‘Big Star Teacher Choi Tae-sung’ First Lecturer ... Yeongju Character Academy Opens

Lecture on 'Top 3 Exemplary Personalities of Joseon (Yi Hwang, Kim Man-deok, Kim Yuk)'

Yeongju City in Gyeongbuk will open the newly launched ‘2023 Yeongju Character Academy’ with a lecture by popular Korean history instructor Choi Tae-sung.

Yeongju Character Academy Leaflet.

The lecture will be held on the 30th at 2 p.m. at the Citizens' Hall under the theme “Top 3 Exemplary Characters of Joseon’s Character - Humanism Shown by Yi Hwang, Kim Man-deok, and Kim Yuk.”

The Yeongju Character Academy is a program designed to raise awareness of the importance of ‘character,’ one of the essential competencies in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and to provide citizens with high-quality educational opportunities.

It is held once a month on the fourth Thursday from March, targeting general citizens, parents, and students.

The March lecture will offer a time to empathize with how people should live through the lives (character) of Joseon’s greatest Neo-Confucian scholar Yi Hwang, the wealthy merchant Kim Man-deok, and the renowned prime minister Kim Yuk?historical figures representing humanism who practiced courtesy, respect, and consideration for others?delivered in Choi Tae-sung’s unique sincere speaking style.

The lecture is free of charge and operates on a first-come, first-served basis with no assigned seating, allowing any citizen wishing to attend to participate without prior registration.

The city plans to conduct a survey event for attendees each month to enhance citizen engagement and satisfaction.

Mayor Park Nam-seo said, “We will strive to create ‘Yeongju, a Character-Centered City’ by conducting diverse special lectures on the increasingly emphasized theme of character for living together.”

Invited as the opening lecturer, ‘Big Star Teacher’ Professor Choi Tae-sung has a cumulative 6 million students and is the representative ‘Top Instructor’ of EBS Korean history as well as the director of Everyone’s Star★Star Korean History Institute.

Believing that anyone should be able to easily and comfortably listen to history lectures, he left the classroom in 2016 to launch the free online lecture site ‘Everyone’s Star★Star Korean History’ and currently operates the free YouTube lecture channels ‘Choi Tae-sung TV’ and ‘Choi Tae-sung 2TV.’

The city plans to hold the April Yeongju Character Academy on April 27 at 2 p.m. at the Citizens' Hall by inviting Shim Gyu-bo, CEO of Stars Makers, to give a lecture titled “Overcoming Adolescent Worries and Depression! Having a Healthy Puberty.”

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