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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

Teens surfing the Internet on different electronic devices | By: Jamie Grill | Getty Images

Aug 12, 2016 AM EDT - YuGee

Cyberbullies Use Modern Technology to Harass Victims

Bullies these days seem to find new avenues to bully other people and this includes using psychological violence, usually through group chat rooms, to harass their victims online.

Children who will be absent from school for more than a week will be monitored by social workers under a new enactment. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun/Getty Images)

Dec 23, 2015 AM EST - Therese Agcopra

South Korean Government Implements Measure To Monitor Absent Students to Catch Possible Domestic Abuse

The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Welfare agreed to enact a measure that will impose mandatory inspects of the homes of students who've been absent from school for more than seven days without justifiable reason.

Students who prefer studying abroad decrease by 12 percent in 2014. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun/Getty Images)

Nov 25, 2015 PM EST - Czarelli Tuason

South Korean Students Moving Overseas To Study Drop By A Third In Over 8 Years

Since the growing trend of sending South Korean students overseas to study throughout the 2000s, a significant decline by a third has been observed in over eight years due to improving English education system in the country.

Students at Hana Academy Seoul (Photo by Hana Academy Seoul)

Nov 25, 2015 AM EST - Czarelli Tuason

Hana Academy Seoul Under Audit For Alleged Admission Corruption

The Hana Academy in Seoul has been subjected to audit by the Ministry of Education after a teacher in the school allegedly reported a few school irregularities.

South Korea to impose state-authored history textbooks in schools. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Nov 18, 2015 PM EST - Diana Tomale

South Korean Opposition Party NPAD Accuses Education Ministry Of Setting Up Task Force To Push Forward With State-Controlled Historty Books

South Korean opposition party NPAD reportedly claims that the Ministry of Education has created a "secret" task force to continue with the plan to write state-controlled history textbooks for secondary students.

South Korean government plans to announce details of state-written history textbooks for secondary students. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun / Getty Images)

Oct 29, 2015 PM EDT - Diana Tomale

South Korea's Ministry Of Education Reportedly Plans To Announce Details On State-Written History Textbooks

The Ministry of Education is set to announce the information on government's plan to publish state-written history textbooks. The publication of state-written history textbooks is said to eliminate "ideological bias".

students at Yonsei University

Aug 17, 2015 AM EDT - Dana Marie

Ministry of Education Pushes “Ghettoized” Courses in South Korean Universities

As the country’s number of foreign students keeps on declining, the Ministry of Education has pushed for a proposal to let colleges and universities develop specialized courses or departments in the fields of IT and shipping.

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