As has been discussed throughout the course of this series of articles that has been looking at the level of Korea literacy that exist among the general Australian populace, and in particular the level of Korea literacy that exist among students who are undertaking study at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system (and this is especially the case in regards to the level of Korea literacy that exist among students who are undertaking study at educational institutions that are located at the tertiary level of the Australian education system), when it comes to the various relationships that exist between Australia and the Republic of Korea (whether the relationship between Australia and the Republic of Korea in question is diplomatic, economic, business-to-business, or people-to-people), having a high level of Korea literacy among the general Australian populace, and in particular a high level of Korea literacy among students who are undertaking study at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system, is considered to be important when it comes to the various relationships that exist between Australia and the Republic of Korea. And when it comes to the development of Korea literacy that exist among, not only among members of the general Australian populace, but also the level of Korea literacy that exist among students who are undertaking study at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system – and this has especially been the case in regards to increasing the level of Korea literacy that exist among students who are undertaking study at educational institutions that are located at the tertiary level of the Australian education system – there are two major social institutions that can play a major role when it comes to increasing the level of Korea literacy that exist among the general Australian populace, and these two social institutions that can play a role in increasing the level of Korea literacy that exist among the general Australian populace are educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system (whether the educational institution in question is located at the primary, secondary, or tertiary level of the Australian education system), and the various Australian media outlets (whether the Australian media outlet in question is part of the so-called “mainstream media” or is part of the so-called “alternative media”).

As has been highlighted in the previous two articles in this series of articles on the level of Korea literacy that exist among the general Australian populace, and in particular the level of Korea literacy that exist among students who are undertaking study at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system (whether the student in question is undertaking study at an educational institution that is located at the primary, secondary, or tertiary level of the Australian education system), the various relationships that exist between Australia and the Republic of Korea (whether the relationship in question is diplomatic, economic, business-to-business, or people-to-people) are among the most important relationships that Australia has with Asia and its constituent nation-states and territories, and the importance of these relationships between Australia and the Republic of Korea will be at the forefront of the discussion in this fifth article in this series of articles on the level of Korea literacy that exist among the general Australian populace. And while it could be argued that having a high level of Korea literacy (as well as having a high level of Asia literacy in general) is important for the various relationships that exist between Australia and the Republic of Korea – and this is particularly the case in regards to both the diplomatic and the people-to-people relationships that exist between Australia and the Republic of Korea, in recent years, there had been a gradual decline in the level, depth, and quality of the teaching, as well as the study, of Korea and the Korean language at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system (with this decline in the level, depth, and quality of the teaching, and the study, of Korea and the Korean language being most pronounced at educational institutions that are located at the tertiary level of the Australian education system), as well as the decline in the level, depth, and quality of the coverage of key news and current affairs events that had emanated from the Republic of Korea in large sections of the Australian media (whether the media outlet in question is part of the so-called “mainstream media” or is part of the so-called “alternative media”), issues that had been discussed in much detail in previous articles in this series of articles that has been looking at the level of Korea literacy that exist among the general Australian populace, and in particular the level of Korea literacy that exist among students who are undertaking study at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system.

When it comes to the development of the various relationships that exist between Australia and the Republic of Korea, an argument could be made that both the Australian education system (whether the educational institution in question is located at the primary, secondary, or tertiary level of the Australian education system), and the various media outlets in Australia (whether the media outlet in question is part of the so-called “mainstream media” or is part of the so-called “alternative media”) plays an important role in the development of the various relationships that exist between Australia and the Republic of Korea (whether the relationship in question is diplomatic, economic, business-to-business, or people-to-people), as both educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system, as well as the various Australian media outlets, plays an important role when it comes to the facilitation of the various relationships that exist between Australia and the Republic of Korea (as well as the various relationships that exist between Australia and the constituent nation-states and territories of Asia), and this is particularly the case as both educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system (whether the educational institution in question is located at the primary, secondary, or tertiary levels of the Australian education system), as well as large sections of the Australian media (whether the media outlet in question is part of the so-called “mainstream media” or is part of the so-called “alternative media”) are important when it comes to the facilitation of Asia literacy (and in particular Korea literacy) among the general Australian populace. However, and this has been discussed in much detail in the previous two articles of this series of articles, despite the growing importance of Asia (and in particular the growing importance of the Republic of Korea to Australia), as well as the active encouragement from governments that are located across all three levels of the Australian political system (and in particular from governments that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system) for students to undertake study at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system to undertake study of Asia and an Asian language other than English that were identified as ‘priority’ Asian languages other than English in the Australia in the Asian Century white paper (which was released in October 2012 by the Australian Federal Government, which, at the time was led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard of the centre-left Australian Labor Party) throughout their journey through all three levels of the Australian education system in order to increase the level of Asia literacy that exist among, not only students who are undertaking study at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system, but also the level of Asia literacy that exist among members of the general Australian populace, in recent years, there has been a gradual decline in the number of academic programs that specialise in the teaching, as well as the study, of Asia and Asian languages other than English being offered at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system, as well as a gradual decline in the level, depth, and quality of the coverage of key news and current affairs events emanating from Asia and its constituent nation-states and territories in large sections of the Australian media (whether the media outlet in question is part of the so-called “mainstream media” or is part of the so-called “alternative media”), and it could be argued that this decline in the teaching, as well as the study, of Asia and Asian languages other than English at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system – when combined with the decline in the level, depth, and quality, of the coverage of key news and current affairs events emanating from Asia and its constituent nation-states and territories in large sections of the Australian media – has had negative ramifications for the level of Asia literacy that exist among the general Australian populace, and this decline has had a particular impact on the level of Korea literacy that exist among the general Australian populace, and in particular the level of Korea literacy that exist among students who are undertaking study at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system.

As has been discussed throughout the course of this series of articles on the level of Korea literacy that exist among the general Australian populace, and in particular the level of Korea literacy that exist among students who are undertaking study at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system (and this is especially the case when it comes to students who are undertaking study at educational institutions that are located at the tertiary level of the Australian education system), there has been a decline in the number of academic programs that specialise in the teaching, as well as the study, of Korea and the Korean language at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system, and it could be argued that this decline in the number of academic programs that specialise in the teaching, as well as the study, of Korea and the Korean language at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system has had negative ramifications for the level of Korea literacy that exist among the general Australian populace, and this has in turn has had negative ramifications for the various relationships that Australian has with the Republic of Korea, and in particular the diplomatic and the people-to-people relationships that exist between Australia and the Republic of Korea, which will be discussed in more detail throughout the course of this fifth article in this series. When it comes to the teaching, as well as the study, of Korea and the Korean language at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system (and in particular educational institutions that are located at the tertiary level of the Australian education system), an argument could be made that the teaching, as well as the study, of Korea and the Korean language within the Australian education system is low on the priority of the various Australian governments when it comes to the development of Asia literacy among the general Australian populace, and this is despite the various relationships that exist between Australia and the Republic of Korea being among the most important relationships that Australia has with Asia and its constituent nation-states and territories, which will be the focus of the discussion of this fifth article in this series of articles on the level of Korea literacy that exist among the general Australian populace, and in particular the level of Korea literacy that exist among students who are undertaking study at educational institutions that are located across all three levels of the Australian education system.

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