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YU is the First Korean university to pursue 'Regionally Specialized International Exchange' YU signed MOUs with 9 national universities in 7 Southeast Asian countries such as the University of Malaya, Chulalongkorn University and University of Indonesia. [June 6, 2013] YU signed MOUs with 9 national universities in 7 Southeast Asian countries and promised exchange and cooperation focusing on the Saemaul Undong, Korean and engineering technologies. A new Hallyu (Korean Wave) is sweeping in Southeast Asia. The Hallyu, that began with pop culture such as Korea's TV dramas and pop music is now shifting to 'Knowledge Hallyu' such as the Saemaul Undong, the Korean language and engineering technologies. YU is standing at the heart of this. 9 national universities that represent the intellect of 7 Southeast Asian countries such as Laos, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines gathered at YU on the 6th. They came for education and research cooperation and exchange with YU, which is especially strong in the Saemaul Undong, the Korean language and engineering technologies. The 'Strategic Symposium for Collaboration in Education & Research between Korea and Southeast Asia' was held at the Chunma Arts Center Sapphire Hall from 9 a.m. The University of Malaya (Malaysia) that was ranked 33rd in the 2013 QS Asian University Ranking, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) that was ranked 48th, University of Indonesia that was ranked 64th, and the University of the Philippines that was ranked 67th, as well as Burapha University (Thailand), Royal University of Phnom Penh (Cambodia), National University of Laos, and USSH Hanoi and USSH HCMC (Vietnam), which are all top universities in their respective countries gathered at YU to discuss effective exchange and cooperation plans. They also signed an MOU to promise to put into exercise a global partnership. A symposium for the exchange strategy between YU and 9 national universities of Southeast Asia was held at the Chunma Arts Center Sapphire Hall from 9 a.m. on the 6th. Thus, YU has become the first Korean university to begin 'regionally specialized international exchange' that has joint partners with the world's regional hub universities, rather than separate exchange programs between universities. The first partner is Southeast Asian regional hub universities that have high educational demands for the Saemaul Undong, the Korean language, and Korean engineering technologies. These 9 universities are member universities of 'KoSASA' (Korean Studies Association of Southeast Asia), which studies Korea from Southeast Asian countries. Therefore, this MOU shows the willingness of KoSASA that aims to promote exchange with and research on Korea using YU as its base. Dr. Mohd Hamdi Abdul Shukor (42), chairperson of KoSASA and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya said, "Global interest is shifting from the west to east. At this point, exchange and cooperation between Korea and Southeast Asian countries will strengthen ties in our region and enhance our competitiveness. Based on the principal of mutual learning and mutual benefit, KoSASA and YU will work together so that our global partnership can become stronger." YU's strategy is to jumpstart Knowledge Hallyu in Southeast Asia by actively promoting human and material exchange, joint research and academic activities focusing on the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul and 'Korean Language Education as A Second Language' in graduate school and college of engineering. YU President Noh, Seok Kyun said, "Through today's symposium, we once again confirmed that demand in Southeast Asia for Korea's Saemaul Undong, the Korean language, engineering technologies and culture are considerably high." He also added, "I hope that the MOU signed between YU and universities of Southeast Asia will mark the beginning of reinforcing exchange and cooperation between Korea and Southeast Asia." YU President Noh greets the 9 national universities of Southeast Asia. The Korea Research Institute (KRI) at UNSW (The University of New South Wales), which is a leading research and education university of Australia, also visited YU and promised to provide full support for exchange and cooperation with Southeast Asian hub universities. KRI is one of the best known research institutes on Korean studies that made joint efforts in Southeast Asia for the past 15 years to promote research and education related to Korea. At the summary discussion to end the symposium, KRI Executive Director Suh, Chung Sok said, "The 10 leading universities that gathered today must think together and make joint preparations for the coming age of Asia. For this, it must be exchange and cooperation based on a 'partnership' that share the vision of organizations, share risks, and participate together, rather than looking for 'memberships' just to reap the benefits from the organization." About 30 international students who graduated from the 9 Southeast Asian universities attended the event to welcome the presidents of their undergraduate universities. Vice President of University of Indonesia Sunardji, Se, MM, who heard news that an alumni of University of Indonesia studying at YU won awards at international academic conferences and received scholarships, said, "I am extremely happy to see our alumni study hard in the great educational environment of YU and achieve great results." He added, "I hope that many excellent students from YU come study at University of Indonesia as well." Andy Tirta (28, 4th term in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering doctorate program), who graduated from University of Indonesia and met the president of his school 6 years after graduating said, "It was great to be able to meet the president of my former university here at YU," while adding, "There were about 70 Indonesian students who came to study at YU during the past 6 years, and that number will grow in the future." Meanwhile at the strategic symposium, vice governer of Gyeongsangbuk-do Lee, In Seon, deputy president of the DGB Financial Group Park, Dong Gowan, Honorary Professor of Seoul National University Choi, Song Hwa (chair professor at YU, KoSASA advisor) also attended to congratulate the exchange and cooperation between YU and 9 national universities of Southeast Asia.
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YU provides Saemaul education to public officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos [May 29, 2013] YU (President Noh, Seok Kyun) offered Saemaul education to public officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) of Laos to support the development of agriculture in Laos. 9 members including the deputy assistant secretary of the MAF of Laos and public officials from both the central and local governments who visited YU at 9 a.m. on the 29th received education on plans for development of agriculture in Laos through the Saemaul Undong at the YU President Park Chung Hee Leadership Research Institute for 2 hours. They sought localization plans of the Saemaul Undong to develop rural areas of Laos through a lecture titled 'Saemaul Undong, Official Development Assistance (ODA) and Rural Development' by YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul Professor Yi, Yang Soo. Sousath SAYAKOUMMANE (51), the deputy assistant secretary of the MAF of Laos who led the group, said, "I learned just how much of a big role the 'Saemaul Undong' and 'Saemaul Spirit' played for Korea's agricultural development," and added, "We will consider policies that integrate the development of agriculture in Laos and the Saemaul Undong." Professor Choi, Oe Chool (57, Department of Regional Development and Welfare Administration), director of the YU President Park Chung Hee Leadership Research Institute who oversaw the education, said, "By analyzing the success factors of the Saemaul Undong that led Korea's agricultural development in the past and by constructing a civil-government cooperation mechanism, it is possible to create a Saemaul Undong localization model that can be applied in emerging countries." He also added, "Korea's Saemaul Undong is now becoming an icon of hope for the co-prosperity of the global community by academically systematizing and globalizing the Saemaul Undong." Meanwhile, the Laos public official group that visited Korea to strengthen their capacities for agriculture cooperatives policies visited President Park Chung Hee's home in Sangmo-dong, Gumi after receiving education at the YU President Park Chung Hee Leadership Research Institute, and also visited the Nation Restoration Hall to experience the achievements and development of Korea.
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Assessed as 'best university' in architectural engineering sector by the industries School of Mechanical Engineering also ranks top in 'Consistency of Industry Demands and Curriculum' [May 27, 2013] The School of Architecture received the top evaluation by the industries in the architectural engineering sector. The Ministry of Education recently released the results of the '2012 Evaluation of University Education on the Perspective of Industry'. This evaluation was supervised by the Korean Council for University Education(KCUE) and carried out jointly by the Ministry of Education(MOE), Ministry of Strategy and Finance(MOSF), and 5 leading economic organizations. It was carried out for 103 departments in 42 universities wanting to participate in the 5 sectors of architectural engineering, mechanics, automobile, shipbuilding, and civil engineering(design). The evaluation items included ▲Industry-university relation education infrastructure (20), ▲Consistency of industry demands and curriculum (50), and ▲Education and technological development performance (30). 35 companies including Hyundai Motors, Daewoo E&C and Samsung Heavy Industries participated in the analysis, while 1,517 companies cooperated in the questionnaires. In result, YU was evaluated as 'overall best' in the architectural engineering sector. In particular, the consistency between YU School of Architecture curriculum and industry demands received the 'best' evaluation. They received top scores on reviews for the proportion and completion rate of curriculum demanded by the industry, operation system of curriculum demanded by the industry, and evaluation of the curriculum operation by alumni. The YU School of Architecture became the first in the nation in 2011 to acquire architecture certification. In 2002, it restructured it into a five-year architecture undergraduate program to facilitate international architect certification education recognized by the WTO system. Since 2009, it offered architectural design majors specialized for landscaping, urban, and interior architecture, independently according to each major, and it is judged to be the most successful in the nation. Last year, they raised one billion won for scholarships in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the department, while also organizing a 'development committee' and 'development advisor committee' made up of professors, alumni and experts in various parts of society. By doing so, it plans to actively respond to social demands, while taking another leap into becoming an independent department with international competitiveness. On this, professor Kang, Joo Won, dean of the YU School of Architecture said, "Since beginning university architecture education in 1952, which was the third university in Korea to do so, it has graduated over 5,000 students in the past 61 years and is contributing to the development of architecture in Korea. Our efforts and achievements have been recognized." Meanwhile, the YU School of Mechanical Engineering also received the top scores for the 'Consistency of industry demands and curriculum' in this evaluation. The Ministry of Education is planning to add industrial perspectives for electronic semiconductors, information and communications, computers, metal and steel, and the petrochemical sector in the 2013 evaluation.
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The result of The Dong-A Ilbo National University Evaluation of Employment Support Capacities and Infrastructure [May 22, 2013] YU (president Noh, Seok Kyun) was judged to be first place in the provision of information for employment preparation and sixth place in the provision of employment opportunity information among all the universities in Korea. These were the results of The Dong-A Ilbo's evaluation on national university employment support capacities and infrastructure. The Dong-A Ilbo announced the analysis result of the support capacities that reflected the efforts of universities, while ignoring employment rates (performance index) in an article on the 22nd. According to this, YU came in first place in information on employment preparation and sixth place in information on employment opportunities. There were a total of 13 evaluation items such as △self-search support △vision-establishment support △career-development planning △job-opportunity information △employment information suitable for oneself △employment preparation information, and △job experience opportunities. <YU DNA Program for Young Students> YU pursues customized employment support programs taking into consideration the grade and individual features of students to select and present practical strategies and assignments per goal so that students can systematically develop their capacities. In particular, YU became the first university in the nation to develop a career aptitude test called YAT (Yeungnam university type Aptitude Test) and a career management program called YU CAN (YU Career Advancement Nurture) and is offering it to all students. Furthermore, YU offers employment-related classes and extra-curricular programs all year round as well. In the past year, 23 employment-related classes that 9,886 students (annual total) took were offered, and 176 employment-related programs in which 38,033 (annual total) participated were offered. 'Employment study groups', which are operated in preparation for actual employment, have also achieved good results. YU provides study rooms and funds for activities, while also inviting consulting experts so that students can receive free counseling. In 2012 alone, 501 students in 50 employment study groups received support. In result, the employment rates in large conglomerates for those in the employment study groups have reached close to 90%. Song, Bong Jeong (27), a senior at the YU School of Business who participated in the employment study group 'New Employee' since April of last year and is preparing to find employment in the finance sector, said, "When I was preparing alone, I did not know how ready I was so I felt worried. But while participating in the employment study group, I was able to exchange feedback and evaluate myself more objectively, which was very helpful to me in preparing for employment. The biggest merit is that students of various majors gather to offer less biased perspectives, while also receiving advice from seniors who successfully landed jobs they wanted." He added, "The school provides a study room, funding for textbooks and activities, and even invites consulting experts so that we can receive free counseling and instructions, so it helps us a lot for preparing to land jobs." <Students participating in the Leadership Camp are introducing their dreams through a musical> In addition, YU is offering regular consulting by hiring employment support officers and venture startup support officers, while also operating industry-university-government connected cooperation projects, employment professor programs, staff team for employment consulting, and employment frontier press corps webzines to provide full support to students designing their future careers and preparing for employment. Instead of consigning the employment capacity strengthening camps to outside organizations, YU is utilizing the staff employment consulting team (35 members) and employment seniors (18 members) to plan and operate various employment capacity strengthening programs such as career counseling and practical interview processes. This was selected as an exemplary case for enhancing the university's employment support capacities and was also selected as an outstanding university for the 'university employment support capacity certification program' pilot project (2011) by the Ministry of Employment and Labor. In addition, YU offers employment information through its employment information homepage, holds job fairs and campus recruiting sessions year round, installs DID bulletins for employment information, operates online employment education systems, constructs a DB for interview post-scripts and employment application forms, and constructs DB for alumni to provide students with abundant employment information. Based on such achievements, the Office of Student Career Development that is in charge of employment related operations is planning to sub-categorize and strengthen the range of employment support by planning and pursuing department-specialized career development programs, fostering new student study groups and increasing study groups in connection with their departments, conduct mock aptitude tests for sophomores and juniors, and construct an on-site training integrated management system. <Students who participate in the Leadership Camp cheer each other on holding hands>
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YU-KOTRA signs a work cooperation agreement First Korean university to jointly pursue global CSR projects with KOTRA [May 15, 2013] YU and KOTRA signed a work cooperation agreement on sending global interns and jointly pursuing global CSR projects. (from left to right: YU President Noh, Seok Kyun, KOTRA CEO Oh, Young Ho) YU students will be sent overseas as global interns in the 'Youth Human Resources Overseas Dispatch Program' that is being pursued by KOTRA (Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency). Moreover, YU will be the first Korean university to collaborate with KOTRA in jointly pursuing CSR projects to contribute to the international community. YU President Noh, Seok Kyun met with KOTRA CEO Oh, Young Ho at the YU president's office at 4 P.M. on the 14th to sign an agreement on work cooperation. They agreed to work together to enhance the global status of Korea and to foster global human resources through cooperation that can utilize the strengths and expertise of the two institutions. As part of this, KOTRA promised to include YU students in the 'Youth Human Resources Overseas Dispatch Program' and send them overseas as global interns. Furthermore, they also promised to work together on cultivating global human resources by jointly pursuing multi-cultural human resource fostering projects. In addition, YU will become the first Korean university to participate in KOTRA's CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) projects for emerging countries and will pursue globalization of YU's specialized field of the Saemaul Undong. Moreover, KOTRA also agreed to mutually agree with YU for finding, executing and evaluating new projects and searching for future directions of CSR projects that are currently being pursued in Vietnam, Indonesia and Myanmar. On this, KOTRA CEO Oh, Young Ho stated, "KOTRA, which was established in 1961 when the first 5-year plan for economic development began, did its best to make Korea a 'trading' nation for the past fifty years and is now contributing to the establishment of the new national power," while adding, "We learned that there was a very high demand to learn about President Park Chung Hee and the Saemaul Undong especially in South America, Southeast Asia and Africa, and thought that we should provide education on the Saemaul Undong to trade officers before dispatching our overseas trade officers in February and August of each year. Being able to promise the cooperation with YU, which has the best education and research infrastructure on the Saemaul Undong, is very good news. We hope that YU will help us a lot." YU President Noh, Seok Kyun said, "Based on our educational mission to produce future pillars of the nation for its revitalization, we have continuously pursued making the Saemaul Undong an academic discipline and globalizing it. We expect that cooperating with KOTRA will accelerate this process." He added, "At this juncture, which is 60 years since the cease-fire agreement of the Korean War, 67 countries came on our side at the war and many more helped us in the past, but many are still in poverty. It is now time for us to return the favor. I hope that YU and KOTRA will work together to fulfill our responsibilities." Meanwhile, prior to signing the agreement with KOTRA, YU signed work cooperation agreements for globalization of the Saemaul Undong and the cultivation of the global human resources with KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency), Rural Development Administration and the Korea Rural Economic Institute.
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International Student Team in the Graduate School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Wins Bronze Medal at the 9th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE9) Chaniago (4th term in PhD program) and Andika (2nd term in Combined Master's & PhD program) from Indonesia [May 9, 2013] From front left counter-clockwise, Andika, Chaniago, Professor Lee, Moon Yong A team of international students currently enrolled in the graduate school of chemical engineering and technology participated in an international academic contest held in the Hague, Netherlands and won the bronze medal defeating competitors. The winners were Yus Donarld Chaniago (32, 4th term in PhD program) and Riezqa Andika (24, 2nd term in Combined Master's & PhD program) who are both in the graduate school of chemical engineering and technology. The two came in third place in the Huntsman Design Contest that was held at the World Forum Center in the Hague on the 25th of last month as part of the 9th European Congress of Chemical Engineers. They also received a cash price of 1,000 euros. Preliminaries for this contest was held from December of last year until the end of February in which the teams to compete in the finals were confirmed and announced through the design reports submitted by students from Europe, USA and Asia. In result, a total of 5 teams - 3 from the Netherlands, 1 from Germany, and the only Asian team of Chaniago and Andika competed in the finals. They were invited to the finals receiving round-trip airfare and all expenses paid during their stay there. With 5 judges watching on, the two made a 10 minute presentation in English and had a five-minute Q&A session. They made a presentation on plans of aniline separation process designs that can reduce energy usage by 60% compared to current processes by using MVR (mechanical vapor recompression) technologies. They were judged to have given an epochal idea that can reduce on-site difficulties of Huntsman Company. The two, who are currently conducting research at the 'Process System Design and Control Research Lab' (academic advisor Professor Lee, Moon Yong), are both from Indonesia. Chaniago enrolled in the YU PhD program in September 2011 after receiving a master's degree at Universitas Sriwijaya located in Palembang, and Andika enrolled in the YU combined master's & PhD program in September 2012 after graduating from Universitas Indonesia, the most prestigious university of Indonesia. Mr. Andika was especially happy as this was a great achievement reaped in 8 months of studying abroad. He said, "I'm really glad that I came to Korea. Thanks to being able to work with outstanding researchers in a great educational environment, I was able to receive such a big award in just a year since coming to Korea. I cannot express my thanks enough to my professor and colleagues in the lab." Mr. Chaniago, who said that after receiving his PhD, he wants to return home and teach students, said, "Above all else, I'm happy to have been able to take a shot at the international arena and be recognized for my abilities. I would like more opportunities to test my potentials by participating in more international conferences. I think it will help me teach students later in the future." Andika (left) and Chaniago making a presentation at the contest held in the Hague Meanwhile, the Department of Chemical Engineering 'Process System Design and Control Research Lab' is a multi-cultural lab in which 10 of the 17 graduate school students are foreigners. Naturally, all classes and discussions are in English and every Saturday morning, English seminars are held. Thanks to this, it has demonstrated considerable research performance producing over 10 SCI-level theses every year. Professor Lee, Moon Yong (54) who leads the research lab said, "The first international graduate from our lab has been appointed as a professor in the Saudi Arabia King Saud University and are being recognized for their talents in the international stage," while adding, "Through good-hearted competition among excellent students with diverse nationalities, we are creating a synergy effect."
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Top SCI international academic journal in the control theory and applications sector Only Korean in editorial board [May 8, 2013] Professor Park, Ju Hyun (45, Department of Electrical Engineering, photo) was appointed as a member of the editorial board for the <IET Control Theory & Applications> published by the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) of England. This academic journal is one of the top SCI international academic journals in the control theory and applications sector, and Professor Park is the only Korean among the about 30 editorial board members. IET announced the reason for selecting Professor Park was because of his academic activities in various control theory sectors over the past decade in time-delay systems, chaos systems, neural networks, and complex dynamical networks. In 2008, Professor Park was also guaranteed a lifelong tenure for the SCI international academic journal <Applied Mathematics and Computation> published by Elsevier of the US for the first korean vice-chief editor. IET, which has its main office in London, England, was launched in 2006 after integrating the IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) that was founded in 1871 and the IIE (Institution of Incorporated Engineers) that was founded in 1884. It has over 150,000 full-time members in over 130 countries worldwide, making it the largest academic organization in Europe, and it also publishes 24 different academic journals.
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Sharing the love beyond borders... practicing true medicine [April 8, 2013] Professor Kim, Yong Ha participates in the project of offering free surgeries to children with congenital facial deformities in Vietnam and Laos. Professor Kim, Yong Ha (Department of Plastic Surgery) provided medical services in Vietnam for one week from March 24 to March 30. This volunteer medical service was conducted as a medical NGO project called 'Global Care', and has been continuing for the past 16 years. The Global Care volunteers is made up mainly of plastic surgery teams from 8 universities (YU, Kyungpook National University, Kyung Hee University, Dong-A University, Pusan National University, Soonchunhyang University, Ajou University, and Yonsei University) and 5 hospitals (Seoul Samsung Medical Center, Seoul Asan Medical Center, ID Hospital, Yonsei Teun-teun Pediatric Hospital, Eastman Orthodontic Center). Every year, they give free operations to children with congenital facial deformities like cleft lip and palate in the Indochina region such as Vietnam and Laos. A total of 35 people including 12 doctors of plastic surgery, 4 doctors of anesthesiology, 1 doctor of pediatrics, 1 dentist, 9 nurses and 8 social workers of Global Care went to Vietnam and Laos to provide volunteer medical services. The medical team made up of Korea's finest plastic surgery doctors used the drugs and surgical tools that they brought from Korea to provide free operations to patients from all around Vietnam at Xayaboury province hospital. In addition to free operations, the volunteer team also provided free medical checkups, hospital bills and transportation costs to come and go from the hospital. Questions: YU Department of Plastic Surgery Research lab ☎ 82-53-620-3140, 3480
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17 officials including local government heads benchmarked potentials to localize the Saemaul Undong and the Can-Do Spirit of the Park Chung Hee School [May 2, 2013] Senior Public Officials from Uganda takes a photo saying 'kimchi' "It's more amazing coming here and actually hearing and seeing it. It was an opportunity to see for ourselves the development of Korea such as the 'Miracle on the Han River', 'Saemaul Undong' and 'Saemaul Spirit' that we only saw on the news. We were also be able to have a feel for how the Miracle on the Han River was possible. I am confident that students studying at the YU Park Chung Hee School which is taking the lead in globalizing Saemaul Undong and fostering Saemaul Undong experts will do great things for humanity in the future." At 9:30 in the morning on the 2nd at the YU Law Library 2nd floor international conference room, Charles Okello (51), the governor of Soroti, Uganda, met with YU President Noh, Seok Kyun and gave him a badge with the national emblem of Uganda. YU President Noh, Seok Kyun replied, "You have come to the right place to learn about the Saemaul Undong. I hope that this visit and YU Park Chung Hee School will contribute to helping the Saemaul Undong become established in Uganda." The governor of Soroti, Uganda is handing over a Uganda national emblem badge to YU President Noh, Seok Kyun Senior Public Officials from Uganda in Africa visited YU on the 2nd. A total of 17 members including 12 governors of Ugandan districts, city mayor, secretary of the municipal council, HR official of the local governments, employee of KOICA Uganda office and a journalist from a local press agency came to the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul (known as Park Chung Hee School). After listening to the special lecture from Park, Seung Woo, dean of the Park Chung Hee School, for 3 hours from 9:30 a.m., they visited the classrooms, library, dormitory and campus of the Park Chung Hee School, and carefully looked over brochures on the Park Chung Hee School including the curriculum, admissions and scholarship programs, educational environment, etc, with an air of seriousness. Receiving a great deal of interest from the visitors, Park, Seung Woo (54), dean of the Park Chung Hee School, said, "It is Korea's job to share how Korea was able to become a global economic powerhouse when it was one of the poorest countries in the world in the 1950s and to help countries localize it." He added, "The YU Park Chung Hee School will take the initiative in it." Meanwhile, YU established the Park Chung Hee School to become a global graduate school on policies like the 'Harvard Kennedy School' in the US and the 'Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) School' of National University of Singapore, and accepted its first students in March 2012. 52 students from 26 countries are currently working on their master's degree from the 3 majors of Saemaul Undong Theory and Practice, Public Policy and Leadership, and Forest Resources and Ecological Restoration. Most of the students are elites working as public officials, professors or entrepreneurs in their respective countries. They all receive full scholarships, monthly allowances of one million won, and dormitories. Gyeongsangbuk-do, Daegu, Korea Forest Service, and KOICA also provided support to scholarship funds. Though it is a special graduate school, classes are offered all day long and it has 3 semesters in one year. The faculty is made up of top experts and scholars from within and outside of the YU such as Lee, Jai Chnag, president of the Saemaul Undong Center, Song, Byeong Rak, chair professor of Seoul National University, and Lee, Don Koo, former Minister of Korea Forest Service. All classes are offered in English. The 17 students who enrolled in March of last year have returned to their native countries and are working on their master's degree thesis. It is expected that once their theses are accepted, the world's first masters of Saemaul studies will be born in the upcoming month of August. High ranking officials of Uganda listening to a presentation by Park, Seung Woo, director of the Park Chung Hee School
