Seongjae

Kim Seongjae (2004) is a Central Asian Korean cybersecurity analyst and interpreter with a professional knowledge of Spanish, English and Russian.

He served as a translator for the delegation of the Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Paraguay at the 150th Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in April 2025.

In recognition of his contributions to the Korean community in Uzbekistan, he was selected as a participant in the 2024 OKFriends Homecoming Youth Training and the 2025 OKFriends Homecoming Youth Training.

He earned a B. a. in Spanish language and literature with an equivalent Latin honour of magna cum laude from the Uzbek State World Language University, and is currently preparing for a master’s programme in philosophy.

Seongjae is fluent in Russian, English, Spanish, and Ukrainian. He is currently learning Korean, Chinese, and Latin.

Work Experience

Kim Seongjae served a junior translator for a series of nationally important political functions such as 2022 ,2024 Tashkent International Investment Forums, as well as, 150th IPU Assembly in Tashkent.

He is currently employed in the field of information security, where he leverages his linguistic and technological expertise to help protect clients from the unauthorized use of their intellectual property.

Fields of Interest

• Sociolinguistics
• Grammar theory (morphology and syntax)
• Philosophy
  • Contemporary South Korean and North Korean philosophies
    • Korean Neo-Confucianism,
    • Korean Buddhism (as philosophy),
    • Korean liberalism
  • Political and social philosophy
    • The concept of ‘citizenship’, responsibilities implied from the notion of belonging to the citizenship, contemporary and previous notions of a ‘nation’,
    • Nationalism, distinction, republicanism and anti-republicanism, human rights and democracy,
    • Political ideologies
      • Ordoliberalism, liberal market economy, dirigisme,
      • LGBTQ+ ideologies, political feminism, etc.
  • Personal philosophies
• Political science

Affiliation

• Ukrainian Cultural Center member (2019-2026)
• Association of Korean Cultural Center “Shinsedae” Youth Center (2023-2025)

Articles and publications

• 2025 Bachelor of Arts’ Qualification Paper “Comaración linguistica del español literario y catalán. Aspecto morfológico y sintáctico” (Linguistic Comparison of the written literary Spanish and Catalan. Morphological and syntactical aspects)
• 2025 Student Scientific Article “El metodo de analisis de la estructura morfologica del vocabulo” (A method of morphological structural analysis of a word)
• 2024 Student Scientific Article “El tiempo, modo y aspecto verbal del catalan en comparacion breve con los del espanol” (Tense, Mode and Aspect of Catalan in comparison with that of Spanish)
• 2022 Scientific Article “A Brief Overview of Spanish Language in the Philippines from XVIX to XX century”

Awards

• 2025 Press Corps’ Best Journalist at DMUN Model of European Union
• 2025 WTO (World Trade Organisation)’s Best Speaker at Tashkent International Model of United Nations,