Q: Where was the first place you ever visited in Korea?A: The first place I visited in Korea was Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do in 2003. It was the first time I was in Korea and my first job in Korea, so I spent the first month exploring the city and becoming familiar with Korean culture including food,
Q: What should be considered before touring Korea?A: One thing to be aware of when visiting popular beaches in Korea is that the lifeguards can quickly ruin your fun. Even though you’ve traveled for hours to visit a beach, they can ban everyone from swimming if they think the waves are too big. Sinc
Q: Have you ever felt any cultural differences while traveling in Korea?A: I’ve noticed distinct cultural differences in restaurants. Korean restaurants consistently provide complimentary water, dry tissues, and wet tissues. In my home country, some restaurants provide water or tea along with dry ti
Q: What are you doing during the holidays in your country?A: I heard Korean people play yutnori, a Korean board game, together with their family during the holidays. In Singapore, people also enjoy board games together on holidays. Out of all the games, they usually play the traditional board game "
Q: Have you experienced Korean traditional culture during the holidays?A: I went to a traditional event where there was a fake traditional Korean wedding. During the fake wedding, I wore a hanbok (traditional clothes) and took pictures. Also, I experienced Chuseok (thanksgiving holiday) at the Gwang
Q: Do you have fond memories from celebrating holidays in Korea?A: I think the experience of Seollal (Lunar New Year) is so fun. When I celebrated Seollal last year, all my Korean friends’ families got together, and the children received money. I sent New Year wishes for a Korean family and received
Le Huynh Thuy Vi(Senior, Dept. of English Language and Literature, Vietnam)Q: Did you have any difficulties staying with your roommate?A: I lived in Residence Hall 9 in my first year at Chonnam National University. My roommate came from another country, and we had absolutely different schedules. I a
Botirkhonov Saidsherdorkhon Sherzodbek(Senior, Dept. of English Language and Literature, Uzbekistan) Q: What do you do when you are fasting? How do you take care of your meals?A: Fasting in the month of Ramadan is obligatory for every Muslim. When it comes to food, I think we will buy all groceries
Fiona Boettinger (Exchange Student, Dept. of Biological Sciences and Techniques, Germany)Q: What did you enjoy at the festival of CNU? And how was it?A: I tried different dishes with my friends that were offered there. My favorite was kimchi pancakes. I also wrote a wish on a piece of paper that you
Yang Yung Wei (Global Korea Scholarship Student, Language Education Center, Taiwan)Q: Have you enjoyed a festival in your country before?A: I studied at National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan, which is located at the center of the city. Therefore, there is not much space to hold big act
Nina Zaplatilkova (Exchange Student, Dept. of Biological Sciences, U.K.)Q: What were the impressive memories that you experienced at the festival ?A: At the festival, I enjoyed my first concert in Korea and it was also one of my first experiences with Korean music. Before the festival, I was not ver
Li Guoliang (Freshman, School of Mechanical Engineering, China)Q: What do you do in your free time?A: I spend my free time learning scientific knowledge. For example, during my summer vacation, I learned about the development of Ai-driven vision technology. But still, I have more things to learn. Be
Goytom Afera (Ph. D. Student, Law School, Ethiopia)Q: What are the things you were surprised about in Korea?A: To be honest, I was expecting Koreans to be a little bit racist as it is a homogeneous society. But on the contrary, I found that the social manners of Koreans are astonishing. Everyone jus
Djally Ludnelle Linley (Senior, Department of Communication, Gabon)Q: What is your favorite food in Korea?Back in 2019, I was learning Korean at Kyung Hee University and one day, after school, my friend invited me to a restaurant in Sinchon. When the food came out, I did not know what it was. But ev
Chonnam National University was founded in 1952 as a comprehensive university in Korea with its three campuses at Gwangju, Yeosu City, Jeollanam-do, and Hwasun-gun. It is also called "Jeondae" or "CNU" as a short form of Korean and English. The main campus is located in Yongbong-dong, Gwangju, w
This time of November is perfect in terms of beautiful weather and we are spared from the hardest time because we are trying to overcome the epidemic crisis together. Approaching the end of 2020, I would like to go back in time to my precious moments spent at Chonnam National University as a graduat
The Language Education Center (LEC) at Chonnam National University has been running the Language Partner Program for American students of the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program since 2015. It aims to pair up American and Korean students to practice spoken Korean and improve their language s
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This will be one diverting story of how I figured out the greatness of a language that I was disposed to learn on Yeosu Campus of CNU. At first to me, it looked like a big, time-consuming, and testing responsibility to study an intensive Korean language course. I really did not want to do anything i
Mark Twain once said that “the secret of getting ahead is getting started.” If you were looking for a sign to take on that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity or to get going on any project, this is your sign! For the longest time in my life, I let opportunities pass by with little to no regret for doing