Beyond the 99%: Alternative Education in South Korea

Nearly two decades have passed since the first challenges to South Korea’s predominantly state-driven education sprang up. Can alternative schools change the country’s oppressive education climate? Yesterday, over 600,000 high school seniors in South Korea took an exam notorious for its competitiveness, high stakes, and the incredible accommodation by the rest of the nation. 14,000 police were stationed in strategic hotspots, ready to drive late test-takers to the exam sites. Banks and the sto