SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will spend about 790 billion won (US$622.5 million) to support small and medium-sized companies and startups in the content industry this year in order to increase exports of Korean cultural content, the government said Thursday. The government will also seek to make it the first year in [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The culture ministry said Thursday it will push for transforming the former presidential home of Cheong Wa Dae in central Seoul into a multipurpose cultural complex. Park Bo-gyoon, minister of culture, sports and tourism, reported the project to President Yoon Suk-yeol at his office as part of the ministry’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The culture ministry said Tuesday it will focus on reviving the pandemic-hit culture and tourism industries here, as well as continue to support the spread of “hallyu,” or the Korean Wave, around the world in 2021. Under the plan, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism laid out four [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Gallery-goers will be able to visit various art events around the country with a single purchase from now on. The culture ministry announced on Monday that it will release three sorts of multi-biennale pass designed to increase people’s access to various art events around the country. The Unified Biennale [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to take measures for the promotion of the cartoon industry aiming for 1 trillion won turnover and $100 million exports by 2018. On May 28, according to the mid- and long-term plans for nurturing the cartoon industry announced by the Culture Ministry, [...]