Report on internship: Intern at the Embassy of Republic of Korea in Costa Rica

Dept. of Media, Peace and Conflict Studies

200848108 Su-Yeon, Hong

 I served as an intern at the Embassy of Republic of Korea in Costa Rica from July 1^st 2009 to August 6^th 2009. Despite of a short period of time, I experienced of external relations and various diplomatic activities. I fundamentally learned how to control administrative works. One of the projects I was responsible for was an expert seminar between Costa Rica and Republic of Korea with the invitation of Costa Rican government. It was a grateful experience to get involved in the task that Korea as a leader in e-learning industry introduced and shared expertise to Costa Rica. I helped Korean delegates most of the time with my colleague, Yu-Na, Choi during the conference. I also contacted each responsible staff to assist presentations efficiently, and interpreted them occasionally. I could successfully fulfill my duty as a rewarding experience.  Besides, to translate the legal documents of diplomatic agendas helped me take a glimpse of how external affairs are dealt with at the international level. On top of that, I assisted to plan Korean cultural activities such as film festival; investigating locations, creating a movie list, and studying local understanding of Korean films. All of these valuable experiences were possible because there were full of great coworkers and superiors to take a good care of me and believe in me.

I am appreciative of the opportunity, indeed.