{
  "id": 11107263,
  "title": "University of Seoul's Extracurricular Festa offers hands-on extracurricular experiences",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/university-of-seouls-extracurricular-festa-offers-hands-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T04:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/education/20261001/university-of-seouls-extracurricular-festa-offers-hands-on-extracurricular-experiences"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The University of Seoul recently hosted its 6th Extracurricular Festa, providing students with hands-on experiences of various extracurricular programs on campus. As an annual event, this festival is the university's flagship extracurricular education celebration, which allows students to engage directly with diverse extracurricular activities and showcase their accomplishments. Won Yong-kul, the university president, emphasized the importance of strengthening extracurricular programs to empower students to take charge of their learning and gain practical experience. He also committed to establishing a student-centered education system.\n\nThis year, the Extracurricular Festa presented promotional and interactive booths for various extracurricular programs, an awards ceremony honoring outstanding achievements in extracurricular activities, and a prize drawing for students who visited the booths. A total of twenty booths were set up, enabling students to explore a broad spectrum of areas, including academic majors, career paths, employment opportunities, and personal development.\n\nOne of the prominent booths featured Seoul Software Academy University Plus, an institution dedicated to providing software education and training to students.",
  "summary": "The University of Seoul hosted the 6th Extracurricular Festa at its campus on Sept. 22, offering students opportunities to experience a variety of extracurricular programs. The university said the annual event is its signature extracurricular education festival, where students can experience diverse extracurricular programs firsthand and share their achievements. “We will continue to strengthen…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea's new K-Tour pass offers foreign travelers gateway beyond Seoul",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/koreas-new-k-tour-pass-offers-foreign-travelers-gateway-beyond-seoul",
        "published": "2026-10-01T04:12:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}