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SEOUL -- South Korean college students, civic groups and opposition parties held a candlelit rally Friday to call for quick government action to reduce tuition fees. South Korea has the world's second-highest average college tuition fees after the United States, according to a 2009 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development report.
Earlier in the evening, this mob was part of a bigger crowd of over 4,500 people who assembled in Cheonggye Square to take part in a peaceful candle-light demonstration, urging President Lee Myung-bak to fulfill his presidential election pledge to cut college tuition fees by half. Despite the promise, nothing has been done so far, and more students are suffering from serious debt.
Originally posted by Rockpuck
reply to post by jude11
Americans need to pay attention, take notes, and see how this turns out. Tuition here is going up another 9% in September, it's completely unacceptable. But where are our students protesting? Nowhere.
But see, in America they've conditioned us into believing having debt to pay for college is "good debt" and that the actual price of tuition shouldn't matter to us because student loans will pay for it anyways..
Disgusting..
Originally posted by Rockpuck
reply to post by 547000
Students would be happier if universities learned how to manage their finances.