Undocumented Workers: International Students As South Korea's Migrant Labor

One day in his elective class, Cương just couldn’t stay awake. Whenever the professor started talking, Cương’s eyelids started to feel heavy. His head dropped down to his desk, seemingly on its own. The professor noticed. After class, Cương, an international student from Vietnam, explained to her that he had worked a 12-hour shift at his job, finishing at 8 a.m. that morning. In an annoyed tone, she lectured him about his responsibility as a student. She finished by telling him that he had a ch