On November 17, 2023 a ceremony was held to present scholarships from the Government of the Republic of Korea to students of “Linguistics (Korean language)” department of the Faculty of Foreign Languages. Financial assistance in the amount of 400 to 800 US dollars was presented by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the Kyrgyz Republic Mr. Lee Wonjae, the Rector of KNU Tolobek Abdyrakhmanov, Director of the Education Center of the Republic of Korea in Bishkek Mr. Kim Jae-Yong, Director of International Cooperation Department Bakyt Keldibekov, President of the Association of Citizens of the Republic of Korea in the Kyrgyz Republic Mr. Kim Kisu and President of the Public Association of Koreans of Kyrgyzstan Vyacheslav Khan.

The event was also attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Republic of Korea Aida Ismailova (online), First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Kyrgyz Republic Ms. Kim Sooyoung, Head of the educational department of the Education Center of the Republic of Korea in Bishkek Vyacheslav Hwang, Chairman of the Board of the Public Association of Koreans of Kyrgyzstan Arthur Pak and Vice-president of the Public Association of Koreans of Kyrgyzstan Victoria Tigay.

At the end of the ceremony, organized by International Cooperation Department, students who received scholarships expressed their gratitude in the Korean language to the members of the Korean delegation.