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 ...

U.S. magazine Scientific American recently named the work of Dr. Baek Jin-eon among the world’s top 10 mathematical breakthroughs of 2025, highlighting a result that mathematicians have chased since ...

"Mungwa," which broadly refers to studies in the liberal arts in Korea, is crumbling due to a sharp decline in the number of students choosing to pursue a career in the humanities, the arts and social ...