MCST Minister Visits 2026 Winter Paralympics to Cheer on Korean Athletes after Gold Medal Victory

Mar 11, 2026

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) CHAE Hwi-young will visit the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games (2026 Winter Paralympics) on March 11 (Wednesday) to encourage the Korean national team and review the on-site support arrangements.

Annual Reading Rate in 2025: 94.6% for Students, 38.5% for Adults

Mar 10, 2026

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducted the “2025 National Reading Survey” and released its results. The survey targeted 5,000 adults aged 19 and older (through in-home face-to-face interviews) and 2,400 elementary (4th grade and above), middle, and high school students (through in-school questionnaire surveys). This biennial survey was conducted nationwide from September 1 to November 5, 2025.

Every Wednesday Becomes “Culture Day” Starting in April

Mar 06, 2026

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that the proposed amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Framework Act on Culture was approved at a Cabinet meeting on March 3. The amendment expands Culture Day from the current last Wednesday of every month to every Wednesday. Following a preparatory period after promulgation, the revised system will officially take effect on April 1, 2026.

English-Language Monthly Magazine KOREA Wins the iF Design Award 2026, One of the World’s Top Three Design Awards

Mar 03, 2026

KOREA, the English-language periodical published by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism won the main award in the Public & Cause Branding category of the Branding & Communication Design discipline at the iF Design Award 2026, one of the world’s most prestigious design competitions.

2025 Hallyu Expands Beyond Music to Literature, Film, Tourism, and Consumer Spending

Feb 25, 2026

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister CHAE Hwi-young, MCST), in cooperation with the Korea Culture Information Service Agency (KCISA), released the “2025 Global Hallyu Trend Analysis Report Based on Foreign Media and Social Data.” The report collected and analyzed approximately 1.5 million foreign media articles and social media data from 30 countries between October 2024 and September 2025.