President Tokayev sent a letter to Hankuk University graduate

Seoul, 11 March 2021 - Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Korea Bakyt Dyussenbayev met with the Vice President of the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Mr. Shin Jong Hwan, and an alumnа of this university Choi Yong Son.

The occasion of the event was the presentation of a letter from the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Ms. Choi Yong Son after the article of her interview in the Turkestan newspaper. This article was read by the Head of State and highly appreciated. In his letter, the President personally addressed her with words of gratitude and support in the study of the Kazakh language, including her support in creating the Korean-Kazakh dictionary.

Ms. Choi graduated from the HUFS in February 2019 with a degree in the Kazakh language. Under the student exchange program in 2015-2016 studied at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. In 2017, she worked in the Korean pavilion at the International Exhibition Astana Expo -2017.

Currently, she is a researcher at the HUFS and continues to work on the study of the Kazakh language and its popularization. In addition to a good level of the Kazakh language, she knows the culture and traditions of the Kazakh people very well.

In an interview with the Turkistan newspaper, Choi Yong Son shared her impressions of learning the Kazakh language, including the formation of the Korean-Kazakh dictionary, about life and study in Kazakhstan, and also talked about her future plans related to Kazakhstan.