Korean cultural center

Korean Cultural Center logo

The Korean Cultural Center (한국 문화원) is a South Korean cultural institute whose task is to present the country to the outside world. It can be seen as the South Korean counterpart to the German Goethe Institute .

General

Korean cultural center in Berlin

Korean cultural center in Madrid

The cultural center was established in 2009 by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism . Its job is to spread knowledge about Korean culture to the world.

List of Korean cultural centers

Countries where the cultural center has a branch

South Korea

The cultural center has 24 branches in 20 countries:

Africa

•  Egypt - Cairo
•  Nigeria - Abuja

Asia and Oceania

•  Australia - Sydney
•  India - New Delhi
•  Indonesia - Jakarta
•  Japan - Tokyo and Osaka
•  Kazakhstan - Nur-Sultan (until 2019 Astana)
•  Philippines - Taguig City
•  Thailand - Bangkok
•  Vietnam - Hanoi
•  People's Republic of China - Beijing and Shanghai

Europe

•  Belgium - Brussels
•  Germany - Berlin
•  France - Paris
•  Hungary - Budapest
•  Poland - Warsaw
•  Russia - Moscow
•  Spain - Madrid
•  Turkey - Ankara
•  United Kingdom - London

North and South America

•  Argentina - Buenos Aires
•  Brazil - São Paulo
•  Mexico - Mexico City
•  United States - Washington, DC , Los Angeles and New York City

See also

• Tourism in South Korea
• Korean wave
• List of national cultural institutes

Web links

• www.kulturkorea.org Official Website (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ KOCIS , Korean Culture and Information Service
2. ^ All eyes Turn to Korean Culture in London . The Korea IT Times . Retrieved January 20, 2013.