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Colleges’ 1,000-Won Breakfast Project Creates Welfare Gap

Colleges’ 1,000-Won Breakfast Project Creates Welfare Gap

SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — With a number of colleges using government funds to provide breakfasts to students for 1,000 won (US$0.77), other students excluded from such benefits are feeling relatively deprived. Jongno Academy and the Korean Educational Development Institute data showed that 73.3 percent of last year’s high school graduates advanced to Korean [...]

Medical Schools Become Black Hole for Top-tier Students

Medical Schools Become Black Hole for Top-tier Students

SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The rising popularity of medical schools is leading to concern that they are becoming ‘black holes’ for depriving other fields of outstanding workers. Since 2006, only 3,058 students have been accepted into South Korean medical schools every year. The competition among top-tier students to enter medical school, therefore, has [...]

Controversy Looms over Protection of Stray Cats on College Campuses

Controversy Looms over Protection of Stray Cats on College Campuses

SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy is rising among students attending colleges located in mountainous areas, where the population of stray cats is increasing. While many students volunteer to organize clubs to protect stray cats, others disapprove of them. The student clubs believe that protecting stray cats helps control the cat population in the [...]