Korean language teachers from around the world are taking part in a weeklong training program in their home country. 

The Overseas Koreans Foundation said Friday that it has invited 201 Korean language teachers from 51 countries to attend classes on Korean language teaching methods at a training institute in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province.

Along with programs to enhance their Korean language teaching expertise, the teachers are getting the opportunity to experience Korea's culture and history, including a visit to the tomb of King Sejong the Great who invented the Korean alphabet Hangeul.  

The teachers arrived in Seoul on Sunday and will leave on Saturday. The annual training program was launched in 1998 to shore up the expertise and educational drive of Korean language teachers abroad through a range of lectures and other field programs.