Recounts a group of western educators' three-week tour of Korea, sponsored by the Korean Studies Workshop. The educators interviewed administrators, attended lectures, and visited elementary and secondary schools. Provides an excellent overview of the state of Korean K-12 education, including proposed curricular reforms. (MJP)

Briefly discusses how the Korean culture has remained intact despite influence from the Chinese and examines Korean Confucianism, the country's central cultural element. States that the Korean people are uninformed about other Pacific Rim countries but that educators are developing new social studies curricula to acquaint students with the region.…