SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Yonhap) -- Tran Thi Huong Ly, the winner of a Korean speech contest for foreigners in South Korea, has said she plans to continue on her journey to learn Korean, calling it a gentle language.

Tran made the remarks after winning the top prize at the 28th World Korean Language Speech Contest for Foreigners, co-hosted by the Institute of International Education at Kyunghee University and Yonhap News Agency, on Thursday.

This year, a total of 1,046 people from 35 countries took part in the contest, 16 of whom from 14 countries competed for the top prize in the final round. 

 

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