October 8, 2026 — As the winners of the 2026 K-speech jingle singing contest, UGM students were granted the honor of being the opening act for the competition. This performance is showcased in a video accessible on the K-speech Association’s official YouTube channel, K-speech TV.
For this year’s competition, the UGM team represented Indonesia in the K-speech choral category, while Pramesti Rifna Saputri, a UGM alumna from the class of 2015, represented the country in the individual category. The contest was held on October 8, 2026, at the King Sejong Royal Tomb complex in Yeoju City.
UGM successfully brought home the Best Excellent Award (최우수상) in the group category, presented by the Overseas Koreans Agency (재외동포청). Meanwhile, in the individual category, Pramesti also won the Best Excellent Award, awarded by the Governor of Gyeonggi Province (경기도지사). The highest honor in the foreigner individual category, the Foreigner Grand Prize (외국인 대상) from the Prime Minister (국무총리), was awarded to Maissane Aboubaker Hassan from Djibouti.
(Alfiana Amrin Rosyadi)
