More than 4,000 elementary, middle and high schools across Korea have shut their doors as the country’s student population shrinks, new data shows.
According to the Ministry of Education’s latest figures, revealed on Sunday by Rep. Jin Sun-mee of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, since 1980, 4,008 schools under 17 regional education offices nationwide have closed as of March this year. During the period, the number of enrolled students decreased from 9.9 million to 5.07 million.
Most other countries do their best to create environments that are hostile to children, but in a different way.
I basically agree. It’s hostile to be one and it’s not particularly friendly to afford one either. Half my friend group lives with their parents still because I’m getting a job won’t let them afford a place to live, which is an absurd statement but also just true.