Kyobo Life Insurance to Establish Jjiajia Korean School in Indonesia

Kyobo Life Insurance built the Jjiajia Hangul School in Baubau City, Indonesia, to promote the sharing of Hangul and cultural exchange with the Jjiajia ethnic group in Indonesia. The photo shows the completed Jjiajia Hangul School. (Photo by Kyobo Life Insurance)

[Asia Economy Reporter Changhwan Lee] Kyobo Life Insurance announced on the 25th that it has partnered with the Korea Cia-Cia Cultural Exchange Association to establish the Cia-Cia Hangul School in Indonesia.

This Hangul school establishment was prepared to revitalize Hangul sharing and cultural exchange with the Cia-Cia tribe in Indonesia. It is the fruition of a long-cherished project of the Cia-Cia tribe, who have been using Hangul as a notation system for their tribal language for over 10 years.

The Cia-Cia tribe is one of the more than 350 ethnic minorities in Indonesia. Although they have their own language, there was no accurate script to represent it until they adopted Hangul as their writing system in 2009. To date, thousands of students have learned Hangul, and Hangul can be easily found on road signs and village signboards.

The Cia-Cia Hangul School was built in Baubau City on Buton Island, Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, where about 70,000 Cia-Cia people live. It is a two-story building with a total floor area of 465㎡ (140 pyeong) on a 1,311㎡ (397 pyeong) site. It consists of classrooms for Hangul education, a conference room, and accommodations for Hangul teachers.

Kyobo Life Insurance is providing Hangul and Korean language education to about 500 Ziazia students at eight schools, including elementary, middle, and high schools, in Baubau City and South Buton Regency, Indonesia. The photo shows Hangul education at Karyabaru Elementary School and Baubau First High School. (Photo by Kyobo Life Insurance)

The completion ceremony of the Hangul school will be held on the 25th in Baubau City, attended by the mayor of Baubau, the chief of Baubau Police Station, and the superintendent of education.

With the establishment of the Cia-Cia Hangul School, an environment has been created to provide systematic Hangul education to students, and it is expected that Hangul sharing can be expanded not only to students but also to the general public.

In addition to operating a local Hangul teacher training program, various Korean cultural exchange activities such as experiencing traditional Korean culture and Korean cooking classes are expected to become possible. Along with the school, accommodations for Hangul teachers dispatched from Korea have also been built, laying a stable foundation for continuing Hangul sharing.

Kyobo Life Insurance has been supporting various social contribution activities such as Hangul sharing and cultural exchange for the Cia-Cia tribe since last year.

Cha Kyung-sik, head of the Kyobo Dasom Support Center at Kyobo Life Insurance, said, "We are pleased to support Hangul education for the Cia-Cia tribe, helping them enjoy a rich linguistic life and promoting Korean culture. We will do our best to help Cia-Cia youth have opportunities for self-growth based on Hangul education and grow into healthy and mature individuals."

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