Nursing professor You So-young gives a lecture to her students at Bucheon University in Bucheon, South Korea, November 10, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
BUCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) - Living in a country obsessed with academic success, Jang Dong-hae did what every South Korean parent dreads when he dropped out of university a year into a finance degree, doubting whether it would get him a job with a top firm.
Five years on, and midway through a nursing course at a community college, Jang's parents are happy and his employment prospects are good.
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