In Department of the Far East of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of KazNU named after al-Farabi, would be held a special course of lectures related to Koreans abroad "Koreans of the CIS", with the support of Overseas Korean Foundation of the Republic of Korea.
Students of the Department of the Far East once again became the best of the best in the quiz about Korea "Golden bell".
Department of the Far East on November 2, 2017g. met a special guest - General Consul of the Republic of Korea in Almaty Mr. Jong Seung Ming.
The Department of the Far East has introduced a new discipline in medical terminology in the curricula.
October 25, 2017 at the Department of the Far East Faculty of Oriental Studies KazNU named after al-Farabi, an extended curatorial hour was devoted to the "Experience of academic mobility in Japan", with the participation of the representative of the Japan Foundation, Ms. Onishi Yumi.
The Department of the Far Eastern Studies and the International Center for Korean Studies became participants in the Fourth World Humanities Forum for the Unification of Korea and organized the International Scientific and Practical Conference "The Past and Present of the Koreans of Kazakhstan" dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Koreans' residence in Kazakhstan.
Within the Winter School at KazNU students of the University of Tsukuba (Japan) together with students of the Department of Oriental Studies of the Chair of Far East held an International Student Forum titled "Elderly Population Issues in Kazakhstan and Japan."
Japanese language summer school for high school students was organized by Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of the Far East.
March 31, 2017 in KazNU at Al-Farabi was held a meeting with a graduate of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Department of Far East, Japanese Studies Anton Golub.
