A ceremony to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Korean Language Institute was held at the Centennial Hall on Friday, May 22, 2009. The ceremony was attended by some 1,000 people, including Han-Joong Kim, President of Yonsei University, faculty and staffs, foreign embassy officials, Korean educators as well as Sangkyu Seo, Director of the Institute of Language Research and Education, Professors and Instructors of the KLI, current students and alumni.
Sangkyu Seo, the director of ILRE, announced 'The Korean Language Institute‘s Declaration on the Vision for the Future.' There was an exhibition marking the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of the KLI at the lobby of the Centennial Hall. After the ceremony, several performances and events - such as talent shows and world food festivals - were held at the Centennial Hall and in front of Central Library as the 3rd Annual Festival of the KLI.
A number of distinguished guests and alumni including Myungsoon Shin, Vice President of Yonsei University had dinner to celebrate the ceremony at Yonsei Alumni Hall at 6:00 in the evening.
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