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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

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

An apology from the school’s president was posted on the school’s official site four days after the Hankyoreh’s initial report on the incident

The migrant rights groups placed the blame for the unjust expulsion of the Uzbek students on “discriminatory immigration policies that view students from a particular country as potential criminals”

The Pyeongtaek branch of the Suwon Immigration Office, which is supervised by the Justice Ministry, granted certification to issue visas to 24 Uzbek students back in August despite their failure to meet bank balance requirement

SEOUL--Usually glitzy and buzzing in the holiday season, South Korea’s popular Itaewon night-life district looks like a ghost town this year, as people still mourning 158 killed in a Halloween crowd crush go elsewhere for festivities.

Usually glitzy and buzzing in the holiday season, South Koreas popular Itaewon night-life district looks like a ghost town this year, as people still mourning 158 killed in a Halloween crowd crush

By Hyun Young Yi and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Usually glitzy and buzzing in the holiday season, South Korea's popular Itaewon night-life distric...

Quiet before Christmas in Seoul night-life district of deadly crowd crush

Linda Sim of Singapore was among the winners on the third day of the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Goyang.