SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has designated 26 new state-funded Korean language institutes abroad, the culture ministry said Wednesday, as part of efforts to help more people learn about the Korean culture and language. The 26 new institutes are located in 18 countries, including Bolivia, Morocco, Nepal, Slovenia and Tanzania, where such [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Sri Lanka has decided to adopt the Korean language as a subject for the country’s college entrance exams, a South Korean embassy there said Tuesday. According to the embassy, the Sri Lankan government recently added Korean to the list of foreign languages taught in the Advanced Level curriculum, as [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of schools in India are introducing Korean as a regular course. The Korean Cultural Centre India reported that Greenway Modern School and 11 other schools in New Delhi began teaching the Korean language this semester to elementary and middle school students. What began with three schools [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Institute of the Korean Language said Tuesday that it had unveiled eight kinds of new Korean language datasets, essential learning data for artificial intelligence (AI) to improve Korean language processing capability through its website. In August 2020, the institute released Korean language corpus for AI learning on [...]
SEJONG, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The education ministry said Sunday that it has nearly doubled its budget for Korean language education overseas this year amid growing demand for Korean as a second language thanks to the global popularity of K-pop and other Korean cultural content. According to the education ministry’s 2021 plan, the country [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Foundation has opened a new Korean language course at an university in Britain that uses the latest curriculum “Learn Korean with BTS” gaining massive popularity. The University of Sheffield’s Korean language course boasts 40 years of history. There are currently 130 students enrolled in the Korean language [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A state-run Korean language education center said Friday it has revamped its e-learning site into a web portal to offer comprehensive information on Korean culture. Nuri-Sejonghakdang now offers free access to content on Korea, including K-pop and Korean food, available both in Korean and English, the King Sejong Institute [...]
HANOI/SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnam has designated Korean as one of its first foreign languages, allowing it to be taught from primary school onward beginning this August, South Korean officials said Thursday. Education of the Korean language has expanded in the Southeast Asian country, driven by the popularity of Korean pop culture and [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The King Sejong Institute Foundation (KSIF), a South Korean government entity that operates Korean language centers abroad, on Wednesday unveiled an mobile app that is designed to help foreigners practice conversion in Korean. King Sejong AI Teacher is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based app that enables users to practice Korean [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — In India, where popularity of “hallyu” or the Korean Wave is getting stronger, eagerness to study the Korean language is also growing. The Korean Cultural Centre India said Tuesday that the first online beginner course for the Korean language this year was fully booked just two minutes after registration [...]