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Universities Face Dwindling Student Population

SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s shrinking population is resulting in a lack of enrollment at local universities. For the first time in school history, Chonnam National University was only able to enroll 4,067 new students, leaving 140 slots unfilled. Chosun University filled only 4,222 of 4,350 slots for new students, with 128 [...]

Students at Women’s University Oppose Enrollment of Transgender Female

SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Students at Sookmyung Women’s University are strongly opposing the recent decision by school authorities that a transgender female has been admitted to the university. The transgender female, 22, received a sex change operation in Thailand last year and was reassigned a new gender by authorities before being admitted to [...]