The deciding factor in her decision to “escape South Korea” was “freedom from the cram school lifestyle,” she said. “If I go back to (South Korea), I will have to spend my days taking my ...

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South Korea will drop so-called “killer questions” from its notoriously tough college entrance exam in a bid to reduce reliance on private cram schools, the education ministry said Tuesday.

Differing opinions on Yoon’s impeachment are driving kin apart. But a few parents and children are finding more common ground ...

In South Korea, Asia’s fourth largest economy ... and her family cannot afford to hire a tutor or send her to a cram school, like most of her friends. “I don’t want to compare myself ...