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Re:South Korean police impose curfew on late-night studying ... by James_Henry on Saturday February 22, 2020 @06:29PM (#22394053)
What better way would there be than the police? This seems like just the job for them. In the US at least, it is the police's job to enforce curfew.

The situation is, from what I understand, very much the same as it was a decade ago. An interesting article on the topic is here https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-education-dram...

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Re:South Korean police impose curfew on late-night studying ... by Mirioron on Saturday February 22, 2020 @06:52PM (#22394141)
A curfew like that doesn't make sense. I would consider this to be extreme government overreach. In a free society you are allowed to study as much as you want and you're allowed to teach as much as you want.
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Re:South Korean police impose curfew on late-night studying ... by nisse72 on Saturday February 22, 2020 @09:21PM (#22394673)
They are free to study as much as they want. The curfew is on the business itself.

As the quote in the third paragraph says: 'It's the hagwon that's in violation, not you.'

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Re:South Korean police impose curfew on late-night studying ... by Hydraulix989 on Saturday February 22, 2020 @11:44PM (#22395198)
That sounds like something that is made up.
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Re:South Korean police impose curfew on late-night studying ... by snazz on Saturday February 22, 2020 @07:10PM (#22394215)
At some point it’s a child welfare problem, right? That’s certainly not outside what the police should be regulating.

Of course, the underlying issue is societal and economic.

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