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On May 16, KINGS held a local alumni gathering in Warsaw, Poland, bringing together Polish alumni who had previously participated in various KINGS HRD program. A total of 23 alumni attended the meeting, including graduates of the two-year Nuclear Master's Program, participants of the two-week Nuclear Youth Summer Program (NYSP), and exchange students who had studied at KINGS for one semester.

The event was also attended by Professor Kisik Kang, an invited professor at KINGS and head of the Nuclear Collaboration Center (NCC) in Poland, along with three other KINGS staffs. Professor Agnieszka Korgul, head of the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, and Joanna Kołeczko, a local researcher at the Polish NCC, also joined. Also they reminisced about Korean food and their memories from the KINGS campus, while encouraging the alumni to take on active roles in Poland's nuclear industry.

During the FISA-EURADWASTE 2025 & SNETP Forum held in Warsaw, Poland, KINGS had a meeting with Poland’s Minister of Industry, Marzena Czarnecka, and Pawel Gaida, Director of the Department of Nuclear Energy under the Ministry of Industry.

 In the meeting, KINGS promoted its nuclear education programs and the Nuclear Collaboration Center (NCC) established at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw. KINGS also proposed to the Minister, who is scheduled to visit Korea in the near future, to visit the KINGS campus during her trip.

KINGS participated in the FISA-EURADWASTE 2025 & SNETP Forum, held from May 12 to 16 in Warsaw, Poland. This forum is one of the most prestigious events in the field of nuclear research and innovation in Europe. Led by Professor Kisik Kang, an KINGS invited professor and head of the KINGS-Poland NCC(Nuclear Collaboration Center), the delegation promoted KINGS' Nuclear HRD programs and NCC to participants from Europe and around the world. They also operated a promotional booth on-site, engaging with a diverse international audience.

A delegation of about 13 people, including Ms. Nor Ziha Zainol Abidin, the head of nuclear power at Malaysia’s state-run power company TNB (Tenaga Nasional Berhad), and two others, as well as officials from Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and Samsung C&T, visited KINGS(Kepco International Nuclear Graduate School), a global talent training institution for the Korean nuclear power industry, on May 22.

This visit was arranged to examine the nuclear power training facilities and programs being carried out by KINGS amid growing interest in Korean nuclear power technology and human resource development, and to explore ways for mutual cooperation in the future. Malaysia’s TNB was deeply impressed by KINGS’s major role in the export of Korean nuclear power plants and industrial development through the training of nuclear power experts, and expressed its intention to actively review institutional cooperation that meets its own energy transition policy and human resource needs in the future.

Soo-jin Park, Executive Director of Planning and External Affairs of KINGS, said that he expects continued cooperation to fulfill its practical role as a talent training institution through various academic activities as well as personnel exchanges. KINGS plans to continue to take the lead in contributing to enhancing the global competitiveness of Korean nuclear power plants as a nuclear power plant expert training institution of world-class standards and playing a key role as a talent training institution for nuclear power plant exports through cooperation with various countries.

On May 13, 2025, KINGS hosted a colloquium titled “Czechia as an Energy Hub in Central Europe”, featuring H.E. Ivan Jančárek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Republic of Korea, as the guest speaker.

The event was held in the KINGS auditorium, where students and faculty attended an insightful lecture on the history and energy industry of Czechia.

Following the lecture, Ambassador Jančárek held a meeting with Czech students currently studying at KINGS, offering words of encouragement and support for their academic endeavors.