South Korea is Infamous for its competitive education system private tutoring and pressure to get good marks so students get into top Unis are themes featured heavily in South Korean pop culture Korean Australians started reaching out to the ABC concerned that elements of this toxic study culture were playing out in the diaspora Community here Peter son whose parents migrated from South Korea attended tutoring services and achieved an almost perfect university entrance score of 99.9 when he graduated high school he now owns a tutoring business of his own in Sydney's West there's this whole session of wanting to get the best marks people we've spoken to said this can lead to mental health issues for students as well as bullying behaviors from parents towards Educators experts are also concerned that given how unregulated the tutoring industry is migrant families are vulnerable to operators a spokesperson for the federal education department told the ABC that parents should exercise judgment and due diligence when considering employing a tutor marks are important yes but it's not the end of the world truly if you don't get that Mark