A 31-year-old Korean mathematician solved one of the oldest math puzzles and was recognized as one of Scientific American’s top math breakthroughs of 2025. The “Optimality of Gerver's Sofa” study by ...

Fourteen years ago, an American professor traveled to South Korea on sabbatical and came away so impressed with that country’s math textbooks and teaching materials that she decided to have an entire ...

Math is a hot subject right now—especially in the world of mergers and acquisitions. Last week, DreamBox Learning raised $130 million to grow its online K-8 math software. A few days earlier, that ...

South Korea has some of the highest math scores in the world. On the 2012 PISA math test, the mean score for a South Korean student was 70 points higher than for an American student. Lots of theories ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] High school seniors preparing for the 2022 college entrance exam took the first mock test aligned with the new selective CSAT system. In the March academic assessment ...

The 2025 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) was generally easier than last year. The highest standard scores dropped by 11 points in Korean and 8 points in Mathematics compared to last year, ...

“Team Umizoomi” is a popular animated show for preschoolers airing on Nickelodeon, solving everyday problems using math. Milly, her brother Geo and robot friend Bot work in a team, travelling in Umi ...

After raising $50 million earlier this month in a SoftBank-backed funding round, Seoul-based edtech startup Mathpresso aims to disrupt the traditional tutoring industry with AI and plans to join the ...