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International students in a classroom at SUNY Korea, Incheon (photo: Mango0567 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Oct 03, 2025 PM EDT - Jason

South Korea Surpasses Foreign Student Target as Global Demand Grows

South Korea has blown past its landmark goal of hosting 300,000 international students, reaching 305,329 as of August 2025-two years earlier than planned, according to fresh counts from the Korea Immigration Service summarized by multiple industry monitors. Roughly 225,769 are enrolled in degree programs on D-2 visas, while about 79,500 are studying Korean on D-4-1 visas, with a small cohort on other training visas. The milestone effectively hits the Education Ministry's "Study Korea 300K" blueprint-220,000 degree students plus 80,000 in non-degree

Frances Perkins Building — Shawn T. Moore / U.S. Department of Labor (CC BY 2.0)

Sep 22, 2025 PM EDT - Jason

H-1B $100,000 Fee: What’s Changing — And How It Hits Employers, Global Talent, and Korean Stakeholders

After a flurry of weekend headlines, the U.S. government has now clarified how the new $100,000 H-1B fee will work. According to USCIS, the payment must accompany any new H-1B petition filed on or after 12:01 a.m. ET, Sept. 21, 2025. It does not apply to existing H-1B holders or renewals. Early media summaries framed the impact as starting with the 2026 cap; in practice, the USCIS text captures any new filing from Sept. 21 onward-including cap-exempt petitions filed this fall. Employers should budget and

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