KS's Global Insights into Higher Education

In August, President Joe Biden expressed enthusiasm about the summit involving South Korea, the U.S., and Japan at Camp David, describing it as a "great meeting." This was followed by a September summit between North Korea and Russia, and an October summit is scheduled between China and Russia at the Belt and Road Forum. These developments show a shifting political dynamic in Northeast Asia, with South Korea, the U.S., and Japan on one side, and North Korea, China, and Russia on the other.  Global higher education education trends and international student movements are notably affected by these geopolitical shifts, as seen from the world universities' focus on the Middle East due to the conflicts involving Israel and Hamas. South Korea's strategy to draw closer to the U.S. and Japan while distancing itself from China was also evident in the "Study Korea 300K" initiative announced in August. Under the banner of strengthening global collaborations to attract ...

Fewer Koreans are now studying overseas than in the past. Behind this trend are such factors as the shrinking youth population, the COVID-19 pandemic, rising global nationalist and xenophobic sentiments, and improvements in domestic higher education. Moreover, some of these factors explain evolving patterns of outbound flows and suggest emerging markets as attractive education destinations for Korean educational consumers. The full implications of these changes remain to be fully understood. *Note The above is an abstract of the article that I published in the International Higher Education Journal - Autumn Issue No. 116 (2023) by Center for International Higher Education, Boston College Lynch School, one of the most esteemed platforms for distinguished international scholars.  *Use the links provided below to access the full article. https://doi.org/10.36197/IHE.2023.116.11 https://www.internationalhighereducation.net/api-v1/article/!/action/getPdfOfArticle/articleID/3770/produc...