Lee Jun Hee News Today

More than 20 Uzbek students at the school’s Korean language learning institute were boarded onto a bus under false pretenses on Nov. 27 and taken to Incheon International Airport, where they were forced to board a pre-booked flight and return to their home country

As birth rates decline in the country and enrollment falls, foreign students are becoming cash cows for Korean universities — leading schools to go to extremes to prevent them from being restricted from recruiting more

The Hankyoreh found that in late September, the Ministry of Employment and Labor received an official letter from multiple Asian countries that have signed non-professional work (E-9) visa agreements with South Korea

A former ambassador who now teaches at the small private Korean school used former contacts in the Southeast Asian country to swing a sit-down with the president to promote an unaccredited scheme that has resulted in dozens of students being forced to work without proper authorization in farms

A former ambassador who now teaches at the small private Korean school used former contacts in the Southeast Asian country to swing a sit-down with the president to promote an unaccredited scheme that has resulted in dozens of students being forced to work without proper authorization in farms

A private university in rural South Korea is at the center of a legal battle after more than two dozen students recruited from East Timor were forced to work on an abalone farm to pay off tuition

A record 165,000 foreigners will be allowed to work on E-9 visas next year, but there’s been little sign of additional protections for these vulnerable contributors

After a university forced Uzbek students out of the country with time still left on their visas, more foreign students are speaking out about the policies that alienate them and ultimately have them choosing to return to their home countries rather than stay in Korea

The wide gap between expectations of life in Korea and the difficult reality that many foreign students face has some rethinking their dreams of studying in the country

As birth rates decline in the country and enrollment falls, foreign students are becoming cash cows for Korean universities — leading schools to go to extremes to prevent them from being restricted from recruiting more