University Hit for Asking Scholarship Applicants to Prove Poverty

SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul National University (SNU) has drawn fire for asking applicants to one of its scholarship programs to prove their poverty in disregard of a dissenting opinion from the state human rights watchdog, officials and students said Monday. Applicants for SNU’s Good Talent Scholarship are now required to write down [...]