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My Summer Attending the Harvard Summer School-Seoul Program & Interning for 2 Weeks- Summer 2010

September 07, 2010

This summer I chose to participate in the Harvard Summer School Program in Seoul with the intention of learning Intermediate Korean in the country where the language was born. In the end, however, I did much more than just that: I also had the opportunity...

My Summer Attending the Harvard Summer School-Seoul Program- Summer 2010

September 07, 2010

When I first arrived in Seoul, I was excited but nervous. I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know who my roommate was going to be and I was afraid that I wouldn’t feel integrated into the program or close to the other students. Several of the other...

My Summer Internship at the ROK National Assembly in Seoul-Summer 2010

September 07, 2010

Summer Internship at the South Korean National Assembly’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification This summer, I interned for the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification at the South Korean National Assembly. It was an absolutely...

Ewha Womans University President, Lee Bae-yong leads a tour for the Harvard Summer School in Seoul Program at Gyeongbok Palace

July 12, 2010

Ewha Womans University President Lee Bae-yong, fourth from right, leads a group of students from Harvard University through a tour of Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul, Wednesday. The tour program is part of a joint Ewha-Harvard initiative for introducing...

Ewha Sijo Festival with Professor David McCann (Arirang TV News, Ewha Univ newsletter)

June 16, 2010

Harvard Professor Shows Expertise in Korean Sijo (Arirang TV News) Meet David McCann, a Harvard University professor whose love for the Korean poetic form sijo has brought him here to Seoul. Sijo is a three line Korean poetic form often exploring bucolic...

Korea Institute 2010 Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards for Study and Work in Korea

May 24, 2010

These Korea Institute student awards are generously supported by the Academy of Korean Studies, Korea, and by the Young-Chul Min Memorial Fund, Sunshik Min Endowment for the Advancement of Korean Literature, and the LG Yonam Endowment Fund at the Korea...

Sijo Festival, headed by professor David McCann, at the Sejong Cultural Society (April 9th-30th, 2010)

April 22, 2010

The Sejong Cultural Society (Sejong Society), whose mission is to bridge Korean, American, and Korean- American cultures in the multicultural context of U.S. society, announces the fifth year of its writing competition, and the third year in which that...

2009 OIP International Photo Contest- Winning Photographs from Korea

April 18, 2010

On Thursday, November 19, 2009 in Fisher Family Commons in the CGIS Kanfel Building, the winners of the annual OIP Photo Contest were chosen. Winning photographs will remain on exhibit there until December 17th. Do check out these amazing photographs from...

The Harvard Crimson Article on Bong Joon-Ho at Harvard Film Archive

March 10, 2010

“This movie is often called a thriller or suspense, but it is simply about a mother... although this movie is not the right one to see with your mother.” This is how Bong Joon-ho—one of the leading directors of the current Korean film renaissance...

**Application Deadlines for Summer Programs in Korea Coming Up!**

February 09, 2010

A reminder that the following application deadlines are due this Friday Feb 12th by 3pm! Summer Internship Program in Korea for Harvard undergraduates is due-- Friday Feb. 12, 2010 by 3pm Summer Tuition Waivers for Study at Select Schools in Seoul for...

CIEE Announces Full Scholarship for Spring Break Program in South Korea at Yonsei University

January 27, 2010

CIEE Announces Full Scholarship for Spring Break Program in South Korea at Yonsei University CIEE has been selected by the South Korea Foundation to administer a spring break program for 75 students, running March 13—22, 2010. Participants will receive a...

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Human Rights in North Korea (HRiNK) Awareness Report from Nov 2009

January 07, 2010

Thank you to the Academy of Korean Studies for providing a grant via the Korea Institute. The Harvard student organization, Human Rights in North Korea (HRiNK) was able to put on an amazing Awareness Week at Harvard in November 2009. Below is a summary of...

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