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Hangyang university in Seoul has set up some facilities for Muslim students. Here is some info from the university website:

Nowadays, many international students are seen, studying in Hanyang University. Although the rate of Chinese students is the highest, it is easy to see students with Islamic backgrounds. These students are from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Indonesia. On the ERICA campus, there are 69 government scholarship holders from Pakistan. Through these 69 students dreaming to become the future of their country, Weekly Hanyang, set out to report the Islamic and multicultural scenes on campus.

In 2006, Hanyang University and the Education Ministry of Pakistan had made an agreement. Since this event, the government of Pakistan is giving scholarships, and enabling students to study on the ERICA campus. Currently, 69 Pakistani students are studying in graduate schools, after having passed both a major related exam in Pakistan, and an academic aptitude test of Hanyang University. These students are the future leaders of Pakistan.

Muslims meet certain hardships when it comes to life in Korea, due to cultural differences. The first and most difficult problem is diet. Muslims follow dietary laws that prohibit foods categorized as Haram. Swine, pork, any other meat slaughtered without the proper religious procedures, and alcohol are Haram. ERICA campus readied a cafeteria for Muslim students in the Students Residence Hall 1. Canned tuna, that is familiar to most Koreans, can be seen on the countertop shelves.

The Students Residence Hall 1 and Engineering Building 5 have places for salat, a religious practice carried out towards the Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. The first salat is practiced before sunrise, the second around noon, and the third around 3 in the afternoon, the fourth around sunset, and the final and fifth salat around 8 o’clock in the evening. Pakistani students use their time in between classes to practice salat.

Hanyang University is unique to have a cafeteria and praying rooms for Muslim students. However, there is more that needs to be done. There is a shortage of furnaces, to help Pakistani students to melt into Hanyang more naturally, who yet seem fragmented apart. Professor Lee Hee-soo (The College of Languages and Cultures, Department of Cultural Anthropology), who is a specialist of Islamic culture, emphasized the need for events to promote a better understanding of each other’s culture. Professor Lee said that “the external support is sufficient while internal communion remains in need,” and that “although the university is acting as a tow truck in better building a multi-cultural society, Hanyang must present a blueprint that will bring the Pakistani and Korean together.” http://www.hanyang.ac.kr/goLink.jsp?.../english1.html


Here is some information about Seoul's only major masjid: Seoul Central Mosque

Here is the Korean Muslim assocation website with information on halal restaurants, Korean language classes, etc.
http://www.koreaislam.org/notice.do?method=list

There are a few websites addressing the history of Islam in Korea which stretch back to 900 CE. More recently, Turk troops who fought in the Korean war also engaged in Dawah reintroducing Islam to Koreans. Since then, there has been a modest community of Korean Muslims and expat Muslim workers, students, professionals.

As far as receiving a scholarship, your brother should weigh the benefits and costs involved for him.
What is the scholarship for?
How adept is he at Dawah, at learning new languages and interacting with different people?
How well does he adapt to challenging and difficult circumstnaces?