Paulina Soto, a third year student of law school, was selected in the University Students Invitation Program in BRICs and Latin American Countries in the framework of "The Year 2010 University Student Invitation Program". The main objective of the Program is to invite undergraduate students, from different countries around the world to know South Korea for 10 days.
This program was organized by the National Institute of International Education (NIIED) Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of South Korea and many activities were carried out like courses about Korean history, economy and culture of that country, plus visit to important sites with cultural heritage and history and visit Universities to participate in meetings with Korean students.
Paulina Soto also won the 2011 Korean Studies Fellowships for Students from Latin America granted by the UCLA Center for Korean Studies at the University of California Los Angeles. This Project is part-funded project with the Academy of Korean Studies from South Korea and the purpose of this program is to provide students from Latin America with the opportunity to take courses on Korea in areas, primarily humanities, where coverage is not available in Latin America. The courses will be taken during the Winter Quarter period (January to March 2011).
