December 2021
December 2021
Written by
Honorary Reporter Oshini Jayamuni
from Sri Lanka
1. Macaron Set by Yearmate Dessert
This cute macaron set is by Yearmate Dessert, a small dessert and cake shop in Daejeon run by three sisters. They even made a gift box of beautifully decorated delicious treats inspired by the show.
2. Amigurumi by Sachini Senanayake
Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small creatures using stuffed yarn. Sachini Senanayake from Sri Lanka makes made amigurumi versions of the series¡¯ guards and the deadly doll in Red Light, Green Light.
3. Rubik¡¯s Cube Art by Timothy Huynh
TikTok star Timothy Huynh, 20, from Florida creates paintings using the Rubik¡¯s Cube, earning him 2.6 million followers on his TikTok account Souptimmy. ¡°If I had the chance, I¡¯d love to make more ¡®Squid Game¡¯ members,¡± he said.
Ottawa, Canada
2021 K-pop Cover Dance Festival
The Korean Cultural Center in Canada and Seoul Shinmun hosted the 2021 K-pop Cover Dance Festival at the Canadian Museum of History on Oct. 9. The festival received enthusiastic support from Canadian ¡°Korean Wave¡± fans, both offline and online. A total of 11 teams from Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Alberta took the stage. Special judges Chu and Jinsol from the girl group LOONA communicated online with local Korean pop culture fans, too. Cheers and chants from the full capacity crowd filled the concert hall.
Check the Korean Cultural Center in Canada¡¯s YouTube channel to see scenes of the event.
Paris, France
Taekwondo Class for Children
The Korean Cultural Center in France hosted a Taekwondo class this October with Master Jung Woo-min, who was dispatched from the Kukkiwon, one of Korea¡¯s leading centers of Taekwondo.
France is currently home to 900 Taekwondo clubs and 50,000 trainees. Some 60% of the trainees are under the age of 18, suggesting that young Taekwondo trainees outnumber adults. The Korean Culture Center in France hopes the Taekwondo class will draw even more French children to not only Taekwondo, but also to Korean culture more broadly.
