Asian Studies and the Centre for Korean Studies invite UPEI students to this special event: The 2025 Korean (한국말) Speech Contest, on March 21, 10:00 – 12:00 pm, SDU Main Building 201 (Faculty Lounge). Refreshments will be provided.

Prizes with a certificate: first prize: $700 scholarship; second: $500; third prize: $300

Deadline for application and speech draft: March 14, 2025
Submit to Dr. Somi Lee at somlee@upei.ca (Korean Studies professor, UPEI), cc'ing Dr. Edward Chung at chung@upei.ca (AST and KS Project Director).

Contest category: Beginner’s level of spoken Korean
Speech length: 4-5 minutes

For the application form and details on the contest guidelines and criteria, email somlee@upei.ca  
For the event poster, email  jbbandara@upei.ca or chung@upei.ca

Acknowledgement: This speech contest is funded by Prof. Edward Chung’s international Seed Program for Korean Studies project grant (AKS-2022-INC-2230004) at UPEI, thanks to Korean Studies Promotion Service (KSPS), the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS), the Ministry of Education, Government of South Korea.