In the 2022/2023 academic year, the UGM Korean Language and Culture Program sent 7 students to South Korea to participate in the exchange student program. The university that the students are aiming for this time is Kyungpook National University, Busan University of Foreign Studies, and Soonchunhyang University.
In the odd semester of the 2023/2024 academic year, UGM’s Korean Language and Culture Study Program sent 4 students to take part in an exchange student program abroad. The country where students are sent is not only Korea, but America is also one of the destination countries to learn on this semester’s exchange opportunity. The universities where they continued their studies were Arizona State University, Busan University of Foreign Studies, and Soonchunhyang University.
On January 12, 2024, Cheil Jedang Indonesia Inc, Jombang Plant visited the UGM Faculty of Cultural Sciences to provide work opportunities to alumni of the Korean Language and Culture Study Program by carrying out a direct recruitment process. This activity began with a presentation from the company regarding the company’s history and branches. Then the presentation continued with the introduction of a company branch located in Jombang, East Java more specifically. The activity continued with the first recruitment procedure, a psychological test by the recruitment team.
After the psychological test was completed, it continued and ended with a direct interview by HR team of Cheil Jedang Indonesia Inc., Jombang Plant. This direct recruitment process by Cheil Jedang Indonesia Inc., is certainly a good opportunity for alumni and students of the Korean Language and Culture Study Program to get the opportunity to work in the field that matches the knowledge gained during their studies. (FDK/Personal Doc)
17th of November 2023 – Korean Language and Culture Program Studies of UGM organized an awarding ceremony of Korindo Scholarship. The lecturers and the freshmen studens attended the event. The event was started by a traditional Korean Fan Dance or well known as Buchaechum and continued to the opening speech of Faculty of Cultural Science’s dean, Prof. Dr. Setiadi, S.Sos., M.Si and the speech of Korindo’s representative,Mr. Seo Jeong Sik as a general secretary of Korindo.
2nd of November, 2023 – Korea language and culture of UGM organized a public lecture which was titled “The errors of Korean- Indonesian and Indonesia-Korea’s Translations Works”. For this public lecture, our program studies invited a professional and experienced worker in translation work of Korea-Indonesia-Korea, Miss. Min Seon Hee, M.A. Her work background was a interpreter and translator of Korean Embassy in Jakarta and has been pointed as an interpreter during the visit of Korean Minister to meet President Jokowi and the meeting of lady first of Korean and Indonesia. Besides, Min also worked as Korean and Indonesian teacher.
Korean Language and Culture Program Studies held a public lecture titled “50 Years of South Korea-Indonesia Cooperation Relations” and scholarship awarding of the Kagama Korea Scholarship and the Oesolhoe Foundation. Before public lectures began, a scholarship award ceremony was held first. Scholarship obtained by a number of Korean Language and Culture students from the Class of 2020, 2021, and 2022 who were excellent at academics. The Kagama Korea scholarship was awarded by Prof. Yang Seung-Yoon, as well as the awarding of the Oesolhoe Foundation scholarship carried out by Mr. Suray Agung Nugroho, S.S., M.A., Ph.D.
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).
On August 9-10th, 2023, The Korean Language and Culture Program Studies participated in the National Seminar on Korean Language and Culture Education in Indonesia: Challenges and Strategies (한국어 교육 학술회의: 인도네시아 한국어 한국 문화 교육의 도전과 과제).
The Korean Language and Culture Program Studies collaborated with Korea University to hold offline lectures and public lectures together at the end of May 2023. The offline lecture was a Korean History course which is usually held online every Friday at 09.00am. The offline lecture was held in two sessions on different days considering the golden opportunity for the Korea University lecturer, Prof. Yoon Eun Ja, to be able to directly explain the lecture material to students.
Friday, May 12, 2023 – UGM Korean Language and Culture Study Program won first place in the 2023 Korean Language Debate Competition for D3 / S1 students throughout Indonesia by KCCI (2023년 인도네시아 대학생 한국어 토론대회).
