Olek is a Korean-Ukrainian. He studied political science at Seoul National University and education policy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
He has a great passion for languages — his past research focused on Taiwan’s Indigenous language education, and he really loves to talk about it.
Olek is the chief editor at Rti’s Ukrainian language service, where he hosts a programme called Taiwan Calling (На звʼязку Тайванщина). He is also the founder of the Ukrainian Voices (烏克蘭之聲) advocacy initiative and a humanitarian volunteer at Taiwan Stands With Ukraine.