HiKR Ground, a Playground Welcoming Visitors at home and abroad, Opens on July 22

Jul 22, 2022

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister PARK Bo Gyoon, MCST) will open HiKR Ground, a tourism promotion hall designed to offer an immersive experience, in collaboration with the Korea Tourism Organization (Acting President SHIN Sang-yong, KTO) at KTO’s Seoul Center on July 22 for tourists from around the world, especially younger generations. HiKR is a portmanteau of “hi” and “Korea” expressing “A big hello from Korea to visitors from around the world.” It offers space and programs to make their stay more memorable and exciting. MCST and KTO spent more than a year renovating the previous K-Style Hub into HiKR Ground equipped with a wide range of immersive content, which enables visitors to dynamically explore the multifaceted charms of Korean culture, to more effectively appeal to young tourists.

The Mesopotamian Gallery of the Permanent Exhibition Hall at the National Museum of Korea Presents the Exhibition Mesopotamia: Great Cultural Innovations, Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jul 22, 2022

The National Museum of Korea (Director-General: YOON Sung Yong) has recently established the Mesopotamian Gallery within its Permanent Exhibition Hall and is presenting an exhibition entitled Mesopotamia: Great Cultural Innovations, Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This marks the first exhibition on Mesopotamian civilization to be hosted by a national museum in Korea. As the first long-term exhibition in Korea to showcase Mesopotamian cultural heritage, the exhibition was co-organized with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States, which possesses a world-class collection of Mesopotamian artifacts. The exhibition will run for a year and a half, from July 22, 2022 to January 28, 2024.

Minister PARK requests support for 2030 Busan Expo in Madrid

Jul 18, 2022

During the “Korea Week” in Spain, Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism (MCST) PARK Bo Gyoon met with María Reyes Maroto Illera, Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism of Spain to exchange opinions on promoting bilateral tourism exchanges. In particular, Minister PARK widely shared the Korean government's will to host the World Expo 2030 in Busan. The Minister said, “Busan has rich experience in hosting international mega events, including the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit and the Korea-ASEAN Summit. If the World Expo is held in Busan, it will serve as a stage to solve the challenges that the international community is facing such as climate change, health crisis, and polarization of high-tech technologies”, requesting active support and cooperation from Spain.

Korea Week in Spain from July 8 to 14

Jul 11, 2022

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister PARK Bo Gyoon, MCST), the Korea Tourism Organization (Acting President SHIN Sang-yong, KTO), and the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute (President KIM Dae Kwan, KCTI) host "Korea Week" in Madrid and Santiago (Spain) from July 8 (Fri) to 14 (Thur). Minister PARK pays visit to Spain and discuss ways to cooperate in tourism between Korea and Spain. This Ministerial visit was prepared as a follow-up from October 2019, when King Felipe VI made a state visit to Korea. The two nations designated the year 2020-2021 as the year of mutual visits and Korea and Spain agreed to extend one year of this mutual exchange in June last year.

Exploring Ways to Enhance K-Content and Building a Culturally Attractive Nation

Jun 30, 2022

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister PARK Bo Gyoon, MCST) and the Korea Creative Content Agency (President JO Hyun-Rae, KOCCA) hosted an expert forum on June 29 entitled “K-Content and OTT Promotion Forum to Build a Culturally Attractive Nation,” which was held at the KOCCA Content Korea Lab in Seoul with industry experts and academic leaders in attendance.