Three regional universities picked to receive up to W100b to close gap with Seoul National University

Three flagship regional national universities — Chonnam National University, Chungnam National University and Pusan National University — were selected by the Education Ministry on Tuesday for concentrated government funding of up to 100 billion won ($72 million) each. The funding will be provided over the next five years under a scaled-back version of President Lee Jae Myung's signature "10 Seoul National Universities" initiative. The three universities will receive comprehensive financial supp