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  • US soldier jailed for rape in South Korea

    11/01/2011 5:16:02 AM PDT · by Cardhu · 63 replies · 1+ views
    BBC ^ | November 1st 2011 | Staff
    A US soldier based in South Korea has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a teenager near his base. The 21-year-old broke into the studio room of the woman and carried out a sexual attack lasting several hours, threatening her with scissors. The judge called it a "violent and abnormal assault". The sentence was one of the longest given to a US soldier in South Korea. US government and military officials have apologised publicly for the rape. Crimes committed by US soldiers in the past have sparked public protests against the American military presence in South Korea....
  • Digital textbooks open a new chapter

    10/19/2011 1:01:24 PM PDT · by Cardhu · 15 replies
    BBC ^ | October 18th 2011 | Gary Eason
    South Korea, one of the world's highest-rated education systems, aims to consolidate its position by digitising its entire curriculum. By 2015, it wants to be able to deliver all its curriculum materials in a digital form through computers. The information that would once have been in paper textbooks will be delivered on screen. South Korea's Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Ju-Ho Lee, said that his department was preparing a promotion strategy for "Smart Education", focusing on customised learning and teaching. The project, launched during the summer, will involve wireless networks in all schools to allow students to learn "whenever...