Big business
![A pedestrian passes by a building filled with hagwon, or cram schools, in Seoul on Sunday. Last year, 23.4 trillion won ($18.9 billion) was spent on private tutoring in Korea, the highest amount ever and 21.5 percent higher than 2020, according to a report by the Ministry of Education and Statistics Korea. The monthly average amount spent on private tutoring for a student in Korea was 367,000 won in 2021. [NEWS1]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/03/13/33ac2892-b5d0-4b4e-bd83-669ebe237019.jpg)
A pedestrian passes by a building filled with hagwon, or cram schools, in Seoul on Sunday. Last year, 23.4 trillion won ($18.9 billion) was spent on private tutoring in Korea, the highest amount ever and 21.5 percent higher than 2020, according to a report by the Ministry of Education and Statistics Korea. The monthly average amount spent on private tutoring for a student in Korea was 367,000 won in 2021. [NEWS1]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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