South Korea’s private education sector rakes in profits despite fewer students
Cram schools are shifting their business strategies to focus on premium, high-intensity programmes. Read more at straitstimes ...
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South Korean parents spend a third of income on cram schools amid heightened academic competition
Parents in South Korea are allocating more of their income to private education as academic competition intensifies, ...
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Love Is Part Of The Lesson Plan In ‘The Midnight Romance In Hagwon’
Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. Seo Hye-jin is a beloved instructor at one of the city’s best hagwons, Korea’s after-school academies that extend test ...
Cheating SAT hagwon to be closed for good
The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) said Sunday it permanently ban private academies from providing classes for the U.S. Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), if they are found to be stealing ...
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‘Pachinko’ author Min Jin Lee will discuss her book in progress and Korean culture, at the MFA
One thing hasn’t changed in six years, though: She’s still working on “American Hagwon,” her third novel on the Korean diaspora, after “Free Food for Millionaires” (2007) and National ...
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Wi Ha-Joon Always Wanted To Try A Romantic Leading Role
Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media ... be able to accomplish it through The Midnight Romance in Hagwon. Most importantly, I was able to experience a wide ...