The NYT has an article on Korea, which may have an educational philosophy similar to that in China.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/world/asia/23southkorea.html
Elite South Korean University Rattled by Suicides
By MARK McDONALD
Published: May 22, 2011

Last edited by Bostonian; 05/23/11 07:29 AM.
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