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10-The Landscape of Korean Education: Pressure, Order, and Expectations

2026-01-182026-01-10 by Sampajano
A large lecture hall with many people seated at desks, watching a presentation projected on a screen at the front.

At 10 p.m., lights still glow in windows across the city. Korean education has operated not as a choice but as a system—one that once offered reassurance, but now increasingly points toward anxiety.

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"Some truths reveal themselves
only when we step away.

With a deeper affection
and a wider view, looking
back at Korea once more
feels different.

From a quiet distance,
I reflect with the heart
of another Korean."

Sampajano –
An observer with equanimity

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