Kyuseok Kim

Sep 8, 2024 | timeshighereducation.com | Kyuseok Kim

Two decades ago, South Korea was a major “sender” of international students, packing off many of its brightest minds to American and European colleges and universities. Today, it is itself a hugely popular study destination, with students drawn by the explosion of interest in Korean pop culture – the so-called K-Wave – and its continued expansion of high-quality English-taught courses. By any measure, the expansion of the international student population has been impressive.

Jul 6, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Hiroshi Ono |Sourabh Gupta |Rumi Aoyama |Kyuseok Kim

There is a significant shift occurring in the Japanese labour market. The model of work that supported Japan’s economic rise in the postwar period is meeting its demise. In that era, the ideal worker for Japanese companies was hired straight out of university, worked long hours, socialised extensively after work and committed oneself to a lifetime with the same employer. Today, the assumptions behind the ideal worker are outdated, and the model itself is no longer sustainable.

Jun 26, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Rumi Aoyama |Richard Pomfret |Jiannan Luo |Kyuseok Kim

Japan is one of the countries most affected by geopolitical competition between the United States and China. Although the economies of Japan and China seem to be on the first track of economic decoupling in many ways as a result, they are actually only experiencing a period of structural economic change. Contrary to the prevailing perception, Japanese initiative, not the US–China rivalry, is driving the structural shifts in Japan’s economic security policy.

Jun 24, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Kyuseok Kim |Daniel Sneider |Anthony Rinna |Soyoung Kim

With digital transformation, universities worldwide are investing heavily to keep pace with technological advancements, with a focus on generative artificial intelligence. But in South Korea and Japan, financial constraints pose significant challenges. South Korea’s prolonged tuition fee freeze has exacerbated financial difficulties for its higher education institutions, while Japan faces opposition to proposed tuition fee increases amid strict regulatory controls.

Jun 22, 2024 | universityworldnews.com | Kyuseok Kim

ASIA Over the last 20 years, South Korea, Japan and China have predominantly been importers rather than exporters of transnational education (TNE). Despite variations in their individual trajectories, a common theme among these nations is the influx of Western universities, particularly from the United States and the United Kingdom, establishing campuses within their borders.