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- President Chung, Kyu Sang Attends Korea-Russia University President Forum
- Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU) President Chung, Kyu Sang, on Dec. 1 (Tue) attended the 3rd Korea-Russia University President Forum conducted by the Korean Council for University Education, and discussed with presidents of principal Russian universities on the topic of 《Strategy for Exchange Cooperation between Universities of Both Countries》. In this discussion, President Chung introduced the excellence of SKKU’s Academy of East Asian Studies(AEAS) and IBS as well as fields of natural science & engineering. And he emphasized that actual exchange has to be made to promote joint research exchange cooperation with Russian universities and between professors of the fields of studies. Futhermore, in separate meetings, he shared the opinions with presidents of principal Russian universities that were attending the forum, like Moscow State University, Far Eastern Federal University, Saint Petersburg State University, Nizhny Novgorod State University and others to push forward with student exchange, joint research and faculty exchange.
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- 작성일 2015-12-09
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- Sungkyun Journalism Award recipients
- Sungkyunkwan University graduates’ Journalist Gathering, ‘Sung Un Hoe’ announced this year’s ‘Proud Sunkyun Journalism Award’ and selected, in the category for journalism, managing editor for the Kukmin Ilbo Park, Dong Hyun and managing editor for the Korea Herold Kwon, Yong Kuk, also, in the category for external activities, Samjung KPMG CEO Kim, Kyo Tae. The award ceremony was held at the Seoul Press Center International Conference room NOV. 30. Park, Dong Hyun Kwon, Yong Kuk Kim, Kyo Tae Link to media report: http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/11/26/2015112600281.html
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- 작성일 2015-12-09
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- In her classroom, Wall Street Tycoons appear
- "A Wall Street’s heroine who used to manage 6 trillion … SKKU Prof. Young-ju Nielsen" - Solid networking established for 16 years Investment experts from Merrill Lynch and others flew to Korea to give free lectures - Stop talking about ’Clay Spoons‘, don’t be a pessimist, be a challenger “Studied abroad with only 2 million won… I used to manage bonds in the amount of 6 trillion won” On Nov 11, at 10:30 am, in a telelecture room at Dasan Hall of Economics in Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU), Seoul, 100 students’ eyes were bent on a large screen at the front. When a man appeared on the screen, Prof. Young-ju Nielsen, College of Economics SKKU, introduced him as “Mr. Justin Jang is living in New York.” The time difference between New York and Seoul is 14 hours. Mr. Jang, supervising all investments in an investment management firm located in the financial capital of the world ‘Wall Street,’ started by saying “I just got off work and just now came to the camera” and gave a lecture on the flow of the world financial markets for an hour. Prof. Nielsen began a subject called ‘Special Lecture in Economics’ from last September. One week was to give a lecture in person on the theory of Economy and Finance, and the other was to provide with off-field stories of economy by experts in Wall Street, the financial capital of the world. 4 financial experts of Wall Street came to lecture room personally by travelling across the sea, and 2 experts delivered video lectures over the telelecture system. Such distinguished financial experts like Ben Meng (China), responsible for asset allocation of ‘California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS),’ the largest public pension in America, Francois Jeulin (France), responsible for trading in ‘Merrill Lynch Bank of America, and more personally came to give a lecture. In a her lecture called ‘Special Lecture in Economics' Prof. Young-ju Nielsen(left) is introducing Wall Street Investement Specialist Justin Jang who is joining the lecture on the screen (right) For Wall Street people ‘Time is gold.’ These people came to Prof. Nielsen’s lecture on their own expense, paying for airfare, stay and others. They also did not take the fee provided by the university (400 thousand won). This was possible due to the lasting relationship with Prof. Nielsen who was also from Wall Street. Prof. Nielsen explains, “Even before the semester began, all 8 people I requested for the lecture wholeheartedly agreed to come.” Prof. Nielsen graduated in Economics at Yonsei Univ. in 1995 and went to study in the US. She earned a Ph,D in Statistics, at the University of Pittsburgh and acquired 16 years of career experience at Wall Street. Due to this experience, people who first meet her often assume she was born in a rich family with a silver spoon in her mouth. Prof. Nielsen said, however, “When I went abroad to study, I had only 2 million won my mother gave, and this was all the support they gave me.” Prof. Nielsen explains that, when she attended Yonsei University, she dived into computer and mathematics while her friends were preparing for jobs. When getting a MBA was popular, she chose statistics. She said that, for her tuition and relocation and intial expences, she worked at a company in Korea for 6 months before going abroad. In the late 1990’s when she was studying in US, the US financial industry based on computers and statistics was starting to grow evermore bigger. Prof. Nielsen also decided to take her career into the finance naturally, but there was an glass ceiling for women and foreigners on Wall Street then. At her first job she managed to get, American colleague laughed at her English pronunciation. Sometimes she was even not invited to client meeting that she had to attend. Prof. Nielsen said “Even though I felt it was unreasonably discriminatory, I eventually knew there was no other way but to prove myself to fight back.” So from then on, she studied theories in economics and statistics for 2 hours everyday before going to work. With her hard work, she was able to work at famous financial firms like Barclays Global Invest, J.P. Morgan, etc, and at one point managed bonds in the amount of 6 trillion won. The reason why Prof. Nielsen began this lecture of inviting Wall Street people from this semester, was to show her students various possibilities she gained from these experiences. Prof. Nielsen says “Nowadays, while the young people who take on pessimistic views of their situation and talk about ‘clay spoons’ and ‘silver spoons,’ have increased. I wanted to show them that the challenge is more important than the background.” Link to media report: http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/11/25/2015112500350.html
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- 작성일 2015-12-09
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- Hyundai Motor Group SKKU CFO Trio
- ‘3 Exceptions’ Hyundai Motor CFO... Unique in their expertise and forehandedness (3) In-depth Analysis on Hyundai Motor CFO Take over of Hyundai Construction, and KEPCO site purchase … taking the lead in solving weighty issues CFO Lee won-hee, ‘finance centric career’ since he first joined When it comes to Chief Financial Officer (CFO), 3 common things that other companies have are not in Hyundai Motor Group. First, there is no CFO who handles everything for the entire Group like how Samsung and LG does. Also, there is no one recruited from outside the Group. Finally, it is difficult to find a CFO in the Group who graduated from the so-called ‘SKY universities(Seoul National University, Korea University, Yonsei University).’ Instead, it is common place to find people with “finance centric careers.' Even CFO’s who worked partially in sales and marketing are non-existent. In this sense it is why Hyundai Motor’s CFOs take on the title of ‘Director of Finance & Economy’ rather than ‘Director of Business Management’ who is responsible for of finance as well as personnel and general affairs. They lead in tackling weighty issues such as the take over of Hyundai Engineering & Construction and the KEPCO site purchase with their expertise and tenacity. And through their effective financial operation they contributed to Hyundai Motor’s rise to the top 5th automobile manufacturer in the world. Independent finance and economy division system for each affiliate Hyundai Motor Group has no one CFO who controls everything in the group. CFOs of affiliates work independently. Rather than handle managing the finance from the group level, each company attends to its own accounting, cost control, investor relations(IR) and so on. When a project between affiliates or an investment plan needs to be controlled, Department of Planning and Coordination led by Vice-chairman, Kim Yong-hwan(59) intervenes. Won Jong-hun(54), Vice-president for financial affairs of Planning and Coordination serves as coordinator in affiliate matters. Hyundai Motor Group explains that the smooth operations are credited to the many financial experts in all the affiliates. In the 3 main affiliates of Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors, Hyundai Mobis, all CFOs who oversee finance started their careers at their respective affiliates. Hyundai Motor’s CFO is Lee Won-hee(55). Mr. Lee was born in Kimhae, in Gyeongsang-Namdo, graduated from Seoul’s Daegwang High School, majored in Business Administration at Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU). He received a Master’s degree in Accounting at Western Illinois University in USA. Ever since he joined Hyundai Motor in 1984, he worked in finance. Leading the financial team, global banking team and as a director of finance and economy at a US affiliate he eventually became Head of Finance and Economy of Hyundai Motors in Dec. 2009. In 2011 he was promoted to Vice President and finally as President in last August. Kia Motors CFO, Vice-president, Han Cheon-su(56) graduated from Department of Economy at SKKU. After joining Kia Motors, he moved to Hyundai Steel in 2007 and worked as a director and an executive director of finance management. After being the executive director of finance management of Kia Motors in 2013, he was promoted to Vice-President and has been working as Head of Finance and Economy for Kia Motors since late last year. Also, Hyundai Mobis’s CFO is from inside the company. Choi, Byeong-cheol(57), Vice-president of Hyundai Mobis was born in Yecheon, Gyeongsang-bokdo and graduated from Daechang High school and in 1987 from SKKU. He joined Hyundai Precision, the former Hyundai Mobis, and for nearly 30 years has been working in finance. Promoting growth through business restructuring Hyundai Motor Group’s CFOs are leading important M&A deals and business arrangements to promote the growth of the company. In April of last year, Hyundai Engineering and Hyndai AMCO were merged into Hyundai Engineering. Sep. of the same year, they led the purchase of KEPCO’s site which is now waiting for the construction to start on the new head quarters. Recently, they contributed in expanding the width to other businesses, other than auto-mobiles. Hyundai Motor Group took over Hyundai Construction in 2011, and in 2013, merged Hyundai Steel and COLD ROLLED(CR) department of Hyundai Hysco, finalizing the merger between the two affiliates by July. In the banking, they took over HMC Securities and Hyundai Life, asserting a countenance as a finance corporation.
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- 작성일 2015-11-05
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- SKKU takes no.1 spot in business firm recruiting preferrence
- Sungkyunkwan university(SKKU) is tied for No.1 along with Yonsei university in the ‘reputation’ index of JoongAng Daily University Rankings. SKKU marked No.1 in ‘preferred new employee’s university’ and ‘university with great growth potential.’ Yonsei University marked No.1 in ‘university with great students education’. Kyungpook National University, Pusan National University, Chungnam National University took No.1 to No.3 in ‘university with great dedication to local community’ Associating with a research institution ‘Research & Research’, JoongAng Daily conducted a survey of 550 recruiting managers in companies and public institutions and 550 highschool teachers through a face to face interview. Also a new survey was added for the first time made by 550 administrative rank holding professors (presidents, deans, vice presidents ect.) of universities. This is a result of adhering to opinions to adopt peer review by the professors who are aware of the changes in universities, and to apply it to the general evaluation. Professors selected SKKU as No.1 and Hanyang university(erica campus) as No.2 in ‘university with great specialization’. The direction for SKKU’s specialization is ‘fusion.’ By the ‘Fusion Seed Research Support Program’ which started last year, they researched into projects such as ‘measurement of environmental radiation from cellphone’ which is a fusion of Department of Journalism and Mass Communication with Department of Physics. From next year, all new students will be given software education regardless of their majors so that they can promote the fusion ability of their own majors and IT technologies. Recruiting managers in companies, teachers and professors selected SKKU, Yonsei University(Seoul), Korea University(Anam), Seoul National University, Pusan National University as ‘School with great growth potential’ (No.1 ~ No.5). Among ‘Non in-seoul’ universities, Gachon University(No.6) Hanyang University ERICA campus(No.8) were selected in the top ten. Both of them took leaps on rankings compared to last year ranks (Gachon University No.21, Hanyang University ERICA campus No.26). Having done with an integration process of (Gachon University College of Medicine, Gachon Gil University, Kyungwon College, Kyungwon Univerisity), Gachon University focuses on cultivating talents specialized on IT by industry-academic cooperation with Pangyo Techno Valley. < Software education for humanities studies studetns at SKKU>
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- 작성일 2015-11-05
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- Captivated by Yiruma’s Music, I went on to learn Korean
- “I am already curious on what the topic will be for the essay contest. I hope it is not difficult.” (Chistina Ducepyeva, junior in Sofia University, Bulgaria) European Students who participated in ‘Sungkyun Korean Essay Contest’ Showed off their Korean writing ability with a topic ‘Legacy’ Greeting each other in Korean at the event, Gold prize winner dreaming is “becoming a professor in Korean” At 9 am(local time) on Oct. 20, in a hall at the Korean Cultural Center in Vienna, Austria, where Irissee lake could be seen placidly beyond the windows, 35 university students(4 males, 31 females) from 15 European countries gathered. They participated in ‘The 2nd Central and Eastern Europe Countries Sungkyun Korean Essay Contest’ held by Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU). Their official language at the event was Korean. They greeted and talked with each other even whom they never met in Korean. This was because most of them were majoring in Korean studies or have learned speaking and writing with interest in Korea. With unveiling of the scroll, the topic for the contest was revealed. It was ‘Legacy.’ And then an explanation by SKKU Prof. Sung Jae-ho(Law), the president of this event, followed. “Be it the many treasures handed down from ancestors or the Cultural Heritage of Humanity like Schönbrunn Palace in Austria, you should express yourself naturally and openly about what you think.” Taking a pencil, eraser and 5 manuscript papers for 500 characters, students were jotting down with serious looks on their faces. The quiet contest room was filled with rasping sounds of pencils rubbing on paper. Hena Pumalla (Female, Senior in University of Helsinki, Finland) after making her overview was writing down Korean on papers meticulously. Dillan Varshack (Female, Senior in Ankara University, Turkey), not satisfied with her writing, eraser it, and focused on rewriting. “How much time do I have?” As the end of contest drew nearer, a student raised his hand and asked. After the bell sounded the end of the contest, students exited the room with mixed feelings of hope and regret. Alishkava Bashcova (Female, Senior in Comenius University) flying from Slovakia said “It was not easy but I tried to put as many words related to legacy as I could.” Mikhail Lebi (Male, junior in Babes Bolyai University, Rumania) said “I have fallen in love with Korea after watching the pianist, Yiruma perform. I really want to visit to Korea next year and enjoy Hallyu at its origin.” On this day, the women swept at all medals, gold, silver and bronze. Aldemir Jaynep(Senior in Ankara University, Turkey) who got a gold prize, was favorably received by the judges with her essay, ‘The most meaningful legacy.’ ‘Something like behavior, habit, courtesy is much more meaningful than valuable materials. This is because Legacy is not a product which can disappear someday, but something worth forever. For example, in a society where unfairness is rampant, somebody tries to keep fairness and if it becomes an example to others, and this can be a valuable legacy in itself.’(part of Aldemir ’s essay) After Aldemir got hooked on Korean dramas like ‘Dae Jang Geum,’ ‘A Man from Another Star’ etc as a middle school student, she went to learn Korean at Sejong Hakdang in Ankara. Her dream is to become a professor in Korean in her home country. The silver prize went to Anna Grebekina (Senior in State Linguistic University, Moscow), and the bronze one went to Nicola Haff (Senior in University of Vienna, Austria). After the contest, the Institute of Translation in Korean Classics gave a lessen in traditional Korean culture for the participants like literature, jegichagi(a game which players try to hit a small object called jegi with their feet), gonggi(fivestones, a game of marbles) and others. Prof. Lee, Suke-kyu, Vice President of International Affairs in SKKU, said “Foreign students are very interested and are enthusiastic about Korean culture and language,” so “We will try to hold more events abroad.” Link to mediat report: http://news.joins.com/article/18909527
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- 작성일 2015-11-05
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- SKKU Prof. Kim, Jae Yun recipient of 7th Knowledge Creation Award
- The Korean government announced the recipients for this year’s ‘Knowledge Creation Award'. Established in 2009 the award is to recognize and congratulate Korean scientists who have made international contributions to the field of science. On Oct. 10, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning held ‘The 7th Knowledge Creation Awards’ ceremony at The K Hotel in Seoul, hosted by Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information(KISTI), and announced the 10 recipients for this year. The Knowledge Creation Award differs from existing selection methods using recommendations of specialist and related authorities, by implemented a selection process based on a metrical information analysis technique to measure the researcher’s academic achievements, which increases the fairness & objectivity of the award. More specifically utilizing the most renown world science technology citation database ‘SCIE’ and ‘SCOPUS’ on a every other year basis, it extracts the highly cited papers (HCP) that come into the top 1% in the world in citation numbers over the last decade, and, amongst them, select the 10 leading scientists based on the level of their academic contribution. Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Department of Chemical Engineering Prof. Kim Jae Yun is an authority in multi-functional nano-particles, polymer hydrogels and more, that utilizes nano-bionic materials for drug & cell delivery resistance treatment. Through his recent achievements in the development of “3D Vaccine Delivery System” which enables the treatment of cancer and other infectious diseases to cured through simple needle injection, doing away with complicated surgical procedures, he received world acclaim by publishing his findings in the 2015 journal of Nature Biotechnology as its’ cover publication. Also he has been very active in this field research with 58 papers SCIE journals published.
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- 작성일 2015-11-05
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- SKKU Presidents delegation’s visits to prestigious European universities, reaps substantive results
- From Oct. 3 to 9, Sungkungkwan University (SKKU) president’s delegation including President Chung Kyu Sang, Vice president of International Affairs Prof. Lee Suke Kyu, and Director of International Affairs Park Byung Joo visited the European universities of AACHEN University in German, University of Copenhagen in Denmark, Leiden University in Netherlands and Trinity college Dublin in Ireland. The discussion was made to reinforce mutual cooperation and the establishment of networks for education and research, along with agreements on students exchange and others, concluding their visit. The visited universities represent the top-tier institutes in QS World University Rankings and leads Europe's way in future science and technology. Major achievements is as follows: - In visiting AACHEN University, discussions towards cooperation on mutual research as the major Korean & German research institutes in Textronix were made with other areas of joint interest including, ICT, establishing virtual space and area’s of architecture. In this visit Executive Vice President of Natural Science Campus Prof. Yoo Ji-beom also accompanied. - University of Copenhagen decided to start mutual students exchange from spring semester 2016 and mutual students exchange agreement was signed. - Leiden University agreed to hold ‘SKKU-Leiden Form’ regularly, while discussions on exchange between the various research centers of the universities were also made. - Trinity College Dublin decided to reinforce mutual exchange agreement including students exchange and agreed on sending a delegation of faculty to visit SKKU around April 2016.
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- 작성일 2015-11-05
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- SKKU takes no.1 spot in business firm recruiting preferren
- Sungkyunkwan university(SKKU) is tied for No.1 along with Yonsei university in the ‘reputation’ index of JoongAng Daily University Rankings. SKKU marked No.1 in ‘preferred new employee’s university’ and ‘university with great growth potential.’ Yonsei University marked No.1 in ‘university with great students education’. Kyungpook National University, Pusan National University, Chungnam National University took No.1 to No.3 in ‘university with great dedication to local community’ Associating with a research institution ‘Research & Research’, JoongAng Daily conducted a survey of 550 recruiting managers in companies and public institutions and 550 highschool teachers through a face to face interview. Also a new survey was added for the first time made by 550 administrative rank holding professors (presidents, deans, vice presidents ect.) of universities. This is a result of adhering to opinions to adopt peer review by the professors who are aware of the changes in universities, and to apply it to the general evaluation. Professors selected SKKU as No.1 and Hanyang university(erica campus) as No.2 in ‘university with great specialization’. The direction for SKKU’s specialization is ‘fusion.’ By the ‘Fusion Seed Research Support Program’ which started last year, they researched into projects such as ‘measurement of environmental radiation from cellphone’ which is a fusion of Department of Journalism and Mass Communication with Department of Physics. From next year, all new students will be given software education regardless of their majors so that they can promote the fusion ability of their own majors and IT technologies. Recruiting managers in companies, teachers and professors selected SKKU, Yonsei University(Seoul), Korea University(Anam), Seoul National University, Pusan National University as ‘School with great growth potential’ (No.1 ~ No.5). Among ‘Non in-seoul’ universities, Gachon University(No.6) Hanyang University ERICA campus(No.8) were selected in the top ten. Both of them took leaps on rankings compared to last year ranks (Gachon University No.21, Hanyang University ERICA campus No.26). Having done with an integration process of (Gachon University College of Medicine, Gachon Gil University, Kyungwon College, Kyungwon Univerisity), Gachon University focuses on cultivating talents specialized on IT by industry-academic cooperation with Pangyo Techno Valley. < Software education for humanities studies studetns at SKKU>
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- 작성일 2015-10-27
- 조회수 4021
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- Captivated by Yiruma’s Music, I went on to learn Korean
- “I am already curious on what the topic will be for the essay contest. I hope it is not difficult.” (Chistina Ducepyeva, junior in Sofia University, Bulgaria) European Students who participated in ‘Sungkyun Korean Essay Contest’ Showed off their Korean writing ability with a topic ‘Legacy’ Greeting each other in Korean at the event, Gold prize winner dreaming is “becoming a professor in Korean” At 9 am(local time) on Oct. 20, in a hall at the Korean Cultural Center in Vienna, Austria, where Irissee lake could be seen placidly beyond the windows, 35 university students(4 males, 31 females) from 15 European countries gathered. They participated in ‘The 2nd Central and Eastern Europe Countries Sungkyun Korean Essay Contest’ held by Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU). Their official language at the event was Korean. They greeted and talked with each other even whom they never met in Korean. This was because most of them were majoring in Korean studies or have learned speaking and writing with interest in Korea. With unveiling of the scroll, the topic for the contest was revealed. It was ‘Legacy.’ And then an explanation by SKKU Prof. Sung Jae-ho(Law), the president of this event, followed. “Be it the many treasures handed down from ancestors or the Cultural Heritage of Humanity like Schönbrunn Palace in Austria, you should express yourself naturally and openly about what you think.” Taking a pencil, eraser and 5 manuscript papers for 500 characters, students were jotting down with serious looks on their faces. The quiet contest room was filled with rasping sounds of pencils rubbing on paper. Hena Pumalla (Female, Senior in University of Helsinki, Finland) after making her overview was writing down Korean on papers meticulously. Dillan Varshack (Female, Senior in Ankara University, Turkey), not satisfied with her writing, eraser it, and focused on rewriting. “How much time do I have?” As the end of contest drew nearer, a student raised his hand and asked. After the bell sounded the end of the contest, students exited the room with mixed feelings of hope and regret. Alishkava Bashcova (Female, Senior in Comenius University) flying from Slovakia said “It was not easy but I tried to put as many words related to legacy as I could.” Mikhail Lebi (Male, junior in Babes Bolyai University, Rumania) said “I have fallen in love with Korea after watching the pianist, Yiruma perform. I really want to visit to Korea next year and enjoy Hallyu at its origin.” On this day, the women swept at all medals, gold, silver and bronze. Aldemir Jaynep(Senior in Ankara University, Turkey) who got a gold prize, was favorably received by the judges with her essay, ‘The most meaningful legacy.’ ‘Something like behavior, habit, courtesy is much more meaningful than valuable materials. This is because Legacy is not a product which can disappear someday, but something worth forever. For example, in a society where unfairness is rampant, somebody tries to keep fairness and if it becomes an example to others, and this can be a valuable legacy in itself.’(part of Aldemir ’s essay) After Aldemir got hooked on Korean dramas like ‘Dae Jang Geum,’ ‘A Man from Another Star’ etc as a middle school student, she went to learn Korean at Sejong Hakdang in Ankara. Her dream is to become a professor in Korean in her home country. The silver prize went to Anna Grebekina (Senior in State Linguistic University, Moscow), and the bronze one went to Nicola Haff (Senior in University of Vienna, Austria). After the contest, the Institute of Translation in Korean Classics gave a lessen in traditional Korean culture for the participants like literature, jegichagi(a game which players try to hit a small object called jegi with their feet), gonggi(fivestones, a game of marbles) and others. Prof. Lee, Suke-kyu, Vice President of International Affairs in SKKU, said “Foreign students are very interested and are enthusiastic about Korean culture and language,” so “We will try to hold more events abroad.” Link to mediat report: http://news.joins.com/article/18909527
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- 작성일 2015-10-27
- 조회수 4019