Korea Wants 300,000 Foreign Students By 2027. But There’s A Catch
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South Korea wants 300,000 international students by 2027. And it wants more of them to stay after graduation. The government hopes more international graduates will stay to help tackle labour shortages and a shrinking population. Graduates can now remain in South Korea for up to three years on a D-10 job-seeking visa. But building a life and career takes more than the right visa — language remains one of the biggest barriers to integration. 24-year-old Maeve Jourand is in Korea on an E-6 visa, issued to foreign nationals who wish to work in performance-related activities. But she soon found that without Korean language skills, opportunities in her field were limited. Watch the full episode: Beyond BTS And K-Pop Gloss: Migrant Workers' Reality Living In South Korea | Insight https://youtu.be/5_Gz6J5oau0 00:00 What the D-10 Visa does 00:53 The college where lessons are taught in English 01:27 What really draws international students to Korea 03:18 Don't speak Korean? Inside the dail
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