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The opening ceremony of the East Asia Resource Library (EARL) took place on 10 May 2018 - this new knowledge-based institution is the result of the cooperation of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Arts.

DUO-Korea Programme is sponsored by the Ministry of Education with an aim to promote exchanges of people between Korean and European ASEM member countries on a balanced and permanent basis.

On 3 April 2018, Dr. Zlatko Šabič and Mirjam Kotar, Msc, were guests of the roundtable "Open session for science". This is an event, held regularly to introduce innovative work by social scientists, as well as to discuss new initiatives for innovative research.

On 26th of March 2018 dr. RICHARD Q. TURCSÁNYI, an Assistant Professor at Mendel University in Brno, held a lecture on aspects of Chinese foreign policy.

On 21st and 23rd March 2018, the Japanese Studies and EARL organised a series of special lectures focused on Japanese economics and business environment, held at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

On 25 January 2018, the Ambassador of Korea, H.E. Mr Dong-ik Shin was on a formal visit to Slovenia, and on that occasion, the Korean delegation also visited the EARL. It was welcomed by Prof. Monika Kalin-Golob, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof. Roman Kuhar, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and the EARL Management Board representatives.

Nina Pejič attended the International Youth Forum on the Belt and Road between 28-29th December 2017, organized by the Zhejiang University Academy of International Strategy and Law and International Academy of Belt and Road in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.

On 17 January 2018, Professor Zlatko Šabič, DG of the EARL, was in Tokyo, where he had an honour to be met by the President of the Japan Foundation, Mr Hiroyasu Ando.

EARL hosted two lecturers, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chikako Shigemori Bučar and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nataša Visočnik from Department of Asian Studies, University of Ljubljana Faculty of Arts.

His Excellency, Mr Dong-ik Shin will be visiting Slovenia. On that occasion the Korean delegation will pay a visit to Faculty for Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, where they will have a look at Korean corner in EARL and meet the deans of both faculties.