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This paper reports on a recent AATK-initiated project to develop National Standards and Guidelines for Korean Language within the framework of the Standards Collaborative of the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages. When developing high level of language and culture proficiency is considered to be the first priority in the field of foreign language education, it is vital to provide a blueprint to implement a formal sequence of Korean language education for K-16 in the United States. National Standards will prompt constructive development in areas such as teacher education, professional development, curricular design, pedagogical research and connecting heritage language education with formal school curricula. In particular, we will examine how the notion of intercultural understanding is promoted and incorporated within the five big goals (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparison, and Communities) of the Standards.