Breaking news: Koreans spend a lot on tutors.

South Koreans spent 18 trillion won on private tutors last year, an average of 1.12 million won per household, says the Korea Times.

Some parents even take on an extra job to pay for their children's tutoring fees. Dissatisfaction with the government's public education policies has also moved them to the private sector.

To show you where my head is at, I almost immediately thought of the number Koreans spend on prostitution each year: 14 trillion won. And if you want to go there, the ROK's defense budget for 2008 was 26 trillion won, just for comparison's sake.