Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) PhD student Boa Lim from Korea doesn't have time to miss her native Daejeon in Korea. A Korean language teacher at the King Sejong Institute (KSI) Vilnius and MRU's Institute of Humanities, she has also begun PhD studies at MRU.

Unlike most international students, she enjoys the cold, snowy weather during the winter months in Lithuania.

"I like Lithuania. When I came here in 2016, everybody asked why I like it here. I like the cold winters. I like the snow. I like balandėliai (cabbage rolls) and also Lithuanian beer, "Baltas," said the 35-year-old Korean native.

She also loves her job teaching Lithuanian students Korean language. "Many Lithuanians want to learn Korean," she said.

During this semester there are about 250 students studying Korean language at Mykolas Romeris University's KSI Vilnius.

There are also plans to have a taekwondo martial arts teacher come to MRU from May to acquaint students with this art.

Boa Lim said that when she came to MRU, she did not plan to study towards a PhD. "I started to feel that I wanted to learn more and to improve my teaching skills," she said explaining why she applied to the PhD programme.

Currently she is enrolled in MRU's PhD programme and preparing to write her dissertation on: "Teaching Korean to Lithuanian Students Based on Interculturality."

MRU Assoc. Prof. Lora Tamošiūnienė, who is the President of the Baltic Association of Korean Studies, recommended that Boa Lim study in the PhD programme.

"I was happy to be accepted," she said.

Lim said she is so busy that she has no time to miss Korea or Daejeon.

At the April 26th, 2019 Conference of Baltic Association of Korean Studies, "Insights into the Present State of Studies of Korean Subjects in the Baltic States," Boa Lim and colleagues made a presentation.

Her lecture topic was: "Korean Culture Education Program in Vilnius KSI".