“Global Forum for Culture and Youth 2021: Youth, Culture, and Innovation for Future” live-streamed on Dec 1

Nov 29, 2021

Korean Culture and Information Service (Director PARK Jung-Youl, KOCIS) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister HWANG Hee, MCST) in cooperation with KDI School of Public Policy and Management (Dean YOU Jong Il, KDIS) will host “Global Forum for Culture and Youth 2021” on Wednesday, December 1, 9:30 a.m. at Grand Walkerhill Seoul. To open up an opportunity for all, the forum will be live-streamed on the website of KOCIS (www.kocis.go.kr).

MCST Shares Korean Publishing Industry Experience and Copyright System with Six Asian Countries

Nov 26, 2021

Hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (Secretary-General TANG Daren, WIPO) and the Korean Publishers Association (President YOON, Cheol-Ho, KPA) and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister HWANG Hee, MCST), the 'Performance Coaching Program With Asian Publishers within the Publishers Circle Initiative' was held via online from November 16 to 18. This initiative, part of MCST and WIPO copyright trust fund project, was designed to strengthen the capabilities of policy makers and private publishers in developing Asian countries.

The 1st K-Musical Market to be held Nov 24-26

Nov 23, 2021

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister HWANG Hee, MCST), the Korea Arts Management Service (President MOON Young-ho, KAMS), and the Seoul Arts Center (President YOO In Taek, SAC) will hold the first 2021 K-Musical Market for three days from November 24 through 26 at the Seoul Arts Center. This very first international Musical event was organized to create a stable environment for the productions by boosting financing from Korea and overseas providing investment opportunities across the whole process of the musical theater business.

MCST-WIPO presents the result of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (ADR) survey on November 18

Nov 17, 2021

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister HWANG Hee, MCST) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (Director General Daren TANG, WIPO) will hold a presentation of the results of a survey titled "Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Mechanisms for Business-to-Business (B2B) Digital Copyright- and Content-Related Disputes" on Thursday, November 18 at 9 PM.

A Fair for Various Local Contents Industries in Korea

Nov 09, 2021

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister HWANG Hee, MCST) hosts and the Korea Creative Content Agency (President CHO Hyun-rae, KOCCA) organizes the 2021 NEXT CONTENT FAIR from November 11 through 13 in BEXCO, Busan. This event is sponsored by Busan Metropolitan City. Marking the 4th year of this event, the exhibition is held in hybrid event considering the COVID-19. The fair will give visitors chances to explore best creative contents in Korea and to discover the future of Korea’s creative content industry. The local content exhibition is held both online and on-site, where there are many opportunities and events to attract viewers and participants. In the fair, there will be a total of 154 enterprises and 249 booths displaying the representative regional contents.