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  • noun A profit-making private school, common in South Korea.

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Korean 학원

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  • Private school in Korea. Students attend after their regular elementary school day to study a variety of subjects in order to prepare for their High School entrance exams.

    February 20, 2007

  • also see juku

    July 31, 2009