On 15th of September, 2023 – The Korean Language and Culture Program Studies once again held offline lectures in collaboration with the Korea Foundation. Every semester, UGM Korean Program Studies routinely holds online lectures with the Korea Foundation and several other universities. The Korea Foundation is currently starting to routinely return to UGM every year to hold offline lectures with students. On 15th of September, there were 2 classes that were successfully held offline on that day. Both classes were taught by lecturers from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS).
September
On September, 11th 2023, PT CJ Feed and Care visited the Korean Language and Culture Program Studies of Universitas Gadjah Mada. The presentation regarding field opportunities work at their company. PT CJ Feed and Care opened internship opportunities or full time as a translator for graduates of the Bachelor of Korean Language and Culture including fresh graduates. Not only that, at that day’s event PT CJ Feed and Care also said that they supported their workers to have a career plan or develop a career.
One of the specialties of the UGM Korean Language and Culture study program, in addition to learning through academic activities, students can also learn and try Korean culture directly through Dongari activities (extracurricular). The existing dongari is not only traditional culture, but also modern culture.
On Saturday, September 2nd, 2023, HIMAHARA successfully organized the Show Me the Dongari event. This event aimed to introduce, and invite new students to join the existing Dongari such as Buchaechum, Hansamchum, Talchum, Samulnori, and Katarsis
Korean Free Online Class (KFOC) is an annual event held by the UGM Korean Language and Culture Student Association (HIMAHARA). This event is part of the external division work program of HIMAHARA UGM. The form of this event itself is in the form of a free Korean language class which is held online through the zoom meeting platform and is open to the public, with the aim of teaching Korean to people who are interested in Korean.
In this KFOC, there were three levels of classes offered, namely Basic for learning hangeul and basic vocabulary, Beginner for learning basic grammar and examples of its use, and finally Intermediate for learning advanced grammar and its use. This year, KFOC UGM was held for two days, namely on August 26, 2023 for the Basic and Intermediate classes, and August 27, 2023 for the Beginner class.