About

Garyeong Bae Founder · Ph.D. in Korean Language Education

Ph.D. in Korean Language Education as a Foreign Language and author of TOPIK Writing in One Month. After more than a decade teaching international students at university language and exchange programs in Busan, she founded HANIJEMI in 2015 and now helps learners worldwide prepare for TOPIK through the HANIJEMI YouTube channel (80,000+ subscribers, 1,500+ lesson videos) and this site.

• 80K+YouTube subscribers
• 1,500+Korean & TOPIK lesson videos
• 2×Winner, KBS Korean Language Quiz
• 7Korean textbooks & books

How she teaches

Her motto: "Good writing comes from writing every day, not just from knowing the method." On YouTube she walks through real past papers question by question (rounds 52, 60, 91, 96 and more), and every Thursday evening she runs a live TOPIK writing session (Q51–54) for channel members. The past papers, mock exams and video lessons on this site all grew out of that classroom experience.

Selected books

• TOPIK Writing in One Month (토픽 쓰기 한 달 완성) — Pakyoungsa, 2024. A 30-day course for TOPIK II writing Q51–54, in print and e-book; also used as a class textbook by Korean teachers abroad.
• Trendy Voca 40 — Hangeul Park
• Korean Language Pedagogy for Pre-service Teachers — Hawoo Publishing (co-author)
• K-JOB KOREAN Basic & Practical — HANIJEMI Publishing (Korean for the workplace)
• Fun & Easy Korean – Hangeul — HANIJEMI Publishing
• To You, Anxious About Everything — Midas Books, 2024 (co-authored essays)
• Empathetic Self-reliant Parenting

Education

Ph.D. in Education, Korean Language Education as a Foreign Language — Busan University of Foreign Studies (Aug 2016)

Career

Founder & CEO, HANIJEMI Co., Ltd. (2015 – present) · Creator of the HANIJEMI YouTube channel

Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Education, Silla University (Mar 2015 – Aug 2019)

Dongseo University, Foreign Language Education Center (Sep 2014 – Jan 2015)

Kaya University, Institute of International Education (Apr – Jun 2014)

Koje College, International Exchange Center (Aug – Dec 2011)

Pukyong National University, Office of International Affairs (Sep 2009 – Apr 2014)

Awards

Winner, KBS "Korean Language Quiz" (episodes 118 and 954)

Excellent Teacher Award — Dongseo University General Education Center (Mar 2016)

Best Thesis Award — Graduate School of Education, Busan University of Foreign Studies (Aug 2011)

Selected for K-Global 300 — Ministry of Science and ICT (Dec 2017)

Certifications

Korean Language Teacher Certificate Level 1 — Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Apr 2017) / Level 2 (Oct 2011)

Lifelong Education Specialist Level 2 — Ministry of Education (Feb 2018)

Career Instructor Level 3 — Korea Career Counseling Education Institute (Jun 2019)

Evaluation Committee Member — Korea Technology & Information Promotion Agency for SMEs (2018)

Patents & copyrights

Patents No. 10-1320050 (learning tool) · No. 10-1294600 (board-game learning tool) · No. 10-1265054 (card-game learning tool and method of use)

Copyrights C-2016-031120 Aha Korean textbook · C-2016-031121 EPS-TOPIK textbook · C-2017-027035 Hangeul education program