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Republic of Korea Contacts

Republic of Korea

If you live in Korea and are interested in finding out more about the group then please contact Professor Hyunsong Chung (UCL Experimental Phonetics PhD 2002). For more information about future events there is also a UCL Alumni Korea facebook group.

Recent Events

UCL Alumni Korea Welcome Back Reception, Seoul - 9th November 2012

UCL Alumni Korea held the 2012 Welcome Back Party Friday, 9 November, 2012 at Blooming Garden in Seoul. The party was a huge success that a total of 49 alumni attended the event. The alumni welcomed ten new graduates for this year. Dr Ivan Wall from UCL Biochemical Engineering department and Ms Claire Rowlinson from UCL international office, who visited Korea for 2012 Education UK Exhibition, also joined the party. Dr Wall gave a speech updating alumni on UCL today. In the event, the first draft of UCL Alumni Korea constitution was unanimously accepted by the alumni. The official party was followed by a pub crawl in Gangnam area, which reminded the alumni of typical Friday nights in London. Several late-comers joined the pub crawl. The crawl had continued until 3 AM.

Saturday 2nd June 2012 -Summer Barbeque 

UCL Alumni Korea held the 2012 Summer Barbecue on 2nd June, 2012 at “Nanji Camping Ground” in Seoul. Around 25 alumni showed up to this wonderful event.

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Past Events

Welcome Back Reception - Friday 6th November 2009

The "2009 UCL Alumni Korea Welcome Back Party” was held on Friday, 6 November at Urban Garden in Seoul. 33 alumni attended the party. Professor Seong-Kyu Ha (UCL Bartlett School), Vice-President of Chung Ang University, attended the party for the first time since he graduated from UCL.

One week ago before the party, some of the alumni including professor Youngook Kim of Sejong University (The Bartlett), professor Jeongmook Moon of Hongik University (The Bartlett) and Professor Hyunsong Chung of Korea National University of Education (UCL Phonetics) had a dinner with three UCL delegates, Professor C J Lim of The Bartlett, Ms Penny Zorbas of international office and Ms Anne Moore of UCL Language Centre who attended “The UK Education Fair” held between 31 October and 1 November at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul.

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Welcome Back Reception, Friday 31st October 2008, GEKO Bar, Seoul

The Welcome Back Event for new 2008 alumni took place on 31st October at GEKO Bar in Seoul. A total of 35 alumni attended the event and enjoyed meeting each other. The alumni welcomed seven new graduates for this year. Ms Claire Underwood from the UCL international office joined the event and gave a speech updating alumni on UCL today and introduced the alumni mentoring programme at UCL. Many alumni showed their interest in the programme. The event was enjoyed by all attendees.

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