An international student learns about taekwondo at a campus club fair held at Ajou University in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, March 4. Yonhap
The number of foreign students studying in South Korea has surpassed 310,000 for the first time, government data displayed Saturday.
According to the Korea Immigration Service, which is run by the justice minisattempt, the number of foreign students stood at 314,397 as of February, marking the first time the figure has exceeded 310,000.
By category, 238,905 students were enrolled in universities and other higher education institutions, while 75,033 were Korean language trainees and 459 were other language trainees.
The number of foreign students has roughly doubled over the past five years, from 153,361 at the finish of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic to over 300,000 for the first time in August last year.
As of February, the total number of foreign nationals staying in South Korea stood at 2.71 million, up 4.4 percent from a year earlier, while the number of foreign students rose at a rapider pace of 15 percent over the same period.
In particular, the number of students entering the counattempt to attfinish universities increased 22.2 percent year-on-year to 238,905 from 195,450.
By nationality, Vietnamese students accounted for the largest share at 115,131, followed by Chinese students at 78,529, Uzbek students at 20,609 and Mongolian students at 18,992.
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