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| Foreign applicants check their test site information before taking the Test of Proficiency in Korean at Konkuk University in Seoul in this file photo. Korea Times file |
Hong Kong will include Korean as one of the foreign languages in its university entrance exam starting 2025, Seoul's education ministry said Wednesday.
The ministry said its National Institute for International Education and the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority will soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the arrangement.
Under the MOU, Hong Kong will accept test results of TOPIK, or the Test of Proficiency in Korean, in the second foreign language category on its national university entrance examination.
The Hong Kong examination board will accept the highest TOPIK score an applicant has earned in the past two years, the ministry noted.
Other languages currently in the category include French, Japanese, German and Spanish.
Currently, eight countries outside Korea have adopted Korean as a university entrance examination subject, including Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, France and New Zealand.
As the Korean Wave fanned the popularity of Korean language study, about 330,000 people in 75 nations, including Korea, took TOPIK last year. (Yonhap)
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