SEOUL, November 13 (AJP) - A symposium spotlighting this year’s Nobel Prize laureates and their academic achievements will be held in Seoul on Monday, bringing together scholars and researchers from Korea and Sweden.
Hosted by the Embassy of Sweden in Seoul and supported by the Sweden-Korea Education, Research, and Innovation Collaboration (SKERIC) and the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), the event aims to promote academic exchange while honoring the legacy of Alfred Nobel.
SKERIC, a joint initiative run by eight major universities in both countries, supports young researchers and emerging innovators, helping them build international networks and strengthen their ability to address global challenges.
The symposium will take place at Korea University at 2 p.m., where leading figures from both nations will gather for lectures and discussions. Experts from Korean and Swedish universities will speak on key themes from the 2025 Nobel Prizes — including physiology or medicine, chemistry, physics, economics and literature — while exploring ways to deepen cooperation in higher education, research and innovation.
Established under the will of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, the Nobel Prize is widely considered one of the world’s most prestigious honors. Funded by Nobel’s estate built through his invention of dynamite, the prizes have been awarded since 1901 in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace.
“The Nobel Prize is about courage — the courage to push knowledge forward,” Swedish Ambassador to Seoul Karl-Olof Andersson said. “This symposium reflects the enduring friendship between Sweden and Korea, grounded in a mutual commitment to education, innovation, democracy and truth,” he added.
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