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This article is designed to consider the current situation in Korean education for overseas Korean and to seek a way of promoting Korean Language Education in general. I firstly present the aims of Korean education for overseas Korean and then deal with the general matters such as its curriculum, teaching and learning materials, teaching methodologies, evaluation, and teachers. Afterwards, I consider the current situation and issues according to nations dividing into the US, China, CIS, and Japan. Finally, based on the previous discussion, I present possible improvement plans for Korean language education for overseas Korean as follows: ① The aims of Korean education as a heritage language have to be clarified. ② Supporting Policies have to be ready. ③ Text books have to be developed to be suitable to the actual places. ④ Korean teachers have to be actively fostered. ⑤ Enticement plans for Koran Language learning have to be prepared. ⑥ Long distance education has to be maximally adopted. ⑦ Language rules have to be unified. ⑧ Dormitories have to be available. (Seoul National University)