Workshop for Mongolian scholars

Dankook University Vice President Kim Wook, third from left in the front row, poses with professors from 10 Mongolian educational institutions during the opening ceremony of a five-day workshop for Mongolian scholars of Korean studies at the school’s campus in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, Monday. Dankook invited the Mongolian professors to lectures on various subjects including Korean language education, folklore, shamanism and mythology. Dankook established the Mongolian Studies Department, Korea’s first, in 1993. It launched the Institute for Mongolian Studies in 2008. / Coutesy of Dankook University