Korean universities drawing more foreign students

The number of foreign students studying in Korea has been continuously rising, a government report said. The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development announced Monday (Sept. 19) that foreign university students studying in Korea numbered 32,000, or 0.9% of the nation's university students. Last year, the number of foreign students here was about 23,000. Chinese students accounted for over 70% followed by other Asian countries, such as Vietnam, Japan and Mongolia. Education officials say strategies are needed to lure more students from other regions.………The percentage of Koreans with higher education marked the highest rate in the world last year at 82.1%, and it increased again to 82.8% this year. Korea's education environment is generally improving thanks to government investments....... [View Full Article]