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Busan Metropolitan City Ramps Up Efforts to Attract International Students… Hosts “Kazakhstan Almaty Korean Education Center” for Busan Tour

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that, together with the Busan Global City Foundation (CEO Jeon Yong-woo), it will invite 26 participants—including students from the Almaty Korean Education Center in Kazakhstan—to Busan from today (19th) until the 24th to conduct campus tours of local universities.
○ This is the second time students from the Almaty Korean Education Center have been invited to Busan, following a similar program in January of this year. Established in 1991, before diplomatic relations were formed between Korea and Kazakhstan, the Almaty Korean Education Center (Director Kim Hong-hwan) has played a leading role in promoting the Korean language and facilitating bilateral exchanges in the region.
○ The program selects outstanding students from Korean language courses (high school and university students) and invites them to Busan in order to encourage them to pursue full-time studies in the city.

< Almaty Korean Education Center, Kazakhstan >
ㅇ Opened on August 22, 1991

• ●Date of official diplomatic relations between Korea and Kazakhstan: January 28, 1992
  ㅇ (Major programs) Korean language courses (more than 3,000 students per year), Korean language adoption projects, Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK), Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) program, and Korean Study Abroad Fairs

Students from the Almaty Korean Education Center will visit university campuses in Busan, experience academic programs, and stay in university dormitories throughout the tour, allowing them to briefly experience life as an international student.
○ A total of eight universities will participate in the program: Pukyong National University, Korea Maritime & Ocean University, Pusan National University, Busan University of Foreign Studies, Silla University, Youngsan University (general universities), Dong-Eui Institute of Technology, and Busan Institute of Science and Technology (junior colleges).

In addition to campus tours, participants will take part in sightseeing programs that highlight the city’s beautiful natural scenery and rich historical and cultural attractions, providing them with an excellent opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of and affinity for Busan.

In July, the City also invited 16 education officials and students from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for campus tours of five local universities. Furthermore, in September, the City plans to visit Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) and Almaty (Kazakhstan) together with the Eurasia City Diplomacy Delegation to host the “Central Asia Busan Study Abroad Fair.”
○ The fair will actively promote Busan’s high-quality higher-education institutions in the Central Asian region, further strengthening efforts to attract international students.

Jeon Yong-woo, CEO of the Busan Global City Foundation, stated, “While study abroad fairs held overseas are important, having students visit Busan directly, tour universities, and experience student life firsthand has a significant impact on their decision to study abroad. We will make every effort to ensure that this visit leaves a positive impression of Busan and leads to the influx of young, talented global students.”

Kim Gwi-ok, Director General of the Youth & Industry-Academia Cooperation Bureau, added, “This year, Busan aims to attract 18,000 international students and is actively diversifying its recruitment efforts. We are committed to overcoming the challenges faced by local universities through the attraction and cultivation of international talent, while also helping local companies address workforce shortages.”