COVID-19 Response Online Korean Culture Content Goes Overseas

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Overseas Cultural Promotion Agency Announces Korean Cultural Content Contest for Artists and Cultural Arts Organizations

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] The Overseas Culture and Information Service of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will launch the "Online Korean Culture Promotion Project for the World to Enjoy at Home" starting on the 25th.

This project is being promoted to widely introduce Korea through online cultural content in line with the new subscription culture trend, considering the difficulty of directly attending our cultural and artistic performances and exhibitions overseas due to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). It aims to discover online-based Korean cultural promotional content and provide opportunities for activities to artists and cultural and artistic organizations so that the cultural and artistic community, which has been stagnant due to the impact of COVID-19, can regain vitality.

For artists and cultural and artistic organizations wishing to participate in the project, an online Korean cultural content contest will be announced until June 25. More detailed information related to this can be found on the websites of the Overseas Culture and Information Service, the Korea Arts Council, and the cultural arts COVID-19 support website "Artnuri."

The contest works include ▲ experiential performance video content (content that captures traditional arts, dance, music, etc., using new technologies such as 360-degree cameras to deliver parts that cannot usually be seen in performance halls in a vivid and immersive way), ▲ collections of short content (content that combines video content from various fields to create a single story), and ▲ exhibitions with explanations (content explaining current or planned exhibitions such as art and crafts, or content processed around a specific theme using self-owned exhibition content).

The Overseas Culture and Information Service will also support the production of multilingual subtitles and commentary to help Korean cultural content spread overseas. The selected content through the contest will be promoted through online channels such as Korea.net, the government’s representative multilingual portal site, the Overseas Culture and Information Service, each overseas Korean Cultural Center website, and social networking services (SNS).

Yoo Byung-chae, Director of Overseas Cultural Planning, said, "Considering the budget scale of this project, it is expected to support about 30 cultural and artistic organizations and about 900 artists and related workers." He added, "We hope that this project will help the cultural and artistic community regain vitality, which has been stagnant due to the impact of COVID-19."

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