Minister PARK visited the 50th International Cervantino Festival in Mexico to enhance cooperation with Mexico

Oct 17, 2022

On October 12 (Wed), Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister PARK Bo Gyoon, MCST) attended the opening ceremony of the "50th International Cervantino Festival" held in Guanajuato, Mexico as a Guest of Honor. During his visit, the Minister said, “We are celebrating the 50th Cervantino Festival. It is a great honor to participate as a Guest of Honor in this special year. We have prepared diverse venues to show K-pop, classical music, traditional dance, modern dance, BTS performances in IT and immersive technology, media art, and movies. Based on the close cooperation and vibrant exchanges between the two nations, we hope the two nations will lead the times together in the future.”

BTS fully support the successful bidding of the AFC Asian Cup 2023

Oct 14, 2022

The boyband group BTS supports the South Korea's bidding for the AFC Asian Cup 2023 with the release of the new video. Recently, BTS filmed a short video supporting Korea's bidding for the AFC Asian Cup 2023, expressing their hopes to host the game for the first time in 63 years since 1960. The video was uploaded on October 12 (Wed) at the official website of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister PARK Bo Gyoon, MCST) and the Korea Football Association. Also, the video can be watched on the official SNS channels (Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter) of the MCST.

"K-EXPO VIETNAM 2022"starts from Oct 15 to promote and advance into the overseas market

Oct 14, 2022

The "K-EXPO", jointly held for the first time this year, was designed in relation to Hallyu contents and related industries to expand overseas sales channels and spread the charm of Korean culture, considering the fact that even Hallyu related industries had big ripple effects on consumer goods, SMEs had difficulty advancing into the overseas market because of difficulty in accessing information and limited budget. MCST, taking the initiative, developed this project into a pan-government collaboration project after discussing with the Hallyu Cooperation Committee[1].

Korea's Immersive Content Creates Waves in Mexico

Oct 12, 2022

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister PARK Bo Gyoon, MCST) together with the Korea Creative Content Agency (President JO Hyun-rae, KOCCA) will be hosting the “KOREA: Cubically Imagined” exhibition on Korean (Hallyu) content and Korean cultural heritage realizing with immersive technology from October 12 (local time) through October 30 in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Expanding interest in popular culture to the area of traditional culture - Exhibition of Korean cultural heritage at the Gold Museum at Colombia

Oct 10, 2022

The National Museum of Korea (Director General Yoon Sung Yong) has opened the special exhibition “Ceramics from the National Museum of Korea: Voices from an Ancestral Culture” displaying the beauty of our traditional culture and the value of cultural heritage at the Gold Museum, Colombia, on October 6, 2022 (local time).