Too Much English, not Enough Korean, in Korean Schools

I find much to agree with in this statement by Ross King, associate professor of Korean Language and Literature at the University of British Columbia, quoted in Korea Stingy in Globalizing Language:

A Canadian professor Tuesday called for more national investment in the Korean language and in Korean studies programs to foster Korean specialists, warning against an excessive boom for English learning here.

One cannot learn a second language effectively without first being proficient in one's mother tongue.