interHeart (Korean: ????) is a club for an information exchange and make relationship between international students who are studying in Korea.
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Summary
A club for international students to meet each other and the locals to learn Korean as well the Korean way of life in a fun and interesting way. By doing so, they also help promote multiculturalism in Korea through various cultural movements. They were gathered with few international students in Korea from 2006 to 2010 without an activity name, and then decided a name and logo and began interHeart activity in earnest from 2011. They are keeping in touch with about 10 university's international students, and some friends who back to their hometown, such as Malaysia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, United States, Vietnam, China, Japan, Mongolia, etc.
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Origin of interHeart
The compound word "interHeart" is formed from the words "inter-(prefix)" and "Heart".
Logo
interHeart logo was created and designed by Yari Lee, founder of interHeart. Edited by Shunsuke Saito, webmaster of interHeart.
interHeart Activity
These are their activities.
Campus Gathering
- Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province : Korea University (Every Wednesday), Kyung Hee University (Every Thursday), Inha University (Every Friday)
Saturday Gathering
- May 2011 ~ December 2014 : Popeyes at Chungmuro in Seoul
- January 2015 ~ Current : McDonald's and BLISS & BLESS (Coffeehouse) at Myungdong in Seoul
interHeart Trip (Domestic, Overseas)
2009
- June 9 ~ 11 : Seonyudo Island (Gunsan)
2010
- June 10 ~ 12 : Seonyudo Island (Gunsan)
2011
- July 4 ~ 6 : Busan
2012
- March 11 ~ 17 : Malaysia and Singapore
- April 20 ~ 21 : Gapyeong County
- June 15 ~ 17 : Busan
2013
- June 24 ~ 26 : Seonyudo Island (Gunsan)
2014
- February 17 ~ 19 : Jeju Island
- June 13 ~ 15 : Seonyudo Island (Gunsan)
- July 21 ~ 23 : Busan
2015
- July 3 ~ 5 : Busan
interHeart Christmas Party
Since 2009, they have an annual Christmas Party at the end of the year.
Mobile Dental Clinic for international students
2013
- May 4 : Inha University (Incheon)
- June 15 : Pungseong Multicultural Family Support Center (Incheon)
- October 26 : Jeonju University (Jeonju)
2014
- April 26 : Jeonju University (Jeonju)
- November 1 : Inha University (Incheon)
2015
- April 25 : Pukyong National University (Busan)
References
External links
- interHeart.kr - interHeart Official website (10 languages : English, Korean,Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Khmer, Mongolian, Russian, Vietnamese, Malay)
Source of article : Wikipedia
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