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Caption: 석당박물관 앞에서 찰칵…졸업 기념하는 외국인 유학생들 (부산=연합뉴스) 강선배 기자 = 20일 부산 서구 동아대학교 부민캠퍼스에서 열린 '2025학년도 후기 외국인 유학생 졸업환송회'에서 외국인 유학생들이 졸업을 기념하며 기념사진을 찍고 있다. 2026.8.20 sbkang@yna.co.kr/2026-08-20 12:26:42/

Foreign students in Korea surpass 500,000 for first time as K-pop, K-dramas drive demand

Foreign arrivals for study and training exceeded 500,000 in 2025, while in 2026, Vietnamese and Chinese students made up most higher education enrollments.

2026.9.10

Grace Chan Sze Sze (International Student from Singapore at Sookmyung Women’s University, Big Data and Analysis Convergence)

Life abroad and the power of coaching: A personal reflection

Grace Chan, an international student from Singapore at Sookmyung Women’s University, shares her experiences of studying in Korea.

2025.12.5

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Foreign students pose for a photo during a graduation farewell ceremony at Dong-A University’s Bumin Campus in Seo District, Busan, on Aug. 21. [YONHAP]

Foreign students numbers rise, but few of them studying STEM

The number of foreign students in Korea has grown over the past decade, but far fewer are studying natural sciences or engineering, according to new research.

2025.11.21

International students watch a performance during a freshmen orientation for foreign students at Pukyong National University on Feb. 28. [JOONGANG ILBO]

Visa challenges persist as more than 86% of international students in Korea seek employment

More than 86 percent of international students in Korea want to work in the country, but visa issues remain a significant hurdle to their employment goals, according to a recent poll released on Tuesday.

2025.3.26

An open forum was held at the Seoul City Hall on Tuesday to disccuss abolishing restrictive policies affecting foreigners and international students. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Seoul to ease job and business restrictions for international students and foreigners

The Seoul Metropolitan Government pledged to ease regulations to allow international students to take part-time jobs and internships more freely while also assisting foreigners looking to start businesses in the city.

2025.3.11

Seoul Immigration Office will operated a designated service desk for international students. [SEOUL IMMIGRATION OFFICE]

Seoul Immigration Office to assign universities specific dates for handling student visas

The Seoul Immigration Office will assign specific dates for different universities to handle their foreign students’ visa issues and designate an exclusive window to handle them before the spring semester.

2025.2.19

In-person orientation

Foreign college exchange students participate in an orientation for the fall semester at Konkuk University in Seoul on Tuesday. The school held an orientation for foreign exchange students for the first time since August 2019.

2022.8.23

All together now

Hundreds of foreign students move together while learning cheerleading moves from Korea University’s cheerleading club at an orientation for this year’s international summer campus program in an auditorium of the university...

2022.6.28

A building at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in eastern Seoul is blocked off on Tuesday after one of its foreign students was confirmed to be infected with the Omicron Covid-19 variant. [NEWS1]

Omicron makes leap to Seoul in 3 int'l students

The Omicron variant of Covid-19 reached Seoul, health officials said Tuesday, after three international university students tested positive, raising worries about the more contagious variant spreading in Korea’s main population center.

2021.12.7

U.S. says foreign students can't study online only

Foreign students in the United States could be forced to leave the country or transfer to another college if their schools only offer online classes this fall, according to new guidelines released by U.S. federal immigration authorities Monday.

2020.7.7