On Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 the Dean of the School of Foreign Languages, Professor Adnan Al-Smadi, met with Mr. Gyoyeon Lee, second Secretary and Cultural Attache of the Embassy of The Republic of South Korea and Kim Soon Su, representative of the Embassy at the School of Foreign Languages/ the University of Jordan in the presence of Dr. Hala Abu Taleb, Deputy Dean for Administrative Affairs and Partnerships, Dr. Bagdagul Mussa, Head of the Department of Asian Languages, Dr. Park Byoungju, coordinator of the Korean Section, Miss Cho - Moon Hwa, teacher at King Sejong Institute at the University of Jordan.
During the meeting, the participants discussed possible ways of cooperation between the School of Foreign Languages and the Embassy of The Republic of South Korea in order to support the Bachelor's program in Korean Language, especially in terms of developing and enhancing the educational environment and infrastructure for teaching Korean language in the faculty.
In addition to this, a number of issues related to aspects of enhancing cooperation between the two parties were discussed within academic, professional and cultural frameworks, as both parties expressed great interest in the need to give greater attention to teaching the Korean language by examining the possibility of developing the Korean Language Section in the School of Foreign Languages into an independent department.
After the meeting a delegation visited the Korean Corner at the Department of Asian Languages and new classrooms in the faculty