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3 unusual facts about Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies


Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies

Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies or HAFS is a private boarding school located in the northern part of Yongin, South Korea, and is the first Korean high school formed by a collaboration between the government and a university.

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) and the local government of the City of Yongin decided to fund constructions of the Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies in order to stop the outflow of students moving out of Yongin city for better education.

2002 October 16 The mayor of Yongin Mr. Jeong-mun Lee and the president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) Mr. Byeong-man Ahn decided to create Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies (한국외국어대학교 부속 외국어고등학교).



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