[KS] 5 Foreigners Honored on Hangul Day

[Frank Tedesco]

>>               5 Foreigners Honored on Hangul Day                  
>>               10/07
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>>               Five scholars have received government citations for their
>>               role in advancing the Korean alphabet system (Hangul) in
>>               foreign countries, said the Ministry of Culture and Tourism
>>               yesterday.
>> 
>>               Bo-Gwan Order of Culture Merit, the highest cultural honor,
>>               will go to Cheon Ningning, professor of the Korean language
>>               at Chinese Culture University in Taipei, Taiwan. The
>>               professor was recognized for aggressively promoting hangul by
>>               introducing Korean literature in the Chinese literary
>>               community.
>> 
>>               The presidential ordinations will go to Nelly Om, an ethnic
>>               Korean who founded the first Korean school in Moscow in 1992
>>               and who has taught the language, history and culture of
>>               Korea.
>> 
>>               Robert Ramsey, a professor of Oriental and Eastern European
>>               Studies at the University of Maryland in the U.S. has been
>>               recognized for his academic achievements over the last three
>>               decades. His milestone works include a comparative study of
>>               dialects from the southeastern and northeastern parts of
>>               Korea. His research efforts will culminate in his book ``The
>>               Korean Language'' which will come out by the end of this
>>               year.
>> 
>>               The two recipients of the prime ministerial award are Lee
>>               Duk-chun, professor of Korean at Yanbien University in China
>>               and Yoo Sang-hee, professor at Nishogakusha University in
>>               Japan.
>> 
>>               The awards ceremony will take place at the Sejong Cultural
>>               Center in Seoul on Hangul Day (Oct. 9), marking the 552nd
>>               anniversary of the creation of Hangul by King Sejong in 1446.
>> 
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