The deciding factor in her decision to “escape South Korea” was “freedom from the cram school lifestyle,” she said. “If I go back to (South Korea), I will have to spend my days taking my ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nearly half of South Korean preschoolers now attend “cram” schools, pushing private education spending ...

Parents in South Korea are allocating more of their income ... In response to growing demand, cram schools, locally known as "hagwon", are shifting their focus toward offering high-quality ...

Physical activity sidelined amid pressure for university admissions, professor says Recent governmental data revealed little ...

In South Korea, Asia’s fourth largest economy ... and her family cannot afford to hire a tutor or send her to a cram school, like most of her friends. “I don’t want to compare myself ...

The neighborhood of Daechi-dong, located in Seoul’s wealthy Gangnam-gu, is often referred to as South Korea’s education capital. Known for its relentless academic culture and skyline dominated by ...

Many hagwons, or private cram schools in Korea, have increased tuition this year, citing inflation. Statistics Korea reports that households with four or more members, including at least two ...

Korea's overly competitive education and declining total fertility rate - 0.75 in 2024 - are social phenomena that are closely related to each other. This issue can be discussed from several ...

New Taipei City prosecutors have indicted a cram school teacher in Sinjhuang District (新莊) for allegedly soliciting sexual acts from female students under the age of 18 three times in exchange for ...