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College Students Look for Boarding Houses and Dormitories as Rents Soar

College Students Look for Boarding Houses and Dormitories as Rents Soar

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of students are looking for cheaper places to live as rising consumer prices are affecting rents of studio apartments near college campuses. Real estate brokerage app Dabang reported a 34-percent increase in the monthly rent of studio apartments near Ewha Womans University that are smaller than [...]

SNU’s Dorm to Separate Chinese Students Deemed at Risk of Coronavirus

SNU’s Dorm to Separate Chinese Students Deemed at Risk of Coronavirus

SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean universities are taking various measures to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, including the separation of Chinese students deemed at risk of the viral disease, officials said Monday. A recent decision by Seoul National University (SNU) to assemble all Chinese students who have recently visited China [...]

Students Can’t Even Pull All-nighters, Call for Abolition of Dormitory Curfews

Students Can’t Even Pull All-nighters, Call for Abolition of Dormitory Curfews

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Many university student residences located in Seoul have been called on to revise the so-called “no curfew” rule, which is required by students. The student council of Sookmyung Women’s University recently conducted a survey on dormitory rules. As a result, 88.7 percent of the respondents said they did not [...]

University Builds Korea’s First Shipping Container Dormitory

University Builds Korea’s First Shipping Container Dormitory

BUSAN, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Maritime and Ocean University announced on Wednesday that it is building modular dormitories using shipping containers as a solution to its housing shortage, the first of its kind to be established in the country.  Modular container houses take advantage of the durability, low cost, and rapid construction resulting [...]