Korea’s Chungnam National University recently opened a branch of the King Sejong Institute in the United Arab Emirates. The institute will be housed at Zayed University's Abu Dhabi campus.
Zayed University's Vice President, Dr. Sulaiman Al Jassim, Korean Ambassador to the UAE, Kwon Tae Kyun, and Lee Sang-cheol of Chungnam National University's Language Education Center attended the opening ceremony on October 18 at the university.
Named after King Sejong the Great (1397-1450), who created the Korean Hangeul alphabet, the King Sejong Institute is a Korean language school operated and commissioned by Korean education organizations and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the International Korean Language Foundation.
This is the first such institute to open in the Middle East, and it is hoped that the King Sejong Institute will play a key role in promoting Korean culture by teaching the Korean language.
Zayed University's Vice President, Dr. Sulaiman Al Jassim, Korean Ambassador to the UAE, Kwon Tae Kyun, and Lee Sang-cheol of Chungnam National University's Language Education Center attended the opening ceremony on October 18 at the university.
Named after King Sejong the Great (1397-1450), who created the Korean Hangeul alphabet, the King Sejong Institute is a Korean language school operated and commissioned by Korean education organizations and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the International Korean Language Foundation.
This is the first such institute to open in the Middle East, and it is hoped that the King Sejong Institute will play a key role in promoting Korean culture by teaching the Korean language.
| (From left to right) Lee Sang-cheol of Chungnam National University's Language Education Center, Associate Professor of Zayed University Christopher Brown and Zayed University's Vice President Dr. Sulaiman Al Jassim attend the opening ceremony of the King Sejong Institute on October 18 at the university in Abu Dhabi |
More than 100 students, including officials who will be dispatched to Korea, enrolled the institute, and instruction will be provided by a teacher from Chungnam National University.
The Vice President of Zayed University, Dr. Al Jassim, said the institute will help strengthen Korea-UAE ties and expressed his thanks for the Korean government’s support.
Chungnam National University hopes the institute will serve as a bridge between the two countries by introducing the Korean language and culture to the Middle East.
Chungnam National University Language Education Center also plans to open a King Sejong Institute in Turkey.
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