FEATURE: S. Korea chip boom draws teens from university to factory jobs

Inside a brightly lit cleanroom at Chungbuk Semiconductor High School, a group of teenagers in head-to-toe protective suits carefully handled silicon wafers, learning the same production processes used in commercial chip plants.About half of the school's graduates head straight to large companies such as Samsung Electronics Co. or SK Hynix Inc. without ever setting foot in a university classroom.The scene illustrates how South Korea's semiconductor boom is beginning to challenge the country's deeply entrenched belief that a university degree is the only route to a successful career.Even gra…READ FULL ARTICLE