A growing number of foreigners are interested in studying about Korea, spurred by the growing cultural power of Asia\'s fourth-largest economy, a report showed Thursday. Foreigners who applied for the Graduate School of Korean Studies (GSKS) at the state-run Academy of Korean Studies totaled 156 this year, up from 35 in 2009 and 143 in 2010, according to the report by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.