Dong-A University Korean Language and Culture Center Hosts 'Woorimal Gakkeumi Opens the Yard'

The Korean Language and Culture Center at Dong-A University recently held the ‘9th Busan Uri Mal Gakkeumi Opening Event’ at the College of Humanities and Sciences on the Seunghak Campus.

The event included the presentation of appointment certificates, an introduction to the overall activities of Uri Mal Gakkeumi, the Sejong Birthday event, and group meetings.

‘Uri Mal Gakkeumi’ is a university student volunteer organization hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Language and Culture Center Federation. It operates as clubs at 12 regional Korean Language and Culture Centers nationwide. In Busan, the Dong-A University Korean Language and Culture Center has been in charge since 2015.

Uri Mal Gakkeumi members cherish the Korean language and script and work to promote regional dialects through activities such as broadcasting and communication, public language improvement as ‘Uri Mal Jikimi’ (language protectors), producing newspapers and promotional videos on various topics related to the Korean language as ‘Uri Mal Alrimi’ (language informers), and conducting dialect surveys and creating promotional materials to preserve Busan regional dialects as ‘Jiyeogeo Akimi’ (regional language preservers).

Students of the 'Busan Uri Mal Gakkumi 9th Generation' who participated in the Uri Mal Gakkumi inauguration ceremony are taking a group commemorative photo.

The Dong-A University Korean Language and Culture Center also plans to carry out the ‘Beautiful Korean Poetry Handwriting Relay’ activity together with the university student volunteer organization ‘Busan Uri Mal Gakkeumi.’

The Beautiful Korean Poetry Handwriting Relay is an activity to widely promote the beauty of the Korean language and script in commemoration of Sejong’s Birthday (May 15). Participants write their favorite lines of poetry in handwriting on social networking services (SNS), tag (@) the next person, and continue the relay.

The ‘Beautiful Korean Poetry Handwriting Relay’ will continue until the end of this month, and participants will be eligible for a small prize through a draw next month.

Kim Bo-min, the representative of Uri Mal Gakkeumi, said, “We will do our best to make the Busan Uri Mal Gakkeumi activities meaningful and enjoyable throughout the year,” and added, “We will strive to widely promote the Korean language to people through various activities.”

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