2021 OECD Global Forum on Tourism Statistics, Knowledge and Policies

Nov 01, 2021

Commemorating the 25th year of Korea joining the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister HWANG Hee, MCST) and the Korea Tourism Organization (President AHN YoungBae, KTO) will host the 2021 OECD Global Forum on Tourism Statistics, Knowledge and Policies at Grand Ball Room at the Shilla Hotels & Resorts from November 3 to 5 to discuss on the sustainable tourism industry after long suffering from the COVID-19.

The 2021 Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards

Oct 29, 2021

The 2021 Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards Youn Yuh-jung received the Highest Order of Merit The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister HWANG Hee, MCST) hosted the 2021 Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards in collaboration with the Korea Creative Content Agency (President JO Hyun-rae, KOCCA) on Thursday October 28. The ceremony was livestreamed via The K-Pop Youtube Channel (The K-POP) and KOCCA official Youtube channel for online audience. Actress Youn Yuh-Jung received Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards ‘Highest Order of Merit’ (Geumgwan).

K-Pop comforts global Hallyu fans and shares messages of hope through concert

Oct 27, 2021

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister HWANG Hee, MCST) will be hosting the ‘2021 World K-pop Concert (K-Culture Festival)’ from November 13 through 14 to comfort global Hallyu fans and share messages of hope amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. This concert will be livestreamed online through its official ‘K-Culture Festival’ YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/c/kculturefestival).

K-EXPO, Enjoying Korean Culture On and Off Line

Oct 27, 2021

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister HWANG Hee, MCST) together with five other Ministries[1], and nine public corporations[2], including the Korea Creative Content Agency (President CHO Hyeon-rae, KOCCA) will hold a comprehensive Hallyu event called “K-EXPO” from 1 November (Mon) to 30 (Tuesday) to promote Hallyue (Korean wave) products and meet the overseas fans who had difficult times during the COVID-19 for the past two years. “K-EXPO” is an inter-Ministerial collaborative non-face-to-face event that sells Korean products, including cosmetics, food, fashion, household goods as well as cultural contents, which gained worldwide popularity thanks to the recent series “Squid Game”.

Son Heung-Min in Korean Tourism Video to Attract Tourists

Oct 18, 2021

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister HWANG Hee, MCST), together with the Korea Tourism Organization (President AHN YoungBae, KTO), announced that Korean tourism videos featuring world-class football star Son Heung-Min are released from 18 October. Son was appointed as an honorary ambassador for Korean tourism on 6 July to raise interest in Korea and promote Korea as an attractive international tourists’ destination when people will be able to freely travel in the near future.