National Police Agency and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Sign Agreement on Special Foreign Language Education

Im Yong-hwan, Director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the National Police Agency (right), and Lee Eun-gu, President of the Institute for Special Foreign Language Education Promotion at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, signed a business agreement on the 15th and are taking a commemorative photo.
[Photo by National Police Agency]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] The National Police Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Institute for Special Foreign Language Education Promotion at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies on the 15th to promote and expand special foreign language education.

Until now, unlike major foreign languages such as English and Chinese, opportunities for professional education in special foreign languages have been limited in Korea. However, through this agreement, police officers nationwide who wish to participate will be able to take customized courses at various levels related to 11 special foreign languages.

The available languages for study include Malay-Indonesian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Swahili, Iranian (Persian), Hindi, Uzbek, Thai, Turkish, Polish, and Hungarian.

The education will be divided into "basic education," where general police officers receive beginner language training and cultural education related to the countries where the languages are spoken, and "special education," where foreign language specialists hired for special foreign languages receive advanced language training and in-depth education related to police systems.

Im Yong-hwan, Director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau at the National Police Agency, stated, "This agreement has laid the foundation to continuously and long-term support special foreign language education not only for foreign affairs police but for all police officers nationwide." He added, "We expect this to contribute to improving security accessibility and protecting human rights for foreign residents in preparation for a future multicultural society."

Lee Eun-gu, Director of the Institute for Special Foreign Language Education Promotion at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, said, "Special foreign language education should be conducted by a credible professional educational institution capable of delivering knowledge about the social and cultural backgrounds of the language regions as well as related fields." He added, "Special foreign language education for police officers will contribute to social integration and security stability."

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