UP President Angelo Jimenez (leftmost) signs the MOU between the university and K-water, the state-owned water resource management agency of Korea. Jimenez earlier suggested activities such as collaborative research on water resource management and internship programs for students of civil engineering. Looking on, beginning second from left, are K-water Vice President and Chief Learning Officer […]
Seated, from left: UP officials, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (Internationalization) and Office of International Linkages Director Dolores Cecilia Madrid; AVPAA (Student Affairs) Ma. Shari Niña Oliquino; VP for Research and Innovation Joel Joseph Marciano Jr.; and President Angelo Jimenez, with Hanyang University Professor Aaron Kim and New York University program coordinator Colby Hepner. […]
The UP Korea Research Center will be hosting the 10th Philippine Korean Studies Symposium from April 28 to 29, 2025. In relation to the event, UP KRC is calling on interested individuals for paper submissions. Since 2012, the Philippine Korean Studies Symposium (PKSS) has become a venue for Philippine scholars and educators who […]
The UP Korea Research Center, supported by the Korea Foundation, will be holding its “2024 UP KRC Global Korean Studies Roundtable (UP KRC 글로벌 한국학 라운드테이블)” on 29 July 2024, Monday, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM (GMT +8). The panels include Hoyoun Koh from the Korean Studies Center, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, Soyoung Kim from Sofia […]
The last time I visited Europe, in 2019, was on a personal trip with my family. But this year, returning to Europe for the first time after the pandemic, I felt like a first-time traveller. Given that I am not the type who enjoys unlimited inflight film watching, crossing different time zones, and waking up […]
[Public Lecture] Korean Cinema: Art and Industry Date: 4 December 2023 MONDAY Time: 9am – 12pm (GMT+8) Venue: Zoom & YouTube Live Streaming Registration Link: https://bit.ly/KorCinema UPKRC together with UP Center for International Studies is organizing a public lecture to learn about and discuss Korean cinema! Don’t miss a chance to meet our speaker […]
Organized by the UP Korea Research Center and UP Department of Linguistics, the 6th Philippine Korean Studies Symposium focused on promoting academic research on Korea-related studies by Filipino scholars here and abroad, strengthening Korean studies as area studies, and developing networks with both local and international institutions.
The Second Philippine Koreanist Congress, with the theme: “Mapping the Korean diaspora in the Philippines: 70-year history and friendship in retrospect”, was spearheaded by the UP Korea Research Center.
A joint public forum held by the UP Korea Research Center and the Asia Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation Inc. explores South Korea’s New Southern Policy and what it means for the Philippines and ASEAN.
Active relations between the University of the Philippines and Korea were highlighted during the first lecture and meeting with top UP officials of Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Han Dong-Man.
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
