A cleaner wearing a mask to prevent contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) stands along an empty street in Seoul, South Korea March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji
SEOUL (Reuters) - Choi Young-eun is so concerned about her teenagers' education as South Korea's schools stay shut that she has been sending them to a private tuition centre to make sure they don't miss out.
Choi, a stay-at-home mum of two high schoolers, is one of the millions of parents keeping South Korea's cut-throat "hagwon", or cram schools, in business even as the government imposes tighter restrictions on gatherings in a bid to contain a major coronavirus outbreak.
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