In 1997, Grace Lee, a Korean language teacher came to Patna with her husband and made the city her home. Initially, Korea and its culture were largely unknown. People know about Japan and China but nothing about Korea but today the Korean wave is spreading all over the world. Some 100-odd students are learning Korean at King Sejong Institute run by the Korean Culture Centre India at Patna’s Anugrah Narayan College. Grace says some students wish to learn the language because they are in love with K-drama and K-pop, BTS army while others want to go for higher studies in Korea or make a living in that country. Many of her students are already in Korea or other parts of the world. Ihina is among 100-odd students who aspires to pursue a law degree in Korea and said that the two countries have a lot in common, for example how we value family ties. Grace says while talking about the similarities between Indian and Korean culture, both the countries prioritise their families and show a lot of respect to elders. Taking care of parents in old age is a must for every Korean.
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00:00In the beginning, I invited our professors to my house and treated Korean food.
00:06They feel that they cannot even taste, they really refuse to taste the Korean food.
00:30We are here in the premises of A.N. College and this college has been teaching students across
00:37Bihar the Korean language and we are here with some of the students and teachers and we'll talk
00:43to them to know more about Korea. So I started learning Korean language at Nalanda University
00:48where my mission used to teach that and learning Korean is like to begin with any foreign language
00:53Korean language I feel it's very easy because it has like 45 letters of alphabet and later on
00:59when I started studying I started to know about more about the culture which is almost similar
01:04about the history what we shared before. When I was in school I was a huge fan of K-pop
01:10so I have always been a BTS ARMY so I wanted to learn Korean. Korean culture is very interesting
01:18and very fun to know about because we all like very into Korean culture and K-pop and K-dramas.
01:29I came to 1997 with my husband with a small baby one year old. That time when I asked people do you
01:46know about Korea? Almost nobody knew and they said oh I know Japan or I know China but I do not know
01:54Korea. I felt oh how come people do not know Korea that much but nowadays almost everyone when I ask
02:03them do you know Korea? Everybody say yes we know BTS they are saying. In the beginning I invited
02:10our professors to my house and treated Korean food. They feel that they cannot even taste
02:17they really refuse to taste the Korean food but these days especially youth and youngsters
02:23they are fond of Korean food they go to Delhi to taste the Korean food. Tteokbokki, kimbap, kimchi
02:30they knew much more even than me okay so I feel now really Korean yeah K-wave they said it's
02:40spreading all over the world even into Patna, Bihar also. I think media made a great role
02:47to make Korea known to the world actually and through Korean culture K-pop, K-drama and K-movie
02:55K-food and you know many people are now start to enjoy different areas of Korean culture.
03:02So I want to be a lawyer in relation to international laws. One of the main reasons I'm learning Korean here is
03:19to complete my Korean course and then pursue law with that. Personally I really like to learn
03:25about different culture and different country that thing really excites me. So in future I
03:31would like to see myself working in Korea. There are many students they want to get a better job
03:38and some of them even our graduate students they got the job in Samsung company, LG company, Hyundai
03:44company and many of them also went to study abroad in Korea also and they are studying in Korea actually.
03:52Actually I feel at home staying in India because of a part of a culture India has. India is very
04:00family-oriented and they respect elders very much and they respect teachers very much. Actually
04:07nowadays the Korean people they are a bit losing their own Korean traditional and good cultures.
04:15But now I see in India Indian students are very excellent and they really give regards and respect
04:22to teachers and elders parents. So I really want this you know nice culture will not be damaged
04:31and we want to promote even Korean people and Indian people. We will keep very good cultures
04:37will not be damaged and we want to promote even Korean people and Indian people.
04:38We want to promote even Korean people and Indian people.
04:41We will keep very good cultures nicely and develop more.