The King Sejong Institute will soon open new branches in nine more locations in eight countries around the world.

The newly designated Korean language centers will be up and running at the Whitireia New Zealand college in Auckland, New Zealand; at the Riga Technical University in Riga, Latvia; at the National University of Malaysia in Bangi, Malaysia; at the Yangon University in Yangon, Myanmar; at the University of Bahrain in Manama, Bahrain; at the Qui Nhon City Hall and at Binh Duong University in Vietnam; at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland; and, finally, at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia.

By region, this translates to five new schools in Asia, and two each in Europe and Oceania.

The new schools are located in cities where there is a high level of interest in learning Korean, in part due to the popularly of Korean pop music and television, but also thanks to Korean businesses expanding their ventures overseas. In line with this trend, the Sejong Institute is now setting up bases for the first time ever in Latvia, Myanmar and Bahrain.

The new language and cultural centers will open on July 1, and students will be able to start enrolling in language classes starting with the fall semester.

More information about the educational services offered at each institute can be found at the King Sejong Institute Foundation website below.
http://eng.ksif.or.kr/business/locSejong.do

By Lee Hana
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos: Jeon Han, Korea.net Staff Photographer
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