack of library access during the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of loaned library books…