Is South Korea Ready for All Its International Students?

In August, Bernadette had dropped out of her summer classes and found herself repeatedly Googling ‘how to die painlessly.’ She was in her third year at Dongguk University in Seoul, far from her family and friends in her native Philippines. Having been in South Korea since 2014, she hadn’t managed to build a steady group of friends in the revolving-door procession of international students who came and went from her university, and felt isolated. “At any moment, these clouds of darkness would c