2011 South Korean university tuition crisis

Dispute over reducing tuition fees October 2014 The 2011 South Korean University Tuition Crisis was a socio-political dispute among the conservative Grand National Party, the liberal Democratic Party, and various citizen groups over reduced university tuition fees for South Korean university students. The reduced tuition is one of the main commitments during the start of the GNP-led Lee Myung-bak government in 2008. This commitment made by the GNP has not been manifested, or potentially ignored, as of 2011. Yu-jin (유진) Jeong (정) ko:한나라 지방선거·대선 공약 '반값 등록금' 선거 끝나자 '오리발' 2011-04-03 http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201104032150595&code=940401 Kyunghyang Shinmun 2011-12-04 Korean This could be due to the government's big business-oriented policies overshadowed the education-related domestic issues. This resulted in several university student protests across South Korea in 2011. Hyang-mi (향미) Kim (김) Im A-yeong (임아영) ko:"못참겠다, 살인 등록금" 2011-04-03 http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201104031906075&code=940401 Kyunghyang Shinmun 2011-12-04 Korean Background The Lee Myung-bak government's policy of easing the expensive tuition fees is proposing the deferred payment system. But some university organizations openly oppose this as it could "silence the main commitment of the government" since 2009, a year after the Lee Myung-bak government. Seong-yong (성용) Ahn (안) ko:'삭발 눈물' 한아름씨 "벼랑끝에 선 대학생 목졸라" 2009-04-13 http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/show.asp?idx=1119383 No Cut News 2011-12-04 Korean References Category:Protests in South Korea University tuition crisis Category:Education in South Korea Category:Presidency of Lee Myung-bak Category:Education finance Category:Student protests in South Korea South Korean university tuition crisis