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 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Another well-known university in India is joining the ranks of higher education institutions there by adopting Korean language as a formal bachelor’s degree program. Manipur University in India has opened an undergraduate program in the Korean language, and began related lectures on Monday. This is the third time that [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A Canadian university has upgraded its Korean language program to a minor program, becoming the first Canadian school in Ottawa to offer an academic program in the language, South Korean officials said Wednesday. Carleton University launched its Korean language minor program on Wednesday after upgrading it from an elective [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Along with the global explosion of K-pop, the need among global fans to better understand what K-pop artists are singing, saying and writing in Korean has grown significantly. The online edition of American business magazine Forbes highlighted in a recent article that many international fans of K-pop nowadays are [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A textbook package for learning Korean language, with officially-licensed contents of K-pop giants BTS, is available for purchase, its publisher said Monday. Big Hit Edu, the education content subsidiary of Big Hit Entertainment, said it has released “Learn! Korean with BTS,” the Korean-language learning product comprised of four textbooks [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean language has been selected as an official secondary language in India, to be included in the country’s public education curriculum. The Indian government announced new education plans on Thursday, adding the Korean language, along with Thai, Portuguese, and Russian, to the recommended list of secondary language courses. [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — King Sejong Institute, the state-run Korean culture and language education center, will introduce and support the operation of a preliminary Korean language program in foreign countries where there is demand for Korean language education but supply is limited. The King Sejong Institute Foundation (KSIF) announced on Tuesday that the [...]