Professor Yang Byung-ho (College of Humanities, Department of Korean Language & Literature) was elected as the new President of the Korean Society of Language and Literature for 2024. His term is one year.

Founded in 1963, the Korean Society of Language and Literature contributes to the advancement of Korean culture through research on the Korean language and Korean literature. It is a leading scholarly organization in the field of Korean language and literature, with about 1,300 members. It publishes "Korean Language and Literature," a journal indexed by the National Research Foundation of Korea, and holds a national academic conference every year.

Yang, the newly elected President, said, "We sought various avenues to revitalize the Korean Society of Language and Literature by producing research outcomes suited to the new era."

Meanwhile, the newly elected President Yang previously served as Dean of the College of Humanities at JBNU, Chair of the Association of Deans of Humanities of National and Public Universities, and President of the Korean Language and Literature Association. He is currently serving as the Director of the Continuing Education Center at Jeonbuk National University (JBNU).