UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize Winners for 2021 Limitless Horizons Ixil in Guatemala (LHI), National Institute of Open Schooling in India (NIOS), Paku Children’s Literature Foundation in South Africa

Sep 10, 2021

The 32nd UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize was held virtually in September 9th in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris. The purpose of the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize is to award the efforts of institutions, organizations, or individuals for their contribution to the fight against illiteracy in commemoration of King Sejong, who invented the Korean alphabet, Hangeul, in 1443.

2021 The Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) meets audience under the theme of ‘ Punctuation’ from September 8th to 12th

Sep 02, 2021

The Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) 2021 will be held from September 8th to 12th via both offline (Seongsu-dong S Factory) and online (sibf.or.kr). This annual international Book Fair is organized by the Korean Publishers Association (Chairperson, Yoon, Cheol-ho) and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST, Minister Hwang, Hee). Under the theme of ‘Punctuation’, SIBF 2021 seeks to offer an opportunity for people to both enjoy the Book Fair on-site and at home. The theme ‘Punctuation’ gives us opportunity to think whether the pandemic is a full stop of our life or a comma that grants us temporary rest before we continue with our previous lives.

‘Content, Traveling to a New World’ - Online BroadCast WorldWide from September 6th to 10th-

Aug 30, 2021

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST, Minister Hwang Hee) hosts and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) organizes the ‘BroadCast Worldwide 2021 (BCWW)’ starting from September 6th to 10th via online and offline. This international event will also be streamlined in real-time via the official website of BCWW (www.bcww.kr). Started from 2001, the BCWW has been serving as the topmost broadcast content market in Asia and a driving force of the Korean contents exporting to the overseas market.

Minister Hwang Hee Attends the first G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting

Aug 10, 2021

Minister Hwang Hee Attends the first G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting to stress concerted efforts for digital transition in culture in order to recover from the COVID‐related crisis and establish inclusive society

Minister Hwang Hee to Attend Event Hosted by Japan's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and Opening Ceremony of 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics – to Cheer on Korea’s 232 Olympic Athletes at Start of Their 16‐day Journey

Jul 22, 2021

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism HWANG Hee will attend an event at the invitation of Japan’s Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister HAGIUDA Koichi as well as the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics on July 23.