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Education costs, scholarships and government support. Eligibility rules and the steps that are easiest to miss.

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The Field Trip and Graduation Album Fees Schools Collect Must Go Through the School Steering Committee — Settle Within 10 Days of the Project's End and Get Leftovers Back

현장체험학습비·졸업앨범비 같은 수익자부담경비는 학교운영위원회 심의를 거쳐 걷고, 사업 종료 10일 안에 정산해 남은 돈을 돌려주며, 정산 후 1…

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-16 Education Costs

South Korea's Single-Parent Family Education Allowance Is a Separate Program From the Education Benefit -- $77 a Year in School-Supply Money, and a 65% Income Cutoff

Under the Single-Parent Family Support Act, the child education allowance (schoo…

Lim Su-bin·2026-09-28 Education Costs

You've Been Saving Money in Your Child's Account -- Skip the Gift Tax Filing and Here's What Happens Later: The Minor's ₩20 Million, 10-Year Rule

Money deposited into a child's own bank account counts as a gift the moment it's…

Lim Su-bin·2026-09-19 Education Costs

How Much Can a Hagwon Charge? The Cap an Adjustment Committee Sets, and How to Report Overcharging

There's no nationwide list price for hagwon tuition. Here's how the local adjust…

Lim Su-bin·2026-09-18 Education Costs

학자금 대출을 오래 못 갚으면 생기는 일 — 신용유의정보 등록 기준과 해제 요건

일반상환 학자금대출을 6개월(만기 후 3개월) 연체하면 신용유의정보에 등록됩니다. 등록·해제 요건을 정리했습니다.

Lim Su-bin·2026-08-30 Education Costs

Korea's Education Expense Tax Credit: Preschool Academy Fees Qualify, Elementary Ones Don't — Where the Law Draws the Line Between 3 Million and 9 Million Won

A 15% tax credit applies to education costs, but preschool academy fees, univers…

Lim Su-bin·2026-08-28 Education Costs

The Second Round of Korea's National Scholarship Closes at 6pm on 9 September — Two Relief Applications and Two C-Grade Allowances Are Not the Same Thing

Korea's national scholarship second round closes 9 September. Grade rules and th…

Lim Su-bin·2026-08-21 Education Costs

Korea's Income-Contingent Student Loan Starts Repaying at 18.98 Million Won — the 28.51 Million Salary Line and Two-Year Deferral

For the 2025 income year the repayment threshold is an income amount of 18.98 mi…

Lim Su-bin·2026-08-15 Education Costs

There are two kinds of student loan — standard repayment and income-contingent repayment, and how to choose

Both carry the same 1.7 per cent rate; what differs is when repayment starts. Th…

Oh Yu-jin·2026-08-11 Education Costs

Why you should not take the 458,000 won private tuition figure at face value

An average of 458,000 won and 604,000 won among participating students. Why the …

Lim Su-bin·2026-07-27