South Korea is forging closer academic ties with Latin America, hoping to capitalise on growing cultural links and students looking for new destinations to study after shunning the US.
The Korea Foundation (KF), founded in 1991 to further South Korea’s soft power abroad, has announced it is expanding its Korean studies consortium into Chile, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador and Colombia.
Universities including the Central University of Chile, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and the National University of Colombia are all set to join the programme.
The initiative will allow students at participating institutions to enrol in online Korean studies courses for academic credits.
The KF’s Global e-School works to offer courses related to the Korean language, culture, and within the humanities and social sciences.
