Happy Cambodian New Year 2010!

The Cambodian or Khmer New Year Days are coming soon on April 14-16, so the Cambodian Student Association at Chonnam National University (CNU-CSA) in South Korea would like to wish all members, alumni of CNU-CSA, and all Cambodian people in the world all the best, healthy, success in study or research, joy, peace, prosperity and happiness...

2010 Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) for International Students for Graduate Courses

Chonnam National University is accepting applications for Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) for Graduate Programs. This program is designed to provide higher education in Korea for international students in order to promote international exchanges in education and mutual friendship between the participating countries. If you are interested, download the information file and send in the application by April 30, 2010.

1. Application Deadline: e-mail application file and then send the original documents by mail
- e-mail: MS Word or PDF documents(including all attachments) to
gradia@jnu.ac.kr by April 30, 2010(Friday)
AND
- mail: original documents to CNU by May 4, 2010(Tuesday) original documents to CNU by May 4, 2010(Tuesday)

2. Qualifications:
- Applicant and parents must be citizens of the country to which scholarships are offered.
- Under 40 years as of September 1, 2010.
- Hold either a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree as of September 1, 2010.
- GPA 80% (out of 100%) or within top 10% among graduates
- Should have GPA of at least 2.64 on a 4.0 scale, 2.80 on a 4. 3 scale, 2.91 on a 4.5 scale or
grades/marks/score of 80% or higher from the previous attended institution

3. Scholarship Period:
- Start of Scholarship Program: September 1, 2010
- Master’s(3 yrs): 2010. 9. 1 ~ 2013. 8.31(1 yr of Korean language + 2 yrs. of Master’s)
- Doctoral(4 yrs): 2010. 9. 1 ~ 2014. 8.31(1 yr of Korean language + 3 yrs of Doctoral)
- Integrated Master’s & Doctoral(5 yrs): 2010. 9. 1 ~ 2015. 8.31(1 yr of Korean language
+ 4 yrs of Integrated Master’s & Doctoral)

4. Academic Programs and Fields of Study:

5. Contact: Office of International Affairs, Chonnam National University, CHOI Jin (530-1267, gradia@jnu.ac.kr)

9 Cambodian people visit South Korea

There are nine Cambodian people visit South Korea on February 10-15, 2010. They are working for Chang Min Industrial Construction Co., LTD. in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. On February 11, they visited three farms (Tomatos farm, Stoberry farm and Paprika farm) in Hwasun county. Mr. HUON Thavrak also accompanied them to visit those farms too.

First honorary member of CNU-CSA

Mr. PHAN Kongkea became a first honorary member of CNU-CSA on January 29, 2010. He was accepted by Mr. HUON Thavrak, a president of CNU-CSA. Mr. Kongkea is a graduate student (Master's degree) in Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST).

Korean Government Scholarship for Undergraduate Course‏

Chonnam National University is one of the universities in charge of recommendation of qualified candidates for Korean Government Scholarship Program for Undergraduate. If you are interested in this program please apply by deadline

1. The deadline of Application Submission: Jan.22, 2010(Fri), please send your application package to the following address:

To. Kim Miyong
Chonnam National University
Office of International Affairs
77 Yong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, South-Korea
Post code: 500-757
Tel: +82-62-530-1267

2. Qualifications [for details check application]
- Under 25 years as of April 1, 2010
- GPA 80% (out of 100%) or within top 10% among graduates
- Not have enrolled in an undergraduate course in Korea before
- Who are good at Korean or English

3. Study Term: one year Korean Language Training + 4 years undergraduate course

4. Contact: International Office, Tel.+82-62-530-1267, email: gradia@jnu.ac.kr

5. List of Countries and Quota of Scholarships in each country:

The procedures:
57 universities can make recommendation up to 10 candidates to the NIIED, and NIIED will select only 150 scholars for 2010 undergraduate course from the worldwide.
If the candidate recommended by CNU and finally accepted, then they will study language and degree course in this university, or if they are recommended by the other university then they will study at that university.

The selection will be in order of higher score in all factors such as high school GPA score, language ability, recommendation letters, self introduction and study plan as well.
Beside the applicants must complete all the required document, and if some of documents are delay then they must fax us or email with scan file before the deadline.

Schedules:
- The deadline of Application submission: Jan 22, 2010(Fri)
- The selection of 10 candidates by University: Jan 25~26, 2010
- Mailing all the documents to NIIED: Jan 27, 2010
- Final selection by NIIED: Feb 25, 2010
- Come to Korea : Mar 25~30, 2010
- Start Korean Language Training : April 1, 2010

The scholarship for three Cambodian students at CNU

There are three Cambodian students at Chonnam National University (CNU) received the additonal scholarship at Aroma Church on December 6, 2009. Those students are Mr. HUON Thavrak, Mr. YOEUN Sereyvath and Mr. HEM Lina. This scholarships sponsored by professor Kyung-Ja Hong, chairperson of "Open Sesame" Foundation. In the ceremomy, pastor Kang-Joo Lee, represents professor Kyung-Ja Hong, gave the scholarship to Cambodian students above, and he also gave another scholarship to Chinese students too. Professor Joon-keun Park, Mr. Sun-Woo Choi, Mr. Suk-Bong Kim, Dr. Chae-Ok Kim, and Mr. Shim also attended in the ceremony too. The Cambodian students at CNU would like to thank you very much to professor Kyung-Ja Hong, professor Joon-keun Park, and Aroma church's members for their support.

Culture Nigth at GIST

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) celebrated the Culture Night on November 13, 2009. In the ceremony, there are many foreign students at GIST showed their culture including a Cambodian student at GIST, Mr. PHAN Kongkea, tried also to show the Khmer culture too. Mr. YOEUN Sereyvath, vice president of CNU-CSA, also brought 2 sets of Cambodian traditional dresses to join with Mr. PHAN Kongkea in the Culture Night at GIST too.