• Jun

  Established business agreement with Korea Paralympic Committee to provide language education and employment support for Paralympic athletes

• Apr

  Opened Pagoda-IT-Bank Seomyeon in Busan

• Feb

  Launched Pagoda Junior's Chinese Brand, Chailang

• Jun

  Re-branded Direct English to Pagoda One

• Nov

  Selected as the Official Supplier of Language Training Services for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games

• Sep

  Established Partnership with British Council as the Official IELTS Partner Institute for Exam services

• Jul

  Launched Pagoda Junior Language Café

• Nov

  Opened Pagoda Academy in Daeyeon Busan

• Nov

  Launched Pagoda Star

• Jul

  Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vancouver Film School for the establishement of academic cooperation

• Nov

  Opened Pagoda Tower Jongro

• Jun

  Opened Pagoda Direct Yeouido Center

• Jan

  Incorporated PAGODA SCS (nPagoda, Direct Korea, Pagoda Junior)

• Jun

  Opened 1:1 Conversation Gangnam II Center Opened Pagoda Premium at Gangnam Center

• Jan

  Opened 1:1 Conversation Samsung Center

• Dec

  Opened Pagoda Perium, Pagoda’s TOEFL Institute at Shinchon branch Opened Pagoda Guro Center

• Nov

  Opened Pagoda Perium, Pagoda’s TOEFL Institute, at Jongro Branch

• Jun

  Opened Jan, Pagoda’s Japanese Language Institute, and Chai, Pagoda’s Chinese Language Institute, at Gangnam branch

• Feb

  Opened Pagoda Busan PIP Center

• Jan

  Incorporated Pagoda Junior

• Dec

  Incorporated nPagoda.com, Pagoda’s online learning website

• Feb

  Opened Pagoda Junior Bundang branch

• Jul

  Opened Pagoda Gangnam Test Clinic and incorporated Direct English Korea, Inc.

• Feb

  Opened Language Education R&D Center

• Mar

  Selected as a Designated Agency for the Credit Validation Program by the Ministry of Education

• Feb

  Completed joint development of Direct English Program with Longman, world’s leading education company

• Jul

  Installed computer networking system in four branches in Seoul as a forerunner to Online Registration and Administration Systems

• Dec

  Developed TOEIC program and published TOEIC course books

• Apr

  Established reciprocal agreement with Moscow State University, Russia, concerning exchange educational programs, faculty, and students

• Jan

  Incorporated as Pagoda Academy

• Jun

  Established agreement with USC for The American University Access Program Exchange

• Mar

  Established Faculty and Student Exchange Program with University of Southern California, USA

• Jun

  Established G-TELP, a globally recognized English language proficiency test developed by San Diego State University, in Korea

• Jun

  Established joint program with 22 accredited state and private Universities in Wisconsin in the US, with special arrangements for acceptance of new and transfer students.

• Feb

  Became the first English education institution in Korea to adopt the WESL program, developed by Western Illinois State University