As consumer sentiment weakens, South Korean households are cutting back on education expenses—typically one of the last areas ...

She wears Moncler, drives a Porsche and speaks English to her 4-year-old. Comedies about Korean tiger mums are a hit online and on TV.

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

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

Loose resident registration system The fugitive became a hagwon operator and enjoyed every right as a Korean for the last 14 years, police said, adding it was possible due to the flawed resident ...

Daechi-dong, a neighborhood in Seoul's expensive Gangnam district, is the main center South Korea’s private education industry, home to thousands of hagwon. Daechi moms have become synomous with ...

known as “hagwons,” according to the report. This heavy reliance on private education has helped result in South Korea having the world’s highest cost of raising a child, according to a ...

"In Korea, top talent is drawn to medical schools ... According to the latest 2024 figures from Jongro Hagwon, a leading private education institute, the admission withdrawal rate for the country ...