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From K-dramas to Korean BBQ, Korean culture is distinctive and popular on the global market. The opportunity to work at CJ Cultural Foundation combined Rīpeka Raihania’s interests in arts and culture with her international career aspirations. She spent four weeks interning remotely from New Zealand and another four weeks based in Seoul, South Korea, working in their office.
For CJ Cultural Foundation intern Toosavili Tuatagaloa, interning in Seoul, South Korea, was the ideal way to combine his long-held passion for K-culture with his desire to experience working in Asia firsthand. In this article, Toosavili looks back on four action-packed weeks in Seoul, where he attended festivals, connected with a visiting Kiwi band, discovered the ins and outs of Korean workplace culture, and soaked up the city’s energy.
Victoria University business student Te Puni Doyle describes the three months he spent in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, interning with leading global professional services company Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC). The internship was "...a crash course in adaptability, cross-cultural understanding, and professional growth," he writes.
Francesca Long says her internship at the APEC Secretariat in Singapore inspired her to aim high and pursue her ambitions in international relations and diplomacy. A 2024 Master of Global Studies graduate from the University of Auckland, Francesca spent three months interning at the Secretariat—the main administrative and support body for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). In this article she describes her experience and how it impacted her.
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