<div dir="ltr"><br><p>Dear Sir or Madam</p><p>My name is Taerae Kim, and <span style="font-size:11pt">I would like to ask you to provide our UniKorea Grant Program's informations to those subscribers.<br><br></span></p><p>The UniKorea Foundation was established in 2015 and has since been dedicated to supporting researchers and organizations interested in North Korea and Korean unification. </p><p>This year marks the 10th anniversary of our foundation, adding special significance to this call for proposals.</p><p><br></p><p>The 2025 UniKorea Grant is open to anyone with an interest in North Korea and Korean unification, including those in academia, civil society, the arts and culture sector, youth organizations, and beyond.</p><p><br></p><p>We would greatly appreciate it if you could share the information below with individuals and groups who may be interested. Your interest and participation will contribute meaningfully to preparing for peace and the future of the Korean Peninsula.</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you for your support.</p><p><br></p><p>Kind regards,<br>
Tae-rae Kim</p><table style="overflow:hidden;margin:0px auto;padding:0px;width:630px;max-width:630px;clear:both;line-height:1.7;font-size:14px;border:0px" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="height:0px"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-size:0px;height:0px"><div style="max-width:630px;margin:0px;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:unset;display:inline-block;width:630px"><div style="text-align:left;margin:0px;line-height:1.7;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);clear:both;border:0px;font-family:AppleSDGothic,"apple sd gothic neo","noto sans korean","noto sans korean regular","noto sans cjk kr","noto sans cjk","nanum gothic","malgun gothic",dotum,arial,helvetica,"MS Gothic",sans-serif"><table style="width:630px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:15px;line-height:1.7;word-break:break-word;border:0px;width:600px;height:0px"><p style="margin:0px" align="center"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-size:20px"><span style="font-weight:bold"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px" align="center"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-size:20px"><span style="font-weight:bold"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px" align="center"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-size:20px"><span style="font-weight:bold"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin:0px" align="center"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-size:20px"><span style="font-weight:bold">UNIKOREA</span></span></p><p style="margin:0px" align="center"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-size:20px"><span style="font-weight:bold">GRANT PROGRAM 2025</span></span></p><p style="margin:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px" align="center">The UniKorea Foundation announces an open competition for organizations interested in projects that create a global network for promoting reunification and peace on the Korean Peninsula.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Pretendard,Lato,"Noto Sans KR","Noto Sans Korean","Noto Sans Korean","nanum gothic","Sans Serif";font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Pretendard,Lato,"Noto Sans KR","Noto Sans Korean","Noto Sans Korean","nanum gothic","Sans Serif";font-size:14px"><table style="overflow:hidden;margin:0px auto;padding:0px;width:630px;max-width:630px;clear:both;line-height:1.7;border:0px" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="height:0px"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-size:0px;height:0px"><table style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" align="left" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:15px;border:0px;height:0px"><table style="width:600px;height:0px;background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;padding:0px;border-top:3px solid rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Pretendard,Lato,"Noto Sans KR","Noto Sans Korean","Noto Sans Korean","nanum gothic","Sans Serif";font-size:14px"><table style="overflow:hidden;margin:0px auto;padding:0px;width:630px;max-width:630px;clear:both;line-height:1.7;border:0px" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="height:0px"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-size:0px;height:0px"><div style="max-width:630px;margin:0px;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:unset;display:inline-block;width:630px"><div style="margin:0px;width:630px;box-sizing:border-box;clear:both"><table style="width:630px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px;border:0px;line-height:0;width:630px;box-sizing:border-box;height:0px"><img style="width: 596px; display: inline; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 100%; height: auto; border: 0px;" width="596" src="https://img2.stibee.com/49305_2935702_1754467061109112138.jpg"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align:left;margin:0px;line-height:1.7;word-break:break-word;font-size:16px;clear:both;border:0px;font-family:AppleSDGothic,"apple sd gothic neo","noto sans korean","noto sans korean regular","noto sans cjk kr","noto sans cjk","nanum gothic","malgun gothic",dotum,arial,helvetica,"MS Gothic",sans-serif"><table style="width:630px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:20px 15px 15px;line-height:1.7;word-break:break-word;border:0px;width:600px;height:0px"><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-weight:bold">1. Application Period<br></span>July 28 - August 26, 2025, 24:00(GMT-4)<span style="font-weight:bold"><br></span></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-weight:bold">2. Project Period </span><br>October 1, 2025 ~ May 31, 2026<br><span style="font-style:italic">* </span>Depending on the nature of the project, the project period may be extended beyond May 2026 in agreement with UniKorea.<br></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px"><br><span style="font-weight:bold">3. Project Categories </span><br>(1) Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation <br>(2) Humanitarian & Sustainable Development Projects for North Korea <br>(3) HRD Training & Capacity Building Projects for North Koreans <br>(4) HRD Training & Capacity Building Projects for global students and professionals <br>(5) Original Research <span style="font-weight:bold">*You should submit 'Research Proposal' <span style="text-decoration-line:underline">only</span>.</span><br>(6) Creative Contents <br>*Even if your project fits into more than one category, you must choose <span style="text-decoration-line:underline">only one</span>.<br> </p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px"><br><span style="font-weight:bold">4. Qualification (You only need to meet the criteria for either 1 or 2)</span><br>(1) Organizations, universities, research institutes, think tanks, agencies, NGOs, etc. outside of South Korea <br>OR<br>(2) Organizations, universities, research institutes, think tanks, agencies, NGOs, etc. in Korea that have an official partnership (such as an MOU) with a leading overseas university, institute, or organization. <br> </p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px"><br><span style="font-weight:bold">5. Grant Size </span><br>Please propose a reasonable budget, as there is no set minimum or maximum grant amount.<br>*The final grant amount may be adjusted in agreement with UniKorea after selection.<br> </p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px"><br><span style="font-weight:bold">6. 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1. MA & PhD Scholarship for 2026 Spring Semester at the Graduate<br>
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2. Monash University Korean Studies Seminar Events (Sandy Nguyen)<br>
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<p><span style="font-family:tahoma">The Graduate School of Korean Studies at the Academy of Korean Studies is now accepting applications for its <strong>Master's and doctoral programs</strong> for 2026 spring semester. The application period runs <strong>from September 8 to September 19</strong> via <strong><a href="https://www.studyinkorea.go.kr/" target="_blank">www.studyinkorea.go.kr</a></strong>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:tahoma">As you may be aware, all international students at the AKS are provided with a full tuition waiver, and 15 newly admitted students each semester are awarded a monthly stipend of 800,000 KRW.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:tahoma">What is more, starting this year, thanks to the generous support of the POSCO TJ Foundation, we are offering the <span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><strong>POSCO Global Scholarship</strong></span> to three newly admitted international students. The scholarship includes:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family:tahoma"><strong>A monthly living allowance of 1,000,000 KRW</strong> for the full duration of the program (2 years for Master\u2019s, 3 years for Ph.D.)</span></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma">A one-time settlement grant of 1,000,000 KRW</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-family:tahoma">A monthly health insurance subsidy of 100,000 KRW</span></strong></li>
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<p><span style="font-family:tahoma">To be eligible for the POSCO Global Scholarship, applicants must be nationals of one of the designated countries listed below.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:tahoma">Nayeon Lee</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:tahoma">International Student Advisor</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:tahoma">The Graduate School of Korean Studies</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:tahoma">The Academy of Korean Studies</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:tahoma">323 Haogae-ro Bundang-gu Seongnam-si Gyeonggi-do 13455</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><a href="http://grad.aks.ac.kr" target="_blank">grad.aks.ac.kr</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><a href="http://aks.ac.kr" target="_blank">aks.ac.kr</a></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><a href="mailto:nylee@aks.ac.kr" target="_blank">nylee@aks.ac.kr</a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb</font><span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px"> </font><font color="#ff0000" style="line-height:20.8px"> </font></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#ff0000" style="line-height:20.8px">Tuition fees are fully waived</font></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> for the whole coursework period for all international students. </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px">About 80% of international students benefit from the </font><b><font color="#ff0000" style="line-height:20.8px">Government Grant, a monthly stipend of 800,000 KRW</font></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">for a year, renewable upon evaluation. </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">\u25cb </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><strong>POSCO Global Sholarship</strong></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> (</span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><strong>monthly allowance of 1,000,000 KRW</strong></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> for the entire duration of study) is available for 3 newly admitted students.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px">A </font><b><font color="#ff0000" style="line-height:20.8px">5:1 student-faculty ratio</font></b><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px"> enables close one-to-one guidance by professors. </font></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#ff0000" style="line-height:20.8px">Korean language courses are offered free of charge</font></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">to assist international students with academic writing, presentations, and discussions. </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Various programs such as tutoring, writing clinic, cultural activities and airfare subsidy for attending overseas conferences, etc. support students\u2019 academic performance. </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px">Currently, approximately 200 students are enrolled in our Master\u2019s or doctoral degree programs, </font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px">including 110 international students from 35 countries,</span></span></span><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"> in the fields of humanities and social sciences pertinent to Korea. </font></span></p>
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<p><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background:blue"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="line-height:28.8px">SUBJECT AREAS</span></span></span></span></b><b style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </b></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:28px"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Korean History </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:28px"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Diplomatics and Bibliography </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:28px"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Philosophy </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:28px"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Korean Linguistics · Korean Literature </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:28px"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Anthropology · Folklore </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:28px"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Religious Studies </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:28px"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Musicology </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:28px"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Art History </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:28px"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Cultural Informatics · Human Geography </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:28px"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Political Science </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:28px"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Sociology </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:28px"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Education </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:28px"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Korean Cultural Studies(Only available for a Master\u2019s degree program) </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="word-break:keep-all"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="background-color:rgb(0,0,255)">The Program </span></font></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Coursework period is 2 years for a Master\u2019s degree program and 3 years for a doctoral degree program. </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">An academic year consists of two semesters and courses are provided for 15 weeks per semester. A spring semester begins in March, and a fall semester in September. </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Most courses are taught in Korean, while courses in Korean Cultural Studies are provided in in English. </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Students earn 3 credits per each course. In order to graduate, students of a Master\u2019s degree program should complete 24 credits, and a doctoral degree program 36 credits, other than mandatory Korean language courses which are non-credit. Both Master\u2019s degree and doctoral degree students should write a thesis. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="background-color:rgb(0,0,255)">Entry Requirement </span></font></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">A keen interest in Korean studies, coupled with an undergraduate degree (for a Master\u2019s degree program) or a graduate degree (for a doctoral degree program) </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px">English language proficiency equivalent to or higher than </font><b><font color="#ff0000" style="line-height:20.8px">TOEFL iBT 80, IELTS Academic Module 6.5, or TEPS 301</font></b> <font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px">for applicants </font><b><font color="#0000ff" style="line-height:20.8px">for Korean Cultural Studies</font></b></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px">Korean language proficiency equivalent to or higher than </font><b><font color="#ff0000" style="line-height:20.8px">TOPIK(Test of Proficiency in Korean) level 4</font></b><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px"> for applicants </font><b><font color="#0000ff" style="line-height:20.8px">except for Korean Cultural Studies</font></b></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="background-color:rgb(0,0,255)">Application Deadline </span></font></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"> </font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px">We seek for applications twice a year. </font><b><font color="#ff0000" style="line-height:20.8px">Application for </font></b></font><span style="font-family:tahoma"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="line-height:20.8px"><strong>2026 spring semester</strong></span></span></span></span><font face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"> <font style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333">is open </font><b><font color="#ff0000">from 8 Sep to 19 Sep 2025</font></b></font><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px">. Applications for</font><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><font style="line-height:20.8px"><strong> 2026 fall semester</strong></font></span><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px"> will be sought </font><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><font style="line-height:20.8px"><strong>from 16 Mar to 27 Mar 2026</strong></font></span><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px">. </font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span style="background-color:rgb(0,0,255)">How to Apply </span></font></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px"><font face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px">To apply, visit </font><b><font color="#ff0000" style="line-height:20.8px"><a href="http://www.studyinkorea.go.kr" target="_blank">www.studyinkorea.go.kr</a></font></b> <font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.8px">and complete the online application form. A soft copy or a scanned copy of the following documents should be uploaded on the application website: </font></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Personal Statement </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">Research Plan </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">A graduation certificate and official transcripts </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">A score report of TOFEL iBT, IELTS Academic Module, or TEPS (if applicable) </span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:normal;word-break:keep-all"><font color="#333333" face="tahoma" style="line-height:20.8px"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">\u25cb<span style="line-height:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:20.8px">A TOPIK certificate (if applicable) </span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-left:29.9pt"><font face="tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:0pt">A. 1</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:0pt;vertical-align:super">st</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:0pt">Process</span></font><font face="tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:0pt"> : </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold">Document Screening</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-left:30.6pt"><font face="tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:0pt">B. 2</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:0pt;vertical-align:super">nd</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:0pt">Process : </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold">A Video or In-person Interview</span></font></p>
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<img id="m_712880701990690156mailexp" width="0" border="0" src="https://mail.aks.ac.kr/receipt/notification.do?p=d0a1e4c640ab4e637d5272430d8255d360f2c979120082af06a9a1f6db3253815cf13218313aa8803ada3e5f2101e3728bf7d51da94cb2a6a35fb6817fff49799ce935a9c66a9eb3fef174fcde4026bb6f829f8274a106d6fb1a8f7ac08222ea"><br><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Sandy Nguyen <<a href="mailto:sandy.nguyen1@monash.edu" target="_blank">sandy.nguyen1@monash.edu</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:koreanstudies@koreanstudies.com" target="_blank">koreanstudies@koreanstudies.com</a><br>Cc: <br>Bcc: <br>Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:08:58 +1000<br>Subject: [KS] Monash University Korean Studies Seminar Events<br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Dear KS list members, please note the following online event. Please register using the Google form and a ZOOM link will be sent to you one day prior to the seminar. Hope to see you there. All the best, Sandy</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br><span style="text-align:justify"><div style="text-align:center"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) presents:</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Monash Beyond Borders Korean Studies Seminar Series 2025</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></b><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><i>'<span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Leaving it All in the Ring: Pro Wrestling and Reconciliation in North and South Korea</span>.'<br><br></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Professor Roald Maliangkay (ANU)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Room 331, Learning and Teaching Building (LTB), Monash Clayton VIC 3168 & via ZOOM</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt">18th September 2025, 5pm AEST (Melbourne time)<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><b><u>Bio</u></b><u></u><u></u></p><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Roald Maliangkay is Professor in Korean Studies at the Australian National University. He specialises in the history of Korean popular culture and enjoys exploring the consumption of what are commonly considered non-essentials. He is the author of </span><i style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Broken Voices: Postcolonial Entanglements and the Preservation of Korea\u2019s Central Folksong Traditions</i><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start"> (2017) and co-editor of </span><i style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">K-pop: The international rise of the Korean music industry</i><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start"> (2015). </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><b><u>Abstract<br></u></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">In the early 1960s, pro wrestling became a popular form of entertainment in South Korea. Shows featuring male and female athletes, and a few affected by dwarfism, repeatedly sold out. The fast-growing popularity of the fake fighting theatre put the authorities on notice. As it was keen to normalise relationships with its former coloniser, organising bilateral events in the sport, which was hugely popular in Japan, carried much potential. What is more, the sport\u2019s biggest star in Japan was Rikid\u014dzan, who was born in Korea. In early 1963, Park Chung-hee invited the wrestler to come to Korea to help organise bilateral wrestling events. While many bilateral events would take place after, Rikid\u014dzan was murdered in December that year by a member of the yakuza. His legacy would live on, nevertheless, though ironically more so in North Korea than in the South. In the two years leading up to what would be the world\u2019s largest-ever pro wrestling event, held in Pyongyang in April 1995, North Koreans were told about the wrestler\u2019s past, his love of Kim Il Sung, and how he was forced to hide his proud North Korean identity for decades. In this talk I discuss the importance of pro wrestling in North and South Korea. I argue that even though the sport has been used as a way of facilitating bilateral exchanges and reconciliation, due to its violence and its association with Japan and the United States, it has served as a conduit for patriotism, and ethnic masculinity. </span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Register <a href="https://forms.gle/xt78gtM7oqxwQ57w8" target="_blank">here</a> for a ZOOM link.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB">-----</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) presents:</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Monash Beyond Borders Korean Studies Seminar Series 2025</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></b><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><i>'<span style="font-family:docs-Roboto;text-align:start">The Effects on a Lifetime \u2013 The Life Force of 5.18'</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><i><br></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start"> David L. Dolinger, Ph.D</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">via ZOOM</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt">25th September 2025, 3pm AEST (Melbourne time)</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><b><u>Bio<br></u></b><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">Graduating from college with a B.S. in Chemistry and Biology, David had little direction or understanding of where his life would go. But he knew that he wanted to contribute, to make a difference. This led to the Peace Corps and south Korea. >From April 1978 onwards he found himself in south Korea. David was sent to rural Jeollanam Province, Yeongam County where he worked as a tuberculosis case worker in the county health centre. He spent most of his free in his beloved Wolchulsan, hiking and climbing. Then life started to get interesting, starting in October of 1979 and the spring of 1980. He found himself in the middle of the turbulent events of Gwangju. He and other Peace Corps volunteers refused the orders of the U.S. Embassy to leave the city, wanting to stay, witness what was happening, help as they could. Because of the life decision that he had he was summarily dismissed form the Peace Corps. But he has not regretted the decisions that were made at that time, they have helped to lead him to where he is today and has help to strengthen the decisions he has made and things that he has been willing to stand up and fight for. During his time as a Peace Corps volunteer, he developed tuberculosis, and it made him realized that proper diagnostics were the key foundation of good healthcare regardless of socio-economic status or where one was in the world. Returning home, David received his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from Temple University School of Medicine and has since focused his career on </span><i style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">in vitro</i><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual"> diagnostics (IVDs) and medical devices (MDs). Through his career he has developed and commercialized innovative and impactful assays for infectious disease (e.g. HIV, HCV, tuberculosis, etc.), but always with a focus on neglected diseases, and solutions that focus on the individual and the pathway that they must follow to regain their health. This approach as lead to major paradigm shifts in diagnostics for HIV and tuberculosis. In addition to a fulfilling life in diagnostics he has had time to have a family, travel the world, travel back to and reconnect with Korea. In addition to his many adventures, scientific publication he has publish his first autobiographical book which provides insight into what he witnessed, the people he met and what he did in Gwangju during those turbulent times in May of 1980.</span><b><u></u></b><u></u><u></u></p><div style="text-align:justify"><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><b><u>Abstract<br></u></b><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">I can\u2019t say that any of us, foreigners who were in Kwangju in May of 1980, had any idea as to what we were witnessing, what we would do, how our lives would end up. I can only say that I have tried to take my live one day at a time, on my terms but have let my experiences from May of 1980 help to guide me down my path. Being there, witnessing the violence, the bravery, the sacrifices have long term affects on a young impressionable mind. I was twenty-four years of age, very young and very naïve compared to the other twenty somethings that I would meet over those days in May. At that time, I was living in Yeongam, about an hour\u2019s bus ride southwest of Kwangju, I was a resident of Chollanam Do, I was affected by those around me. During the spring of 1980 I witnessed aspects leading up to 5.18. I felt people\u2019s hope, despair and fear but I also felt a deeper drive, a force. I witnessed the hope on Friday the 16th, the aftermath of the 18th. We had no idea on the 18th and 19th what was going to follow, I went back to Yeongam, I had a job, I had individuals with TB that I need to attend to. But I made the decision to return to Kwangju on Wednesday May 21st, Buddha\u2019s birthday. Without bus service and the ability to pay the hefty taxi fees I walked back into Kwangju. Later, I and other Peace Corps volunteers made the key decision not to leave even when ordered by the U.S. Peace Corps and U.S. Embassy. In the intervening days prior to the military re-invading the city I was in constant contact with the citizen and student leaders, spent time in the Provincial Office building, I was the only foreigner to have free entry into the Provencial Office building. I translated for foreign journalist, visiting hospitals, did what I thought could help. At time it was just listening to people, listening to their stories. Following the re-invasion of the city, we Peace Corps volunteers were removed from the city. I was forced to resign from the Peace Corps and was told that I should immediately leave the country as I could no longer be protected by the U.S. Embassy and that the Korea government had threatened my life. I did not leave, I stayed, I became more involved. Kwangju opened my eyes, I view it as the city of my birth, as a human. The pain has stayed with me every day, but it has also provided a mindset of never accepting no, or it is not possible, as an answer. For me personally it has allowed me to approach my career in multiple different directions and with a viewpoint which others do not have nor can provide. But there are questions that I ask everyday of myself, can I do more, could I have done more, have I done enough, how can I ensure that truth is disclosed, how can I educate others. I never want to forget the pain, the emotions, the memories of what occurred during 5.18. I also want others to know the story of 5.18, how some people lived their all too short lives, how they were willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good.</span><b><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Register <a href="https://forms.gle/Lwhyu6QWLtGstkom7" target="_blank">here</a> for a ZOOM link.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB">-----</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b>Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) presents:</b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b>Monash Beyond Borders Korean Studies Seminar Series 2025</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></b><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><i>''<span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Non-native Korean Speaking Teachers: The Elephant in the Room of Korean Language Education.'</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><i><br></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt">Dr <span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Nicola Fraschini (University of Melbourne)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Room JG04, 33 Innovation Walk, Monash Clayton VIC 3168</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start"> & via ZOOM</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt">16th October 2025, 3pm AEST (Melbourne time)</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="line-height:12.65pt"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><b><u>Bio</u></b><u></u><u></u></p><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Nicola Fraschini is Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies and Director of the Global</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Korea Research Hub at the University of Melbourne. His research focuses on</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">individual differences in Korean language teaching and learning, and on the</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">application of Q methodology to language research. He is co-editor of the volumes</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Advancing language research through Q methodology (2024, Multilingual Matters),</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Enabling learning: Language teaching for Australian universities (2024, ANU Press),</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Innovative methods in Korean language teaching (2025, Routledge), and The </span><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start">Korean case for youth language learning (2026, Routledge).</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:start;line-height:12.65pt"><b><u>Abstract<br></u></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual;text-align:start"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">During the past two decades, the field of Korean language education has been</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">quantitatively and qualitatively boosted by several policies and initiatives introduced</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">by Korean governmental institutions in light of the growing interest towards learning</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">the Korean language in both domestic and overseas contexts. While, on the one</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">hand, such policies provided a formal recognition of the language teaching</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">profession, on the other hand, affected by the narrative of Koreaness, they have</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">almost completely ignored the expertise of non-native Korean speaking teachers</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">(NNKSTs) and their needs. This presentation provides an analysis of the main</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">policies and initiatives of the past 20 years and their relevance for the training of</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Korean language teachers in general and NNKSTs in particular. Then, through a</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">consideration of the author\u2019s research conducted on NNKSTs\u2019 competencies, it</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">advocates for more recognition of NNKSTs\u2019 expertise and for the adoption of a</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">dynamic model of teacher competencies that could leverage on NNKSTs\u2019 context</span><br style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">knowledge to support the development of Korean language learning in global</span><br 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