{
  "id": 3460329,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T08:02:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20260826/korea-sees-record-number-of-students-from-immigrant-backgrounds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Korea has seen a record number of students with immigrant backgrounds, according to government data released on Wednesday. As of April 1, there were 210,838 such students, representing a 4.3 percent increase from the previous year. The students, from multicultural or foreign-nationality families, made up 4.3 percent of all elementary, middle, and high school enrollees in the country.\n\nVietnam emerged as the leading country of origin for these students, accounting for 30.9 percent of the total, followed by China at 26.7 percent and the Philippines at 8.1 percent. The data, compiled by the education ministry and the Korean Educational Development Institute, also revealed a shift in the international student population attending higher education institutions, including universities and graduate schools. This year, 307,464 international students were enrolled, a 21.3 percent rise compared to the previous year.\n\nFor the first time, Vietnamese students overtook Chinese students to become the largest group among international students, constituting 31.5 percent of the total, with 96,834 students. Chinese students numbered 78,890, accounting for 25.7 percent.",
  "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…",
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      {
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-26T07:57:02.000Z"
      }
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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."
}