South Koreans too young to hold a pencil compete to write essays to get into English kindergartens. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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 ...

SEOUL – In a brightly lit classroom in Seoul’s Daechi-dong, 4-year-old Tommy (a pseudonym) grips his pencil, his little hands ...

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 ...

Im Seong-ho, CEO of Jongno Hagwon, the country's oldest cram school, noted that some parents are willing to pay more than ₩4 million per month, including meals, for an institution they believe can ...

Cram schools are shifting their business strategies to focus on premium, high-intensity programmes. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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 ...

Hagwon (cram schools and other private learning institutes) exceeded 12 trillion won ($11 billion) in annual revenue last ...

Over 240 public and private school teachers have been caught selling mock exam questions to private academies and earning ...

South Korea will drop so-called “killer questions” from its notoriously tough college entrance exam in a bid to reduce reliance on private cram schools, the education ministry said Tuesday.