A Russian university will open a class studying literary works by the late prominent South Korean novelist Park Kyong-ni.
 
The Toji Cultural Foundation said on Wednesday that Saint Petersburg State University will run the class starting in the new school term next year for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Asian and African studies.
 
Nikolay Kropachev, the university's rector, informed the foundation of the decision in a letter early this month, explaining that the class will comprehensively tackle creative literary legacies left by the South Korean writer.
 
He expected that the class will help promote research of Korean literature and studies in Russia.