Half of Korean universities ‘could shut’ as population shrinks
(17 Dec 2021) Nearly half of South Korea’s universities could close in the next quarter-century as the country’s population continues to shrink, with regional institutions especially hard-hit, a professor has warned. Dong-Kyu Lee, professor in disaster management at Dong-A University, said he expected that only 190 out of 385 existing universities would exist in 25 years’…