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KOREA

April 2021

Global Korea

Letter to Would-be
Honorary Reporters

Hello, Korean culture lovers. We are three Honorary Reporters who became friends through this program. For those interested in joining, this article may help make your decision.

Written by  
Honorary Reporter Laura Lopez Velazquez,
Iran Tavera &
Paolo Corpus

Photo Courtesy of   
I. Tavera

Laura: I joined thanks to a wonderful coincidence. This program led me to new skills and the ability to overcome challenges. I still remember how I felt when one of my articles was posted on Korea.net. Being an Honorary Reporter has been immensely rewarding and enriching.

Iran: Being an Honorary Reporter lets me express my love for Korean pop culture. I still remember my first article on Korea. net, and since then, also collaborated with fellow Honorary Reporters from elsewhere and received gifts from the program. I usually include my drawings and illustrations in my articles. To further disseminate Korean pop culture, I created an SNS account of my freehand and vector illustrations.

Paola: I joined this program in March 2020. Though I had ups and downs in my first year of writing, I eventually acquired the necessary skills to continue. I wanted many people to get to know Korea through my photographs, experience and words. Thanks to my efforts, people who had no knowledge about Korea are now and even tell me that my work let them feel as if they are in Korea. In my first year as an Honorary Reporter, I appeared on the official platforms of Talk Talk Korea and Korea.net and received presents from the program. Such experiences granted me new knowledge and friendships.

All three: We recommend joining us Honorary Reporters. It¡¯s a great opportunity to meet and befriend people with common interests. Put yourself out there!

MINHWA Today

Sydney, Australia

The KCC in Sydney, Australia hosted a minhwa (Korean folk art) exhibition at the ground floor of its building between Feb. 8 and April 1. Open during working hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. between Monday and Friday, the exhibition is open for viewing, free of cost. Minhwa is an ethnic breed of Korean visual art that traces back to the Joseon era.
Jointly with Jackie Menzies of The Asian Arts Society of Australia, the KCC created a video introducing the exhibition and the type of art it features for those unable to pay physical visits. The video can be watched on the KCC¡¯s YouTube.

Imparting Korean Sounds Every Tuesday

Jakarta, Indonesia

In the third quarter of 2020, the KCC in Jakarta, Indonesia featured gugak (Korean traditional music) content on a weekly basis (every Tuesday). On the KCC¡¯s SNS accounts, an array of gugak videos have been introduced. Entitled ¡°Sound of Korea,¡± the SNS-streamed or uploaded music videos flaunted high-quality performance and aesthetics.
In order to support the industry from struggles wrought by the pandemic, the National Gugak Center also provided Indonesian commentary to complement three exemplary performances in Jan. 2021.