※Special Lecture Series Information(3. 25)

- Time and Place : 2014. 3. 25(Tue.) 16:00 ~ , Oryong Hall #303

Since international students must attend only lectures held in English, do not forget to attend English lecture. English lecture will be given twice this semester.

(If you want to attend Korean lecture, it isn"t acceptable.)

There are 2 English lectures in 2014 Spring semester and even if you miss one class, it is impossible to pass this class. One is "My name is Yiombi, Living as Refugee in Korea"(March. 25th) and

the other one is "Can we conquer cancer?(April 29th).

Yiombi Thona short Personal Biography.

Yiombi Thona received a M.A in Economics from Kinshasa University in Congo and a M.A in NGO studies from Sungkonghoe University in Korea and he is a Political science PhD candidate at Ottawa University in Canada. He also received a long training in National Intelligence and Security from Congo and Detective at the Gabon Intelligence Agency, the B2. He received also some certificates including on Refugee Health (APRRN in Hong Kong) and on Forced Migration and Refugees at York University in Canada.
After working as a National Intelligence officer in Congo for more than seven years, he was forced to flee his country from persecution and was granted the Refugee status in South Korea. Mr Yiombi has experienced all Korean’s social life: He worked in factories, lived with Korean family, worked in hospital as manager, worked in NGOs for Refugees as coordinator and researcher. Mr Yiombi is a well known Refugee rights activist in South Korea. He recently published a book, “My name is Yiombi: Living as a Refugee in South Korea”. This book is seen as a “Refugee Manifesto” because of the Korean citizens’,

Finally, from his Refugee Rights activism, Mr. Yiombi has been appointed as Professor at Gwangju University in South Korea.

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