A private tutoring center in Songpa, Seoul, had its business suspended after charging more than twice the lesson fees it registered with the education support office. A hagwon in Jung District, Daegu, ...

By Kim Yong-jae, The Herald Business The Ministry of Education is launching a full-scale crackdown on illegal, unlicensed and unregistered education facilities ...

Private institutions in Seoul’s affluent Gangnam District were caught engaging in illicit administrative activities, stirring further unease after a Korean-American wanted for attempted murder was ...

South Korea’s school-age population is in free fall, but the country’s private education industry -- dominated by after-school cram academies known as "hagwon" -- continues to rake in record revenue ...