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YU embodies 'Glocal Initiative' where various religions and cultures coexist. The center is Selected as university that offers preliminary courses for the Saudi 'King Abdullah Scholarships' [September 18, 2012] The nation's first Arab Cultural Center was opened at YU on the 18th. (fourth from left is director of the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission, Alayyar). YU (president Lee, Hyo-soo) installed the nation's first 'Arab Cultural Center'. On the afternoon of the 18th, the Arab Cultural Center was opened on B1 of the YU International Center to accelerate change of campus where various religions and cultures coexist. For the first time for a university in the region, YU signed an exchange agreement with the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (director Turki Fahad Alayyar) in March of last year to establish a bridgehead to enter the Middle Eastern region. In August, an MOU was signed for technical and vocational training with the Saudi Arabian Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, in its efforts to secure more active exchange with the Arab region. In result, the current number of Arabian students enrolled in YU is 12, with 11 being from Saudi Arabia and one from Tunisia. This is the most among local universities. They attended this event and happily welcomed the opening of the center. Fahad Faisal Al Ahmadi (23, freshman in School of Mechanical Engineering) from Saudi Arabia said, "I am really thankful to the university who payed such special attention to us." He added, "I hope that various cultural events will be held that can remove the erroneous preconceptions of the Arab world and to enjoy the Arabian history and culture." YU President Lee, Hyo-soo also stated in a speech, "There are over 1,300 international students from 42 different countries studying at YU, so YU is true 'Glocal Initiative' where various languages, cultures and religions coexist at the campus." He added, "I hope that the Arab Cultural Center will be one of the mainstays of the 'Glocal Initiative'." A special guest was present at the event as well. Director of the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission, Turki Fahad Alayyar, who is in charge of the non-government exchange between Korea and Saudi Arabia also visited to congratulate the opening of this center. At this event, he stated, "I have never seen such a beautiful campus like YU's that gives such as comfortable feeling anywhere in the world," and added, "Since the Arab Cultural Center will first open in Korea at YU, I hope that exchange with Saudi Arabia will become more active using YU as a base." In early September, the National International Exchange Center selected YU and Kyunghee University for universities operating preliminary courses for the King Abdullah Scholarships. Only YU and Kyunghee University will be able to accept King Abdullah Scholarship students. 'King Abdullah Scholarships' are students who receive national funding according to the Saudi Arabia government's development plans of human resources. There are currently about 100,000 students studying in undergraduate and graduate schools in the world's top 200 universities listed in the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission's website. Since signing the educational exchange agreement between the Korean and Saudi Arabian government in March, 2007, about 140 students were sent to Korea, of which most studied in the Seoul area. However, with YU being selected as a university that offers preliminary courses for King Abdullah Scholarships, it is expected that the number of Arabian students will grow in this area as well. Meanwhile, starting in 2003 with an Egyptian student enrolling at the Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, a total of 95 Muslim students are enrolled as of September 2012. In 2009, YU installed a separate space for prayer within the campus in order to focus on globalization while respecting religious diversity and cultural diversity. In addition, by attracting 'American Center', 'China Research Center', and 'YU-EU Center' supported by EU before installing 'Arab Cultural Center'. YU embodies 'Glocal Initiative' including Anglo-American World, the Arab world and Chinese world.
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Housing Environment track is selected for nation's longest period It is Supported by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, hosted by the Korea Institute of Design Promotion, and linked with company-customized education and employment [September 14, 2012] Students of the Department of Family and Housing Studies participated in projects of WithUs Design and the Daehan Design Center The Department of Family and Housing Studies (dean Seo, Ji-eun) was selected for the 'Contracted Operation for Department of Design' program, which is supported by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and the Korea Institute of Design Promotion, for the fifth straight year. It made a new record of being selected the most consecutive times. The 'Contracted Operation for Department of Design' program is a program for companies and universities to make teams and provide company-customized education to seniors in design related majors so that companies can select and employ outstanding students as soon as they graduate. Thus, the Department of Family and Housing Studies (Housing Environment track) that will receive national funding of 11.29 million won will operate the industry-focused curriculum requested by WithUs Design and the Daehan Design Center, which are participating companies. Students who complete the course will receive 2 credits and outstanding students will be given the opportunity to give preferential treatment in gaining employment at the respective companies. In the past 4 years, 10 design corporations including KawaDesign Group and Dooin Architectural Design worked together with the Department of Family and Housing Studies. 34 students participated in this program as well. This year, 3 seniors each for a total of 6 will be sent to the participating companies and end their final semester of college working on actual projects. Dean of the Department of Family and Housing Studies Seo, Ji-eun (37), who is in charge of this year's project said, "Based on the performance over the past 4 years, we will operate a more sustainable program this year," and added, "In this age of high unemployment for college graduates, we have been selected for this project that guarantees full time employment for the fifth straight year. We will focus on fostering human resources in design who are 'General Specialists' who have a broad range of knowledge in various fields, while also specializing in specific fields as well." Meanwhile, the Housing Environment track of the YU Department of Family and Housing Studies will co-host the '2nd Children's Creative Space Design Contest' with the Daegu Interior Designers Association. It aims at letting children know the importance of design that integrates life art and sciences, while finding design talents who are creative and talented early and to foster them into next-generation designers. This contest is open to children from the ages of 5 to 10 and while the theme is on indoor and outdoor spaces for nature and humans, there is no restriction on how to express it. Applications are accepted until September 28, which can be downloaded from the Daegu Interior Designers Association's homepage (www.dgid.org) and sent by e-mail (dgid@dgid.org). The first place winner will be given the Superintendent Award of Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education and a cash prize of 500,000 won, while other prizes will also be given to all award winners. The winning piece will be displayed at the Daegu Literature House (formerly Commercial Bank) from October 10 to 16 during the '2012 Daegu Architectural Culture Biennale'. The '1st Children's Creative Space Design Contest' hosted by the YU Department of Family and Housing Studies' last year.
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Oldfield, Chairperson of BGCI, provides consultation for the 'B.E.S.T Campus' Project It is Expected to promote international cooperation such as inter-disciplinary convergence and integrated research for global environmental issues [September 13, 2012] BGCI chair Oldfield (left) and YU president Lee, Hyo-soo YU (president Lee, Hyo-soo) appointed Sara Oldfield (54), chairperson of BGCI (Botanic Gardens Conservation International) as its Distinguished International Advisor. Chairperson Oldfield, who came to Korea to make a presentation on a session for world botanic conservation in the WCC (World Conservation Congress) held in Jeju from September 6 to September 10, visited the YU president's office on the 13th. Here, YU president Lee, Hyo-soo appointed Chairperson Oldfield as the 'Distinguished International Advisor for B.E.S.T Campus'. Thus, Chairperson Oldfield is expected to provide expert advice from a global perspective for the next two years on strategies for establishing the 'B.E.S.T (Beautiful, Enjoyable, Sustainable green, and Top most) Campus' for YU. After visiting the president's office, she took a look at the YU campus including the newly renovated hiking trail, botanical garden and folklore park, and said to Lee, Hyo-soo, "This is my first time in Korea and I've come to the 'B.E.S.T Campus' right after attending the WCC, which lacks in nothing compared to any other university in the world." She added, "I will do all I can so that YU's 'B.E.S.T Campus' strategy can become a role model for other universities around the world." President Lee, Hyo-soo replied, "We will make the 'B.E.S.T Campus that universities around the world benchmark," and added, "At this juncture in time where climate change and environmental destruction is threatening the future of humanity, conserving biological diversity and protecting the environment has become ever more important. Please be a bridge so that YU can actively participate in inter-disciplinary convergence and integrated research, as well as international collaboration, on global environmental issues." Chairperson Oldfield promised full-hearted cooperation and as her first activity, she gave a special lecture at the College of Natural Resources for hour from 11am and urged interest of students by giving presentations of the importance of botanical preservation and the roles of BGCI. Meanwhile, BGCI, which was established in 1987 for the preservation of botanical resources and education on the environment, is the world's largest international botanical conservation organization with over 700 botanical gardens, arboretums and private individuals from 118 countries around the world. It is currently based in London and has branches in the US, Kenya, China and Singapore, while conducting GSPC (Global Strategy for Plant Conservation). For this, in order to provide information on botanical gardens worldwide and on the types of plants, it is currently constructing an online database. In Korea, the Korea National Arboretum, Seoul National University Arboretum and Professor Kim, Yong-shik of YU (Department of Landscape Architecture) are members of BGCI.
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'Sunflower 1' wins the Award of Minister of Education, Science And Technology and Cash Prize of 3 Million Won Jung, In-ji and Moon, Ji-hwan (senior in School of Mechanical Engineering), Kim, Min-soo (senior in Department of Electronic Engineering) [September 12, 2012] A YU team won the grand prize at the '1st Cansat Competition' in which students produce their own satellite to test their technical skills and problem-solving skills. They received the Award of Minister of Education, Science and Technology and cash prize of 3 million won. The YU YUSA Team (left to right: Moon, Ji-hwan, Jung, In-ji, Kim, Min-soo) who won the grand prize at the 1st Cansat Competition 'Cansat' is a model satellite that is integrated within a beverage can by simplifying the constituents of satellites. A small science rocket is dropped at several hundred meters in the air using a hot-air balloon so that they can conduct their pre-planned mission like a satellite. This is the first competition held in the nation being co-hosted by Ministry of Education, Science And Technology(MEST) and the KAIST Satellite Technology Research Center. 90 elementary and middle school teams, 57 high school teams and 14 university teams participated in the competition. 5 teams from high school teams and 5 from college teams were selected for the finals by evaluating the planning and development of the can satellite, as well as their presentation. The finals were held at Sejong-si on the 9th of last month. After competing in the creativity and the result of their development using the can satellites that the students made, the final winner was the YUSA team of YU. YUSA, which was made up of seniors Jung, In-ji (25) and Moon, Ji-hwan (24) of the School of Mechanical Engineering and Kim, Min-soo (24), also a senior, of the Department of Electronic Engineering, The YUSA team was given high scores for their Cansat that successfully completed its special missions such as transmitting and receiving information on GPS locations, attitude of the satellite and earth imaging information, as well as acquiring the highest illumination measurements by measuring the luminous intensity of the sun. Minister of Education, Science and Technology Lee, Ju-ho gives the grand prize to the 'YUSA' team of YU at the '1st Cansat Competition' awarding ceremony at the conference room of the Seoul Central Government Complex on the morning of the 6th. Team leader Jung, In-ji said, "At first, we put meaning on competing in the competition based on the knowledge we learned at university, but while we prepared for the competition, we came up with new ideas and solved different problems together with our professor, gaining confidence," while adding, "In the future, I want to contribute to the development of satellites and the space industry by studying interdisciplinary fields." Kim, Min-soo was in charge of the circuit design and programming for the Cansat and Moon, Ji-hwan was in charge of designing and producing the parachute. "We named it 'Sunflower' so that it will always look towards the sun. I hope that more YU students will participate and make second or third Sunflower." Professor Lim, Byoung-duk (57, School of Mechanical Engineering), who instructed these students, stated, "I am happy that these 3 students did well for instance working very hard and conducting experiments as scheduled despite the unprecedented heat waves since May." He added, "Because students voluntarily participate in the competition, I will continue to help students if students interested in satellites participate in this competition." Meanwhile, the awards ceremony was held in the MEST conference room at the Seoul Central Government Complex with the attendance of about 50 people including the Minister of Education, Science And Technology, director of the KAIST Satellite Technology Research Center, Competition officials, and parents of awarded students.
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Graduate School Admission of International Students for the Spring semester 2013 ● Schedule - Application Period : October 4 (Thu) ~ October 31 (Wed), 2012 - Submission Documents : October 4 (Thu) ~ October 31 (Wed), 2012 - Result Announcement : November 21 (Wed), 2012 - Payment of Tuition : November 26 (Mon) ~ November 28 (Wed), 2012 ● Website for Application - 영남대학교 http://www.yu.ac.kr - 영남대 대학원 http://graduate.yu.ac.kr ● Office for Submission Documents : International Services, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 712-749, Republic of Korea ● Contacts for further information : +82-53-810-7884 Attached file 1. Admission Guidelines (Korean Version) Attached file 2. Admission Guidelines (English Version) Attached file 3. Application Form for Admission to Graduate School 2013학년도 전기 대학원 외국인 입학전형에 대해 붙임과 같이 안내하오니, 관심있는 학생들의 많은 지원 바랍니다. 1. 주요일정 가. 접수기간 : 2012년 10월 4일(목) ~ 2012년 10월 31일(수) 나. 합격발표 : 2012년 11월 21일(수) 다. 등록기간 : 2012년 11월 26일(월) ~ 2012년 11월 28일(수) 2. 접 수 처 : 국제처 국제지원팀 3. 접수방법 : 방문 또는 우편접수 4. 전형방법 : 서류전형 5. 전 형 료 : 100,000원 또는 100달러 6. 비 고 : 2013학년도 전기 외국인 입학전형 시 서류제출기간(2012년 10월 31일) 후에 획득한 어학성적에 대해서는 장학사정에 반영하지 않음 붙임 : 1. 2013 전기 대학원 외국인 학생모집 요강(국문) 1부 2. 2013 전기 대학원 외국인 학생모집 요강(영문) 1부 3. 2013 전기 대학원 외국인 학생모집 지원서 양식 1부. 끝.
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First Korean University participated in the international event hosted by the French government. School of Architecture Signed exchange and cooperation MOU with the EAPV, a world top 5 college in the architecture field. The Exchange including up to 3 annual exchange students will become fully fledged. [September 4, 2012] The YU School of Architecture (Dean Kang, Joo-Won), which is celebrating its 60th anniversary, entered Paris, the home of the world famous architect, ‘Alexandre Gustave Eiffel‘ (1832~1923). Recently, the YU School of Architecture signed an MOU with France's EAPV (Ecole d' Architecture de Paris la Villette EVPA) promising exchange and cooperation. EAPV is a prestigious ranking in the top 5 of the architecture field together with the US Harvard Graduate School of Architecture and the Cooper Union School of Architecture, British AA School, and German RWTH Aachen University of Technology's Department of Architecture. With this MOU, the two universities will exchange up to 3 students in their fourth to fifth year majoring in architecture for the next five years to offer the opportunity for global education, as well as an exchange student program that accepts each other's academic credits in order to strengthen their global partnership. Prior to this, the YU School of Architecture became the first Korean university to participate in the 'Grand Paris International Workshop' hosted by the French government. This international workshop is in its second year since first starting in 2010 as the AIGP (l'Atelier International du Grand Paris) for 'Le Grand Paris', a redevelopment project of Paris by former President Nicolas Sarkozy. The YU School of Architecture, which received funding from the Educational Capacity Strengthening Project, co-hosted with the EAPV an international workshop based on coming up with an advanced, future city on the outskirts of Paris at Palais de Tokyo from July 19 - 27. YU School of Architecture Professor Baek, Seung-Man also participated as joint tutors in this international workshop together with Professors Jean Magerand and Claire Bailly. 10 YU School of Architecture students and 18 students from French universities such as EAPV, national architecture universities in Versailles and Strasbourg, ENSCI-Paris, ESAG-Paris, and EIVP also participated in this event. The YU School of Architecture's first step in Paris is evaluated to be very successful. Bertrand Lemoine, the director of AIGP said that the results were very promising and said, "I hope the partnership between the YU School of Architecture and EAPV becomes stronger and that many great collaborative works result from this partnership." Results of the workshop will be published in a book issued by AIGP and they will be put on display at the Science Hall of la Villette, together with international seminars, from this coming December until October of next year.
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Professor Seok is the First Korean chairperson for thesis awards selection committee of the Industry Drive Committee He will review world's top theses in the electrical, electronic and computing fields He is Active as tenured 'IEEE Senior Member' [September 1, 2012] For the first time for a Korean, Professor Seok, Jul-Ki (43, Department of Electrical Engineering) was appointed as the chairperson of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Industry Drive Committee journal and society thesis awards committee. The chairperson is entitled to organize the IEEE thesis awards committee comprised of 8 professors and corporate researchers from around the world. The chairperson also conduct a total of 4 screenings for all journals and papers from academic societies published throughout the year with the authority to determine award-winning theses. Professor Seok became a member of the awards committee in 2011 and the Vice-chair in 2012, and was recently appointed as the chairperson. From 2013, he will also be actively working as an associate editor for IEEE's SCI academic journal <Transactions on Industry Applications and Industry Applications Magazine>. Since 2008, he has been a tenured IEEE Senior Member. Only 8% of all members are given the position of IEEE Senior Member and has very rigid criteria for selection. From 2009, he has been active as a member of the thesis award screening committee and the editing committee of IET's (British Institution of Engineering and Technology) SCI academic journal <Electric Power Applications>. Professor Seok, whose main area of study is power conversion and electric motor control, published 12 SCI-level and SCIE-level theses in four years since 2008 and has 14 domestic and international patents. Furthermore, he is the acting vice-director of the 'YU Center for Green Car Parts', which is being pursued as the regional economic belt leading project supervised by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy. Through this he is taking the initiative in procuring competitiveness in eco-friendly parts and materials for car parts companies in the region, while transforming their structure into future-oriented automobile companies. He is also the head professor of the ERC(Engineering Research Center) in preparation for establishing marine wind power complexes, which will rapidly increase both domestically and internationally, in order to develop power conversion devices for sea wind with the high energy density. Meanwhile, IEEE, which was established in 1884, is in charge of developing international standards in electrical/electronic and computing fields. There are currently 37,500 members from 160 countries around the world. The academic journal published by the IEEE is recognized for its global prestige.
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YU Multicultural Education & Research Institute hosts the 'Multi-cultural Mentoring, Hope Camp to Become One'. On 7th and 8th at Palgongsan (Mt.) in Daegu, 50 mentors and mentees from 6 universities in the Yeungnam region participate. [August 10, 2012] Participants of the 'Multi-cultural Mentoring, Hope Camp to Become One' held at Palgongsan in Daegu for 2 days from August 7 YU (president Lee, Hyo-soo) held the 'Multi-cultural Mentoring, Hope Camp to Become One' for two days from August 7 at the Palgongsan (Mt.) Pyeongsan Academy in Daegu. This camp is sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Korea Student Aid Foundation, and hosted by the YU Multicultural Education & Research Institute. A total of 50 mentors from 6 universities in the Yeungnam region such as Yeungnam University, Daegu National University of Education, Catholic University of Daegu, Keimyung University, Daegu University, and the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology and mentees from multi-cultural families in elementary school participated in the camp. YU, which is the regional hub university for the 'Multi-cultural/North Korean Defector Student Mentoring Project' in the Yeungnam region, is the only university in Korea to conduct online mentoring programs for multi-cultural families. In order to overcome limitations of the online environment, the mentor-mentee camp for improving offline communication and enhance mutual relations between mentors and mentees is being held for the second straight year. The camp that was separated into 6 groups participated in programs for mentors and mentees to communicate with each other such as 'We Are One' that makes an introduction and presentation for each group, 'Art Class for All' where mentors and mentees draw each other's faces to see who they really are and understand each other, and the 'Hope Relay' where a recreation director oversees games and talents shows on the first day. On the second day, they participated in 'Sharing Opinions on Participating in the Camp'. Three groups with outstanding performance were given gift certificates and all participants were given a certification of completion and souvenirs. Mentors and mentees of Group 4 pose in front of the face tree that they drew Jung, Soo-yeong a fifth grader from Gumi said, "It was fun drawing and playing games with my mentor and other mentees. I hope that next time it will be longer than just two days." Eun, Soo-hyeon (20), a freshman at the YU Department of Nano, Medical and Polymer Materials said, "I wanted the mentee to spend time with other friends and the mentor to feel a sense of community. It was possible to become one just like the name of the camp, and I hope that the mentee will remember it as a valuable time to have dreams and hopes." Park, Seung-woo (Department of Sociology), director of the YU Multicultural Education & Research Institute, who hosted this event, said, "The Hope Camp improves relations between mentors and mentees and provides an enhance sense of identity to give more emotional stability to multi-cultural families. Through this camp, which is a place for exchange for mentors in the Yeungnam region, the mentoring program will become more active." He also added, "In the future, YU will take the initiative in constructing an open multi-cultural community network for our society."
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"Professor Park Will heighten Korea's voice for international standardization, certification and presentation of policy agendas…" He participated as Korean representative for general meeting of 26 countries in photovoltaic power generation [August 7, 2012] Professor Park, Chin-ho (54, School of Chemical Engineering) was appointed as the Korean representative for the PVPS sector of IAE(International Energy Agency). The 'IEA' was established in 1974 as an energy collective security system under the OECD and its head office is within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development headquarters in Paris, France. Only OECD member countries are allowed to join the IEA and Korea officially joined in March 2002. Its main objective at the time of its foundation was to address the issue with lower supply of oils and rising prices of oil by OPEC, but recently, it focuses on leading international cooperation for international issues such as oil distribution in times of emergency, development cooperation for alternative energy, and energy environment cooperation. As part of this, the IEA established the Photovoltaic Power Systems (PVPS) Department in 1993 within its organization recognizing the need for the photovoltaic sector in order to substitute the dwindling supply of fossil fuels, and to stop global warming and environment destruction. There are currently 26 'PVPS' members including Australia, the US, Germany, Netherlands, Japan and Korea. The representatives of each country, including Professor Park, will explain the current status of photovoltaic power generation systems of their respective countries at the PVPS general meeting, while exchanging information on technological development trends with each country. In particular, it drafts an international survey report based on each country's policy reports, while leading international standardization and certification projects of related technologies. Furthermore, it looks for international collaborative agendas and pursues joint research, while suggesting guidelines on the establishment of photovoltaic policies for each country, in its leading role for international cooperation in the solar photovoltaic sector. On this, Professor Park said, "It has only been 4 years since we have begun full-fledged investments in photovoltaic power generation. Since 2008 when we began photovoltaic power generation, we were busy trying to catch up to the more advanced countries in the sector, so we have nothing to say about our international status on this. However, it is now time for change." He added with an air of strong tenacity, "Since I am representing Korea at the IEA PVPS, which is basically the headquarters for the world's photovoltaic sector, I will do my best so that Korea's voice will be heard and acknowledged in the photovoltaic sector." Professor Park earned his PhD at the University of Florida in the US and engaged in research on semiconductors and Hyundai Electronics. He has served as a professor at the YU School of Chemical Engineering since September 1994 and is also working as the director of the Solar Cell Materials and Process R&D Workforce Cultivation Program, director of the Institute of Solar Energy, and the chief of the Regional Innovation Center for Solar Cell & Module, where he has accumulated much experience in the solar power sector. In June 2011, he was picked up by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning and will be working as the program director for knowledge economy solar power until April 2013.
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International high school students come and learn Korean at YU Klaudia Wiktoria from Poland who came for the Hallyu, Oyama Kouta from Japan in search of his roots [August 6, 2012] "I don't think the Korean wave, or Hallyu, is something short fad. Polish high school students are in love with K-pop. Interest in K-pop is resulting in interest in Korean culture, Korean history and its language. I will come back to YU next year so I can learn proper Korean." Klaudia Wiktoria is the high school senior in Poland and Oyama Kouta is the high school freshmen in high school in Tokyo International School, Japan. They came to the YU Korean Language Institute to learn Korean during their summer vacation. The Hallyu frenzy that captivated the entire world is attracting international high school students to Korea. They are taking short-term Korean language courses during the vacation. Currently, there are 112 foreigners from 20 different countries learning Korean at the YU Korean Language Institute. Two of them are high school students who are really enjoying learning Korean. They are Klaudia Wiktoria Buza-Blonska (16) from Poland and Oyama Kouta (14), a fourth generation Korean-Japanese. Klaudia is currently in her third year in high school in Warsaw and Kouta is in his first year at an Tokyo International School. Klaudia is a bashful girl with brown hair. She wanted to learn Korean during summer vacation so she looked around over ten Korean universities. She chose YU because of the prompt and satisfying response, the reasonable tuition, and the systematic education system and flew over to YU in Korea from Warsaw, Poland in early July. Poland is a cultural powerhouse famous as the 'Chopin's country'. Despite this, the Hallyu is taking over Poland. Klaudia went with her friends to the K-Pop concert held in France in June of last year. She said, "My friends who did not know anything about K-pop just a year or two ago, now have high interest in Korean pop culture and have natural conversations saying, 'I like SHINee' or 'Super Junior is my favorite'. Korean TV dramas are also popular. 'Boys Over Flowers' is especially popular." Klaudia fell in love with Korea in not even a month staying here. She said, "Last night I talked with my mom on the phone and told her that I didn't want to leave Korea," adding, "Koreans are very warm and loving people. I became interested in Korea through K-pop, but the more I learn about Korea, the more I become attracted to Korea. I want to study Korean harder in the future and major in something related to K-pop and dubbing." Another international high school student came to the YU Korean Language Institute during summer vacation to learn Korean as well. He is Oyama Kouta (14). He is the youngest student at the YU Korean Language Institute and is a fourth generation Korean-Japanese. "When I was in the first grade in elementary school, I first became aware that I was Korean and that I had a Korean name, 'Kwak, Tae-sang'. I was surprised at first, but after some time passed, my interest in Korea grew." By studying Korean whenever he could, he is currently taking classes for second-level Korean. He said that his friends gave him a mission to bring back photos and albums from Girls' Generation and KARA. He stated, "I want to enroll in a university that has sister relations with YU and come back to YU later." He also added with a smile, "I want to work in a field related to international exchange such as student exchange between Korea and Japan. For this, I need to really study more about Korea and the Korean language." Director of the Korean Language Institute, Professor Suh, Jong-hak (61, Department of Korean Language Education), explained, "The Hallyu on pop-culture such as K-pop, TV dramas and movies, is leading to interest in Korean language, the Korean people, and the Korean society." He added, "We must make more preparations and efforts to improve the education environment and quality so that they can return to their homes and spread Hallyu even more."
