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Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Opens New York Global Center for Pan-American K-Education

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies opened a new Americas Global Center in New York to coordinate K-Education outreach and education support for overseas Koreans.
  • The center will serve communities in the United States, Canada and Latin America, following the university’s first Americas center in Los Angeles in 2020.
  • University President Moon Hwi-chang said the center would work with Korean community organizations to develop locally relevant education programs.

Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies has opened a new global education base in New York, aiming to extend its K-Education programs across the Americas and support overseas Korean communities.

The center’s signboard ceremony took place on Aug. 20 at the Korean Community Center in Chelsea, New York. University President Moon Hwi-chang and Choi Seung-hyun, director of the Americas Global Center, joined Lee Myung-seok, president of the Korean Association of New York, and representatives of other local organizations.

The newly launched Americas Global Center in New York will serve as a strategic education hub of truly international scale, becoming a key platform for improving the quality of life of overseas Koreans and spreading high-quality K-Education.

· Moon Hwi-changThe university president spoke at the signboard ceremony for the New York center.

The New York center is the university’s second Americas Global Center, following the opening of its first facility in Los Angeles in 2020. It will cover not only the United States, but also Korean communities in Canada and Latin America. The university plans to use it as an overseas campus and a base for distributing educational content designed to strengthen overseas Koreans’ academic and professional skills.

At the ceremony, Moon described the New York center as “a strategic education hub of truly international scale” and said it would improve the quality of life for overseas Koreans while spreading high-quality K-Education. He added that the university would work closely with Korean associations, Korean chambers of commerce and other community institutions to build an education ecosystem suited to local needs.

We will work closely with major institutions in the Korean community in the Americas, including Korean associations and Korean chambers of commerce, to create an education ecosystem that meets your needs.

· Moon Hwi-changMoon described the center’s planned cooperation with local Korean organizations.
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