Korean Class

IAP Korean Class Teaching Staff 

Top row (from left): Instructors- Taehong Park, Jason Sungtae Kim

Bottom row (from left): TA's- Sanghyuk Park, Byungsub Kim, Seongmoo Heo

During MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP) in January of 2004, Korean language classes were taught by members of Hansori and MIT-Korea Program committee. A beginner and an intermediate courses were taught, 2 hours a day for a week (5 consecutive days). The Korean classes was attended by over 30 students of various cultural background, and received great reviews from those completed the 5 day course. The picture shows the beginner course teaching staff after class. For the Korean class website, click here.  

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Poong Mool

Performing at Wellesley Culture Show

Sa-mul-nol-i, or Poong mool, was a main Hansori activity, lead by Minjoon Kouh. An extinguished instructor, Wonmok Hwang, was invited to teach Poong mool and its instruments to MIT Hansori students. With hard work and passion to learn, Hansori members reached a level of maturity to perform at various events around New England. Hansori Poongmool-pae received unprecedented appraisal from the New England community and was frequently invited to numerous cultural events. The picture shows a performance by Hansori poongmool-pae at the Wellesley Culture Show. 

Early Days of Hansori [1991 - 1995]

Very First Meeting

Top row (from left): Minjoon Kouh, Hoon Paul Kim, Jason Sungtae Kim, Taehong Park

Bottom row (from left): Songjoon Park, Sungjun Woo, James Kwak, Sungjoon Yoon, Hyunkeong Kim

In 1993, Hansori held its first official meeting. The group name "Hansori" was conceived and officers were elected, with Jason Sungtae Kim serving as its first president. Hansori held weekly meetings in Building 1 and started its decade long commitment to become a Korean cultural voice at MIT. Hansori received official recognition from Association of Student Activities (ASA) in Spring of 1994. The picture shows one of the early meetings in the Fall of 1993.

Boston International Festival

As one of the early activities of Hansori, the group performed an a cappella performance (lead by Hoon Paul Kim, shown on far-right) at the Boston International Festival (BIF) held at the Bayside Expo Center. The BIF included performances by many professional organizations presenting unique international cultures all around the world. MIT Hansori was proud to be the only group representing Korea at the event. The picture shows a snap shot of a performance at BIF singing an a cappella version of Arirang. 

Korean History & Literature Seminar

Left side (from front): Minjoon Kouh, Soyoung Choo, ..., Albert Seungyong Lee, Cecilia Jaekyung Song

Right side (from front): Daechul Sohn, Hyung-o Choi, ..., Sanghoon Ahn

To share the Korean heritage and its rich cultural background, Hansori held bi-monthly Korean History & Literature seminar, lead by Soyoung Choo (shown second from front-left). The seminar included discussions on selected readings from Korean history publications and renowned literature. Everyone took turn in leading the discussion and preparing the materials. The picture shows a seminar session held in student center.

Study Break

Left-front: Minjoon Kouh, Songjoon Park, Taehong Park, Hyunkeong Kim, Sooyoung Kim

Right-front: Kat Sejung Park, Sungjun Woo, Sungsim Park, Jason Sungtae Kim, Sungmin Pak, Sunghwa Choi

Playing hard is as important as working hard. Study breaks were large part of building friendship and relieving the MIT stress. Study breaks were held two to three times a term, and attracted many new as well as existing members of Hansori, both undergrad to grads. The picture shows a study break held in McCormick dining room.