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South Korea revives plan to add medical students; doctors criticize bid

South Korea revives plan to add medical students; doctors criticize bid

South Korea plans to boost medical student numbers by 16% in 2027 and further in subsequent years, the health ministry said on Tuesday, a step criticized by a doctors' association after similar plans triggered nationwide protests in 2024.
Two Hanoi classmates achieve perfect IELTS scores at once

Two Hanoi classmates achieve perfect IELTS scores at once

UK research body to raise minimum stipends for PhD students

UK research body to raise minimum stipends for PhD students

China sees record surge of overseas graduates returning home for high-tech opportunities

China sees record surge of overseas graduates returning home for high-tech opportunities

A record number of Chinese graduates educated overseas are returning home, driven by the expansion of high-tech industries, supportive government policies, tighter foreign visa regimes, and increasingly competitive global job markets.
February 9, 2026 | 09:10 pm PT
South Korea eases financial requirements, offers pathway to residency for international vocational students

South Korea eases financial requirements, offers pathway to residency for international vocational students

South Korea has launched a program that exempts international students enrolled in 16 vocational courses from financial proof requirements, extends permitted work hours, and offers a pathway to permanent settlement after three to five years.
February 9, 2026 | 08:08 pm PT
Which Southeast Asian country leads the world in mathematics?

Which Southeast Asian country leads the world in mathematics?

According to the latest PISA global mathematics results, students in this Southeast Asian country perform the best among the 81 economies that took part in the assessment.
February 9, 2026 | 06:48 pm PT
South Korea to offer 2,000 government scholarships in 2026, Vietnam among top recipients

South Korea to offer 2,000 government scholarships in 2026, Vietnam among top recipients

Vietnamese students will see expanded opportunities to study in South Korea in 2026 as the country rolls out 2,000 fully funded government scholarships worldwide, including at least 55 slots for Vietnam, up from last year.
February 9, 2026 | 06:04 pm PT
Inside BUV's career-focused internship model

Inside BUV's career-focused internship model

British University Vietnam (BUV) has built a comprehensive career development ecosystem to help students gain practical experience, build confidence, and enter the labor market better prepared.
February 9, 2026 | 06:00 pm PT
Hong Kong jails student who paid stand-in to take TOEFL exam

Hong Kong jails student who paid stand-in to take TOEFL exam

A mainland Chinese student who repeatedly failed the English exams required to graduate from a Hong Kong university was jailed for three months after hiring someone else to take the TOEFL test for her and submitting a doctored score report, a court has ruled.
February 9, 2026 | 12:03 am PT
Canada updates study permit rules, easing process for international students

Canada updates study permit rules, easing process for international students

The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has updated its instructions to simplify the study permit process for students enrolled in joint programs and advanced degree tracks.
February 8, 2026 | 07:26 pm PT
Samsung heir Lim Dong-hyun credits three years with no smartphone for admission to Seoul National University

Samsung heir Lim Dong-hyun credits three years with no smartphone for admission to Seoul National University

A member of South Korea's most prominent business family says giving up smartphones and video games for three years played a key role in his admission to Seoul National University, the country's top university.
February 8, 2026 | 06:59 pm PT
Vietnam to assess English skills of over 1 million teachers nationwide

Vietnam to assess English skills of over 1 million teachers nationwide

For the first time, Vietnam's education authorities will conduct a nationwide assessment of teachers' English proficiency, saying the goal is to identify skill gaps for training, not to rank or penalize educators.
February 6, 2026 | 08:00 pm PT
BIS Hanoi receives $14,000 in funding for two student-led social impact projects

BIS Hanoi receives $14,000 in funding for two student-led social impact projects

Students at the British International School (BIS) Hanoi have been awarded more than US$14,000 from Nord Anglia Education's Social Impact Grants to support two student-led initiatives focused on well-being, mental health, and social inclusion for young people in Vietnam.
February 5, 2026 | 10:30 pm PT
Vietnam accepts Korean language proficiency for university admissions

Vietnam accepts Korean language proficiency for university admissions

Vietnam is set to integrate the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) into its university admission process this year, allowing eligible students to substitute foreign language exam requirements with standardized proficiency scores.
February 5, 2026 | 04:00 am PT
Vietnamese world-renowned mathematician Ngo Bao Chau leaves US for Asia's top university

Vietnamese world-renowned mathematician Ngo Bao Chau leaves US for Asia's top university

Professor Ngo Bao Chau, the only Vietnamese mathematician to have won the Fields Medal, is leaving the University of Chicago after 15 years to take up a position at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) from June.
February 4, 2026 | 10:41 pm PT
Russian mathematician finds new approach to 190-year-old 'eternal' math problem

Russian mathematician finds new approach to 190-year-old 'eternal' math problem

A Russian mathematician has developed a new method for analyzing a class of equations that underpin models in physics and economics and are considered "eternal" as they have challenged researchers for nearly two centuries.
February 4, 2026 | 03:14 pm PT
Top Singapore university to launch Asia's first master's program on death and grief

Top Singapore university to launch Asia's first master's program on death and grief

As death remains taboo across much of Asia, Nanyang Technological University will launch Asia's first master's-level specialization in thanatology, the study of dying, death and bereavement, starting this August.
February 4, 2026 | 02:55 pm PT
UK sees record low in international students as Indian and Chinese numbers keep falling

UK sees record low in international students as Indian and Chinese numbers keep falling

U.K. universities recorded a historic decline in overseas student numbers last year, with enrolments from India and China falling for a second year, following policy changes that have reshaped international demand.
February 4, 2026 | 02:55 pm PT
Vietnamese engineer co-leads Nature paper introducing Humanity's Last Exam for AI

Vietnamese engineer co-leads Nature paper introducing Humanity's Last Exam for AI

A 25-year-old Vietnamese engineer has co-led a study published in Nature introducing a rigorous new benchmark designed to assess expert-level reasoning capabilities of leading artificial intelligence (AI) models, a project originating from an Elon Musk's idea and advised by billionaire Alexandr Wang.
February 2, 2026 | 08:02 pm PT
Graduates from Tsinghua and 7 other foreign schools can now practice medicine in Singapore

Graduates from Tsinghua and 7 other foreign schools can now practice medicine in Singapore

Singapore now allows medical graduates from eight more overseas universities to apply to practice from Feb. 1, citing rising healthcare demand from an aging population.
February 2, 2026 | 07:02 pm PT
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