Apart from hundreds of self-funded Pakistani students studying in South Korean universities, Pakistan Higher Education Commission has also been sending hundreds of Pakistani students to study for MS and PhD degrees in South Korea.
[3] There were 1,420 Pakistanis who have married Korean women between 2001-2010 and settled permanently in South Korea.
[4][5] Pakistanis make a large representation of South Korea's Muslim community.
The surge of Pakistani students to South Korea started in 2007 with the induction of large number of HEC scholars in Korean Universities.
Since then, Pakistani students have found different kinds of fundings in South Korea.