… Many South Korean fathers stay at home and work while they send their wife and children abroad - often for years at a time - for the sake of their children’s education. The left-behind fathers have taken on a common nickname - and a common set of problems…

Geum, the dean of political science at Seoul City University, says he wanted his children to have a U.S. education because he believes the rigidly conformist South Korean school system is inadequate.

“The education they got was how to memorize. Not how to analyze, how to describe, explain. They don’t learn to solve a problem logically.” …

Despite the hardship, goose dads have a better situation than the men Koreans refer to as “penguin dads.” As the nicknames imply, goose dads can fly, because they can afford the occasional plane ticket to visit their families. Penguin fathers, who work in lower income jobs, remain grounded - and often go for many years at a time without seeing their wives and children.

source: VOAnews.com
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-09-27-voa27.cfm