South Korea made up the fourth largest block of international students who came to the United States in 19-99 and 2000. That's according to figures released Monday from the U.S. Institute of International Students Education.
In the two-year period, the United States received about five hundred-20 thousand international students, of whom 55-thousand were from China, 47 thousand from Japan, 42 thousand from India and 41 thousand from South Korea.