Hagwon

Children study in after-school academies, known as hagwon, until 11 p.m. and beyond. ❋ Fred Hiatt (2011)

She picks up a new set of textbooks and sets off for a private cram school, known as a hagwon, to pack in another five or six hours of learning. ❋ Phuijee (2010)

Moon Seong-ok started a small hagwon in Seoul about 10 years ago to teach adults how to make a career of spotting infractions and reporting them. ❋ Evan Ramstad (2011)

All of my students at a waeguk o-hagwon level also attended ipshi-hagwons, and a rather large percentage of them also had up to THREE private 1-1 tutors! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Under such pressure, hagwon managers and teachers resorted to tactics in some ways reminiscent of Prohibition in the U.S. ❋ Evan Ramstad (2011)

But now, she added, when a hagwon manager becomes suspicious of her and asks to look at her handbag, "I nonchalantly ask back if he's looking for something he lost." ❋ Evan Ramstad (2011)

On her first visit to a hagwon with a hidden camera, she became convinced the academy was charging too much for its classes. ❋ Evan Ramstad (2011)

When the hagwon crackdown began, Mr. Moon quickly learned how various cities were setting limits. ❋ Evan Ramstad (2011)

The South Korean government wanted to take steps to shift the emphasis to education at school rather than at their version of juku, which they call hagwon. ❋ Unknown (2005)

South Korea's hagwon crackdown is one part of a larger quest to tame the country's culture of educational masochism. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Finally, we pile into a silver Kia Sorento and head into Daechi-dong, one of Seoul's busiest hagwon districts. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I told them, 'It's the hagwon that's in violation, not you. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But the inspectors suspect this is a camouflaged hagwon. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This is technically not a hagwon but an after-hours self-study library - at least in theory. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In response, the government has limited how much hagwon can charge and how many hours they can meet in theory, not past 10 p.m. ❋ Fred Hiatt (2011)

Koreans have lamented their relative inefficiency for years, and the government has repeatedly tried to humanize the education system - simplifying admissions tests, capping hagwon tuition, even going so far as to ban hagwons altogether during the 1980s, when the country was under a dictatorship. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Andrew Kim, a very successful instructor at Megastudy, South Korea's largest hagwon, says he earned $4 million last year from online and in-person lectures. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I [feel bad] for one of my students; she goes to [nine] hagwons throughout the week. Her parents must be really [strict]. ❋ Chiefosito (2011)

I have been [working] at a hagwon in [Seoul] for the last [five] months. ❋ Bohemianvegan (2008)