Congratulations to Mr. PHAN Kongkea for his MSc graduation

The Cambodian Student Association at Chonnam National University (CNU-CSA) is very happy and congratulates to Mr. PHAN Kongkea (a honorary member of CNU-CSA) for his graduation in Master degree from Department of Environmental Science and Engineering on August 18th, 2010 at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju city.

Mr. PHAN Kongkea will defense his Master's thesis

Mr. PHAN Kongkea is going to defense his Master's thesis entitled: "Health risk assessment of inorganic arsenic intake of Cambodia resident through groundwater drinking pathway" on June 8th, 2010 at 3:00 pm - 4:oo pm, at Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST).

A dinner for celebrating Cambodian new year

In this year, CNU-CSA does not make a big party to celebrate Cambodian happy new year because of the economic crisis. To celebrate Cambodian happy new year, we just had a dinner together on April 16, at a restaurant. There are many students came to have a dinner such as 10 Cambodian students (9 students from Chonnam National University and a student from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology), a Kazakh student, and a Kirghiz student. All people enjoyed talking together and eating with a duck soup.

Cambodian New Year Ceremony at Hanam Road 8 in Gwangju city

Cambodian New Year's Days are coming on April 14-16, 2010. There are many Cambodian people joined the Cambodian New Year ceremony on April 11, at All Nations' Culture Center, Hanam Road 8, Gwangju city. In the ceremony, there are 5 Cambodian students from CNU-CSA, 4 students from CNU such as Mr. YOEUN Sereyvath, Mr. HEM Lina, Mr. PHAN Veasna and Mr. CHUM Puthy Roath, and a student from GIST, Mr. PHAN Kongkea.

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.