Seven Thousand Korean Culture Honorary Ambassadors Connect Korea with the World

May 24, 2022

The Korean Culture and Information Service (Director PARK Myung-soon, KOCIS) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister PARK Bo Gyoon, MCST) held launching ceremony of the 7,000 Korean Culture Honorary Ambassadors at MBC, Seoul, on May 20 (Fri) to celebrate and mark “TOGETHER DAY”. Under the theme of “Harmony with K-Culture”, this ceremony was aired via the KOREA.NET Youtube channel and the virtual world (Metaverse) called “Korea World”.

Cultural Diversity Week from May 21 - 27 2022

May 23, 2022

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister PARK Bo Gyoon, MCST) together with the Arts Council Korea (Chair PARK Jong Gwan, ARKO) and 24 regional cultural centers and organizations host “2022 Cultural Diversity Week” from May 21 (Sat) to May 27 (Fri) in Korea.

KOREA.NET Honorary Reporters Start with the Inauguration Ceremony on May 20

May 20, 2022

The Korean Culture and Information Service (Director PARK Myung-soon, KOCIS) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister PARK Bo Gyoon, MCST) announced that new 4,834 reporters from 122 countries at home and abroad started their activity as Honorary reporters this year.

New Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism(MCST) PARK Bo Gyoon Took Office on May 13

May 20, 2022

Minister PARK Bo Gyoon took office as the new Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) on May 13, 2022 (Fri). Minister PARK’s inauguration ceremony was held at 3 p.m. at the MCST, Government Complex Sejong. In his inauguration address, Minister PARK stressed, “The leading nation cannot be achieved with economic and military strength alone, but also requires cultural influence on the global stage. Korea has now laid the foundation for its path toward being ‘a globally sought-after cultural powerhouse.’”

Train K-Contents Professionals to Advance into Global Market

May 11, 2022

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) together with the Korea Creative Content Agency (President, JO Hyun-rae, KOCCA) run “Contents Export and Marketing Professionals Training” program from June 21 (Tue) to December in order to facilitate sustainable Korean contents to advance into the international markets. Under the theme of “K-Content Connects the World”, MSCT and KOCCA will train professional experts in contents export and marketing field as well as understanding of the world contents industry.