{
  "id": 3458884,
  "title": "Korea sees record number of students from immigrant backgrounds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/korea-sees-record-number-of-students-from-immigrant-backgrounds",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T07:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20260826/korea-sees-record-number-of-students-from-immigrant-backgrounds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Government data revealed that the number of students in Korea with immigrant backgrounds has reached a record high. As of April 1, there were 210,838 students from multicultural or foreign-nationality families, marking a 4.3 percent increase from the previous year, according to figures from the education ministry and the Korean Educational Development Institute. These students constituted 4.3 percent of all enrolled pupils across elementary and secondary schools in the country.\n\nBreakdown by parents' country of origin showed Vietnam leading with 30.9 percent, followed by China at 26.7 percent and the Philippines at 8.1 percent. In higher education, including universities and graduate schools, the number of international students reached 307,464 this year, a 21.3 percent rise compared to the prior year. For the first time, Vietnamese students outnumbered Chinese students, making up 31.5 percent of the total at 96,834, compared to Chinese students at 25.7 percent, numbering 78,890.",
  "summary": "The number of elementary, middle and high school students with an immigrant background has reached a record high, government data showed Wednesday. The number of students from multicultural or foreign-nationality families came to 210,838 as of April 1, up 4.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from the education ministry and the Korean Educational Development Institute. They also…",
  "key_points": [
    "Record 210,838 students from immigrant backgrounds in Korean schools as of April 1.",
    "Vietnamese students lead at 30.9%, followed by Chinese at 26.7% in parental origin.",
    "International student numbers in higher education rise 21.3% to 307,464."
  ],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hankyoreh",
        "title": "Korea’s K-12 enrollment hits record low as immigrant-background students hit record high",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/koreas-k-12-enrollment-hits-record-low-as-immigrant-background",
        "published": "2026-08-26T06:40:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea sees record number of students from immigrant backgrounds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/korea-sees-record-number-of-students-from-immigrant-backgrounds-3460329",
        "published": "2026-08-26T08:02:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}