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 the submission of Visa Extension Application form [D-4] and [D-2] can also be submitted through a Government for Citizen G4C website called "HI-KOREA". To provide more convenience to International Students in Korea [ D-4, Student Visa ] and [D-2, Korean language training visa] while extending the sojourn period, your visa extension form can be submitted through Government for Citizens (G4C) website called HI KOREA ( www.hikorea.go.kr ). 1. Target Work : -Application for permitting extension of Sojourn, Student Visa (D-2) and (D-4) Visa Holders 2. Application Method - Find the attachments. The Ministry of Justice has made it compulsory to register the fingerprints at the time of extending period of sojourn. Accordingly while applying for Sojourn period extension through Internet , fingerprints registration will also be confirmed. If Fingerprints are found not registered, then Application for Sojourn extension will not be accepted through I...

Notification of the changes in the standard of Scholarships given to International Students. Office of the International affairs, Kangwon National Unversity hereby notifies to all the International Students about the change in the standards of the Scholarships provided by the University. International Students from all the concerned countries who are getting university scholarship are requested to update yourselves. 1. * Major Changes Division: Graduate Students/ Enrolled Students/ Merit based Scholarship Students Current: * Above 3.0 Average GPA until previous semester . * Minimum 6 credits in a semester . Amendments: * average GPA should be above 3.5. until previous semester. * Minimum 6 credits in a Semester (Exception: If the student has an average of more than 4.0 GPA in total semesters and has completed more than 80% of the credits required for degree.) Remarks: Including ACES and BEST KNU scholarship students. * ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/16/us-worldbank-idUSBRE83F0XF20120416 Jim Yong Kim, the U.S. nominee for the next World Bank president, leaves the Finance Ministry after a meeting with Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi in Tokyo April 1, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Issei Kato By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:35pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Monday chose Korean-born American health expert Jim Yong Kim as its new president, maintaining Washington's grip on the job and leaving developing countries frustrated with the selection process. Kim, a physician and anthropologist who makes for a somewhat unorthodox choice to head the global anti-poverty lender, won the job over Nigeria's widely respected finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, with the support of Washington's allies in Western Europe, Japan and Canada - as well as some emerging economies. It was the first time in the World Bank's history that the Unite...

  The 6th All India Korean Language Educators’ Workshop, 2012 held in India. Unfortunately, I could'nt participate in the Workshop  as I am in Korea  but it was a great opportunity to get an idea of the  current status of Korean Language  Learning and its development in India. It was a valuable opportunity to listen some of the distinguished scholars from Korea at the same time. Here are the details of the schedule of the Workshop. I wish all the best for the upcoming Academic activities related to Korean language and  Korean Studies  in future. This kind of academic moves are immensley significant in  a highly populated Country like India where the Korean language learners are increasing at a rapid speed.  As the demand of the Korean language and Korean Studies are increasing in India, there is a necessity of  more Korean Language Centres in the other parts of the Country especially in rural areas wh...