Korean Studies in Thailand

1. By Korean Studies Center Burapha UniversityThailand Korean Studiesin Thailand

2. The report of survey “ASEAN and Korean Studies: Thailand 1. Academic Status Progress 2. Korean Language and related Fields Curriculum Proposed in Thailand 3. Institutes No Longer Offer Korean Studies/Language 4. Promote and Focus Korean Study Fields in the Future 5. The Korean Counterpart in the University Level in the Future 6. Planned Academic Network Establishment

3. Academic Status Progress for Korean Language Curriculum * RamkhamhaengUniversity has provided only Korean related subjects

4. Korean Language and related Fields/Curriculum Proposed in Thailand

5. Korean Language and related Fields/Curriculum Proposed in Thailand (cont.)

6. Korean Language and related Fields/Curriculum Proposed in Thailand (cont.)

7. Korean Language and related Fields/Curriculum Proposed in Thailand (cont.)

8. Institute no longer offer Korean language courses

9. Promote and Focus Korean Studies Fields in the Future

10. Promote and Focus Korean Studies Fields in the Future (cont.) Note: No available ranking data

11. Remarks: Pol = Politics Lab = Labor Soc = Social Int’l = International Relations Cul = Culture Mig = Migration Lang = Language Inf = Information Networking Econ = Economic Reg = Regional Studies HRD = Human Resource Development Hist = History Ed = Education

12. The Korean counterpart in the university level for the Future

13. The Korean counterpart in the university level for the Future (cont.) Note: No available ranking data

14. Further Information 1. To exchange students 2. To exchange Faculty members 3. To have visiting lecturers 4. To find grants for students 5. To conduct joint research and case study on - International Business - Education 6. To conduct joint publications 7. To hold international conference 8. To develop Korean Grammar Textbook

15. cooperative agencies 1. Yonsei University 2. Hankuk University 3. KRF 4. KOICA 5. KAREC

16. Planned Academic Network Establishment between Organization and Institutions in Korea

17. Planned Academic Network Establishment between Organization and Institutions in Korea (cont.)

18. Planned Academic Network Establishment between Organization and Institutions in Korea (cont.) Note: No available ranking data

19. Remarks for other potential network as information provided 1. Yonsei University, the Korean Language Institute 2. Hankuk University 3. Chungnam National University 4. Pusan National University 5. Seoul National University, Institute of Korean Studies 6. The Academy of Korean Studies 7. National History Compilation Committee

20. Conclusion and Recommendations 1. The curriculum 2. Curriculum Progress 3. Future Curriculum Management 4. Korean University Collaboration 5. Planned Academic Network Establishment

21. The curriculum • The result from the survey can point that every university has proposed Korean Language Courses, but RamkhamhaengUniversity has proposed the related –Korean courses or Korean Studies as electives. As the result, the proficiency in Korean Language as major and minor courses will enhance the career opportunities for students. In addition, there will be much more difficulties and obstacles for whoever plans to learn Korean Studies from any aspect in depth since there have not been any scholars who can really fluently understand Korean Language for the purposes of learning from original Korean source documents.

22. Curriculum Progress • There are three universities those can develop Korean Language Courses from electives to minors and majors consecutively for some periods of time. All mentioned universities have been supported and enforced for curriculum design, textbook development, and instructor assistance by organizations, academic institutes and resource persons from Korea in many ways of cooperation. • Korean courses used to be proposed in some institutes as electives for 3-7 academic years, especially in Rajabhat Institutes, those courses have to be cancelled later. As reference information is concerned, we believe that there were serious human resource problems.

23. Future Curriculum Management • Most universities seem to conduct primarily in Korean Language, secondly in Culture and Social.As far as these two fields are well-supported and well-promoted, the Korean language learning will be more deeply profound. However, it is so obvious that the interests in History, Politics, Economics and Labor are less than it should be. As far as the circumstances are concerned, those mentioned fields will be much useful for Thailand if we can learn a lot more in depth.

24. Korean University Collaboration • Most universities need to be assisted to exchange students and staff together with joint and cooperative researches. Those demands reflect in the lack of skilled native instructors, direct experiences from natives to learners, and fruitful researches.

25. Planned Academic Network Establishment • More information from most universities about current network with Asiatic Research Center of Korea University, The Center for Area Studies of Seoul National University, Center for Asia-Pacific Studies of Kyung-Hee University, Korean Association for Southeast Asian, and Pusan University for Foreign Studies is still activate. In contrast, there is not any sign of contact with Burapha University and Prince of Songkla University at Pattani where holding Korean Courses as majors.

26. Recommended assistances 1. Academic Institutes, Foundations, or any willingful agencies in Korea can assist and support Thai Universities in many ways, such as, Staff / Student Exchange Programs, Joint researches, Text / Instructor manual development and so on in form of financial aid, or else, with constructed mutual agreement between countries in order to serve both national policies.

27. Recommended assistances 2. Cooperative and collaborative through private sectors or trade associations should be provided as other alternative ways of funding and enforcing for sustainable academic development.

28. Recommended assistances 3. Effective and efficiency means to maintain and initiate networks among AUN members and other institutes will enhance ultimately prosperous and beneficial shared database. As mentioned earlier, Korean Studies Center at Burapha University has been collecting and managing Thailand’s database about Korean Studies. Also, our willingness to share and exchange any assistance or data among members will be very welcomed for the purpose of Korean Studies promotion. We would like to prepare our center to serve any scholars, universities, or interested persons if it will be useful.