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  • noun Plural form of hagwon.

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Examples

  • Clay Burell, an American high school humanities teacher, who currently lives with his family in South Korea, reports on his blog that Korean students are forced to study in "hagwons" -- private night, weekend, and summer classes where the overwhelming emphasis is on learning English.

    Alan Singer: Obama, Korea and American Schools 2009

  • Caught in the middle are the managers and teachers working in after-school academies called hagwons .

    Studying Too Much Is a New No-No in Upwardly Mobile South Korea Evan Ramstad 2011

  • To reduce the country's addiction to private, after-hours tutoring academies called hagwons, the authorities have begun enforcing a curfew - even paying citizens bounties to turn in violators.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • The nation's ubiquitous private academies, known as hagwons, include richly decorated franchises, mom-and-pop establishments with six chairs, celebrity-taught online lessons and illegal after-midnight tutoring centers.

    The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011

  • To reduce the country's addiction to private, after-hours tutoring academies called hagwons, the authorities have begun enforcing a curfew - even paying citizens bounties to turn in violators.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • To reduce the country's addiction to private, after-hours tutoring academies called hagwons, the authorities have begun enforcing a curfew - even paying citizens bounties to turn in violators.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • To reduce the country's addiction to private, after-hours tutoring academies called hagwons, the authorities have begun enforcing a curfew - even paying citizens bounties to turn in violators.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • To reduce the country's addiction to private, after-hours tutoring academies called hagwons, the authorities have begun enforcing a curfew - even paying citizens bounties to turn in violators.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • To reduce the country's addiction to private, after-hours tutoring academies called hagwons, the authorities have begun enforcing a curfew - even paying citizens bounties to turn in violators.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • To reduce the country's addiction to private, after-hours tutoring academies called hagwons, the authorities have begun enforcing a curfew - even paying citizens bounties to turn in violators.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

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