Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

ANNYEONG! Free Online Intermediate Korean Language Class @ UP Asian Center

Details

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The UP Asian Center in partnership with the Asia Center, Seoul National University through the generous support of the Korea Foundation, will offer a free INTERMEDIATE Korean Language classes to be held every Saturday starting 31 January 2026, Online via Zoom. Applications for limited slots are open to AC Korea Majors, Asian Center students, and UP students. The deadline for registration for AC and UP Students is on 26 January 2026, 11:59 PM, PHT.  

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES AND CLASS MODALITY

The class will be held every Saturday, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Philippine Standard Time, Online via Zoom.

Classes will start on 31 January 2026 and will end in May 2026.

ELIGIBILITY

Applications for the limited slots are open to the following:

        1. Currently Enrolled UP Asian Center Korea Majors
        2. Currently Enrolled UP Asian Center Students
        3. Currently Enrolled UP Diliman Students

NOTE:  The deadline for registration for AC and UP Students is 26 January 2026, 11:59 PM, PHT. Selected participants are expected to attend all sessions. You will be notified via email if you will be accepted into the class. 

COMPLETION

Official Certificates of Completion will be awarded to those who complete the course.

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Hyeondong Hwang holds a degree in Korean Language and Literature from Seoul National University, where he specialized in Korean linguistics, with a particular focus on semantics and pragmatics. He is especially interested in how words and sentences are used differently depending on context. In his Korean language course, he helps students not only learn grammar and vocabulary, but also understand how Korean is naturally used in real-life communication.

 

ORGANIZERS

This Online Intermediate Korean Language class is offered by the UP Asian Center in partnership with the Asia Center, Seoul National University, through the generous support of the Korea Foundation.

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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman offers M.A. degrees in Asian Studies with four fields of specialization: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. The UP Asian Center also has an M.A. program in Philippine Studies that allows students to major in Philippine society and culture, Philippine foreign relations, or Philippine development studies. It also offers a Ph.D. program in Philippine Studies in conjunction with the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. For an overview of these graduate programs, click here. As an area studies institution, the Asian Center also publishes Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, the latest issue of which can be downloaded at the journal's website.