The AI Diplomat project jointly organized by VANK, led by Director Park Gi-tae, and the National Association for Korean Schools (NAKS), headed by President Kwon Yea-soon and Chair Mi-young Choi, concluded successfully during the 44th NAKS Conference and General Assembly.
According to VANK on July 28, 2026, the conference and general assembly, held in New Jersey from July 23 to 25 (local time) under the theme “Korean Schools Growing Together in the AI Era,” brought together more than 520 Korean school teachers and education professionals from across the United States.
Participants discussed the future of Korean language education and ways to strengthen students’ cultural identity in the age of artificial intelligence.
The conference featured an academic symposium and a wide range of breakout sessions covering Korean language teaching methods for the generative AI era, AI literacy-based curriculum design, multimedia-assisted instruction, and strategies for teaching Korean history and culture.
As part of the conference, VANK delivered three AI Diplomat special lectures aimed at helping Korean school teachers in the United States become active ambassadors for promoting Korea in their local communities.
In his keynote lecture, VANK Director Park Gi-tae emphasized the irreplaceable value of teachers’ emotional guidance in an age increasingly shaped by technology. VANK researchers Kwon Sooyoung and Koo Seung-hyun introduced practical methods for correcting AI-generated historical inaccuracies about Korea and shared strategies for creating customized promotional content using generative AI.
The event also included a certificate presentation ceremony recognizing outstanding AI Diplomats, along with a congratulatory video message from singer Kim Jang-hoon, a goodwill ambassador for VANK.
During the U.S. visit, VANK also conducted an on-site survey of the Asian Art and Korean Art galleries at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world’s leading museums.
The organization said it identified increasingly sophisticated distortions in the museum’s descriptions of Korean history and culture and has launched a comprehensive global campaign calling for corrections.