GURYE, South Jeolla Province - Several teachers of Jungdong Elementary School, deep in the countryside of South Jeolla Province, are busy setting up three barbecues at the school s.
Wrapping up his interview with The Korea Times on Tuesday, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon asked the reporter a favor: he wanted his story published full-page with lots of pictures showing Seoul kids enjoying their time in rural villages of Jeolla provinces with new teachers, friends and neighborhoods that are naturally well-preserved. Cho has high hopes. Having introduced a live-and-study-countryside program for elementary and middle school students in Seoul two years ago, he wants it promoted not just within the country but also outside Korea. Cho first launched the program - his brainchild - in 2021 in partnership with the Jeollanamdo Office of Education in South Jeolla Province.
Younger Generation of Korean Females Experience Earlier First Period
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The research showed that women born in 1988 went through their first period when they were around 13 years old. (image: Jeollanamdo Office of Education)
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) The average age when South Korean young women experience their first period has dropped by five months over the past 15 years, a recent study revealed.
Researchers from Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital studied the average age of women who had experienced their first period among 351,006 women between 12 and 18 years of age from a 2006 to 2015 online survey on health patterns among teenagers, coming up with the said results.