The University of Jordan (UJ) President Prof. Abdul Karim Al Qudah and Korean Ambassador to Jordan Lee Jae-wan on Sunday inaugurated at the University the first King Sejong Institute in Jordan.

In his address, Al Qudah voiced appreciation of the Korean support to Jordan, noting that the Korean-Jordanian cultural cooperation will deepen with the establishment of King Sejong Institute.

 

Al Qudah emphasized the importance of Korean culture and thanked the Korean government for its continuous support for the Korean language program at the university by providing it with highly qualified and trained instructors.

During the ceremony, the Ambassador thanked the university for hosting the institute, commending the cultural cooperation between the two countries and stressed commitment to enhancing cultural cooperation prospects between Korea and Jordan.

 

Director of King Sejong Institute Amman, Dean of the School of Foreign Languages, Prof. Yousef Abu Amrieh said that UJ has always been a cultural beacon that boosts Jordan’s position of fostering cultural diversity.

 

"To this end, the School has been committed since it was founded more than a decade ago to promote cross-cultural dialogues and keep corridors of talks open with other cultures and nations," he added.

 

As part of strengthen relations between the republic of Korea and Jordan, the King Sejong Institute in Amman organized a conversation contest in which 22 students took part. Students Shahed Al-Sawaf, Layan Al-Sweilemeen and Nagam Dwiri won the first three places, respectively.

 

The inauguration of the King Sejong Institute Amman, which is one of 243 institutes spread around the world, took place at the Translation Center on campus in presence of the Korean Cultural attaché, Korean language instructors, students, and faculty members and administrators from the school of foreign languages and the institute.