Customized Korean Culture Events Held in Southeast Asia and Europe

Overseas Culture Promotion Agency to Host 'Korean Culture Scene' Next Month
Empowering Korean Cultural Centers Abroad with Exhibitions and Performances

The Overseas Culture and Information Service of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will hold the 'Korean Culture Scene' next month in six countries: Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Belgium, Hungary, and the United Kingdom. This is a locally tailored Korean cultural festival. The core theme is chosen based on the preferred Korean culture in each host country, and cultural events will be held throughout the local areas accordingly.

The Korean Cultural Center in Thailand will hold a 'Korea-Thailand Webtoon Artist Exchange Exhibition' reflecting the high interest in Korean webtoons. Reflecting the characteristics of a Buddhist country, religious cultural events such as a Korean temple food experience and alms offering by Monk Jeonggwan will also be conducted. The Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong will host lectures discussing K-pop and Hong Kong popular culture together. In cooperation with the Hong Kong aT Center, Korea Tourism Organization Hong Kong Office, and the Hong Kong Korean Chamber of Commerce, a 'Korean Square' will also be operated. It is a place to experience traditional Korean culture such as hanbok, traditional games, and crafts, and to promote products of Korean companies that have entered the local market.

The Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam, which is conducting 'Visiting Korean Cultural Events,' plans to commemorate Hangeul Day next month in Ho Chi Minh City with a Korean literature reading contest and meetings with Korean literary authors. In Belgium, Korean music; in Hungary, traditional crafts; and in the United Kingdom, performances will be the themes for cultural events operated by Korean cultural centers in each region that anyone can participate in.

The Overseas Culture and Information Service empowers overseas Korean cultural centers through exhibitions and performances. The exhibition theme is 'Chronicle of the Changes in K-pop.' It unfolds the major representative music of each era from the 1950s and the growth of K-pop through projection mapping. Starting in Vietnam on the 6th of next month, it will be held sequentially in Belgium, Thailand, and Hong Kong. To commemorate the official adoption of breaking as a sport in the 2024 Paris Olympics, a performance combining breaking dance and traditional Korean music will also be presented. From the 2nd of next month, it will tour Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Belgium, and the United Kingdom together with the Korea Federation of DanceSport (KFD) and the traditional Korean music group Jeonggaakhoe.

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