Korea doubles budget for language training overseas

Language departments in peril as Asia keeps foreign students away

Japanese and Korean schools struggle to recruit as border restrictions continue

By Joyce Lau

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Person standing amongst empty seats as a metaphor for Concerns have been raised about the viability of some South Korean universities reported a record-high number of vacancies.

Demographic dive leaves South Korea struggling to fill campuses

Most universities yet to meet enrolment quotas for new academic year, raising concerns about institutional viability

By Joyce Lau

26 February

Martial artists practice kung fu on the cliffs at Mount Song, Dengfeng, Henan Province of China

Asian higher education at the demographic cliff edge

With East Asia’s governments failing to reverse falling birth rates, how should universities adjust to declining numbers of local students? Joyce Lau reports

By Joyce Lau

3 June

K-pop wave spills over into research and lifts Korean HE

Popularity of Korean films and music drives emerging field of Hallyu studies and boosts Korean universities’ internationalisation

By Joyce Lau

13 April

Korea doubles budget for language training overseas

Expansion of overseas language courses could offset declines back home

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