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

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 ...

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.

South Korea’s fertility rate has plunged to 0.72, the lowest in the world, due to career-family conflicts, high living costs, ...

Hagwon (cram schools and other private learning institutes) exceeded 12 trillion won ($11 billion) in annual revenue last year despite the ongoing economic slump. Hagwon (cram schools and other ...

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 ...

A 19-year-old who had gotten into Soongsil University had their admissions offer cancelled in a prank by a classmate from the same private education institute, or hagwon, a local news outlet ...

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 ...