The root causes of this talent outflow are systemic. South Korean universities suffer from frozen tuition fees, stagnant faculty salaries and a rigid seniority-based pay system.
While public and private universities struggle to maintain competitive compensation, top global universities are actively headhunting Korean talent. A professor making around 100 million won ($73,000) in Seoul may receive an offer of over $330,000 abroad.
"With a salary gap of over four times, considering the benefits of doing research with abundant resources and receiving support for housing, there is really no reason to turn down a really good offer," an assistant professor researching in AI who wished to be anonymous told The Korea Herald.
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