A green grassland, a house, a nomadic life, etc. What can you associate with these key words? It is Mongolia. In thc past, Korea had something to do with Mongolia. Now, we have diplomatic ties with Mongolia. There are some Mongolians in Chungnam National University. I met Myagmar Gansorig in the Foreign Languages Education Center. Gansorig speaks Korean fluently.
Myagmar Gansorig
Myagmar Gansong came to Korea from Mongolia on September through the Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP). He came to Korea with his family(wife and two children). His family lives in a dormitory. The first time he came to Korea was in 1998. For two year, he has shuttled between Korea and Mongolia; working as KOICA member. Since 2005, he has traveled due to business. Although he didn't study Korean privately, he speaks Korean fluently. He said he acquired Korean naturally, working as a local guide for Koreans who investigate underground resources or Mongolian insects. He will finish the Korean courses at Foreign Languages Education Center by September. After that, he will major in Environment and Forest Recourses.
Mongolia and Korea
He has been interested in school life. He said the school has good facilities and especially, the dormitory for the married couples. He loves the playground and grass. He said, in Mongolia, many indoor facilities lack in comparison with those in Korea. Also, he said he loves the large campus that doesn't exist in his hometown. He thinks that teachers in CNU are very kind.
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. The whole population is around 2.8 million. The size ol Mongolia is about 150㎢. Thc fifty percent of population lives in Ulaanbaatar, the capital and the largest city. Some of Mongolian merits include a wide area of a preserved wilderness and many underground resources. Mongolia has been influenced by Socialism in the past, but from early 1990 Mongolia has undergone its own Democratic Revoluition leading to a multi-party system. Two years later, she adopted a new constitution and transition to a market economy. Myagmar remains optimistic about the future of his country partly because Mongolia has money, natural resources, and livestock.
By Lee Da-yeong CP Reporter
ekdud@cnu.ac.kr