Cultural |
8th Overseas Koreans’ Seoul Arts Festival |
Second half |
Explores and introduces ethnic Korean artists to promote the culture and arts of overseas Korean societies |
| 5th Korean Cultural Community Conference |
Second half |
Expands exchanges and cooperation between domestic and overseas Korean cultural personnel and artists |
| 7th Ethnic Korean Literary Award Contest |
Application:
March-
Awarding:
Second half |
Provides opportunities for overseas Koreans to continuously conduct creative activities; promotes the globalization of Korean literature and expands its horizon |
| Overseas Koreans’ Episode Essay Contest |
Application:
March-
Awarding:
Second half |
Provides a venue for overseas ethnic Koreans to share their experiences with other overseas Koreans in order to foster a sense of community among them |
| Film Scenario Contest for Overseas Koreans |
Application:
March-
Awarding:
Second half |
Diversifies and internationalizes the subject matter of Korean films and helps expand exchanges and cooperation between domestic and overseas film personnel |
| Dispatching culture and arts performing groups and holding special roadshow lectures on Korean culture |
Second half |
Introduces Korean culture and arts to ethnic Korean societies and helps the latter understand and appreciate these
1st dispatching: 3 regions in Japan (marking the 60th anniversary of Korea’s liberation)
2nd dispatching: Mexico, Argentina, and neighboring regions (Marking 100 years of Korean emigration to Mexico and 40 years of Korean emigration to Argentina) |
Exchange |
Inviting meritorious personnel to promote the rights and benefits of overseas Koreans |
March - April |
Broadens the base of Korea-friendly foreigners to develop ethnic Korean societies. Offers opportunities to visit Korean historical and cultural heritage sites, industrial complexes, and security frontlines, and hold talks with related personnel |
| World Korean Associations’ Chairmen Convention |
May |
Forms a global Korean associations’ network to strengthen the Korean community. Invites 250 incumbent Korean association chairmen from various countries to Seoul. |
| Inviting ethnic Koreans in Europe to visit their motherland |
June |
Invites and encourages ethnic Koreans who are the living evidence of Korean emigration and who are meritorious to promote the rights and benefits of ethnic Korean societies. Offers opportunities to hold talks with relevant personnel as well as to visit and observe security frontlines, cultural heritage sites, and industrial complexes |
| 8th Overseas Koreans’ Future Leaders’ Workshop |
September |
Promotes mutual exchanges and cooperation between future Korean generations worldwide |
| Foreign-adopted Koreans’ visit to their motherland to experience its culture |
August |
Provides opportunities for foreign-adopted Koreans to experience their motherland’s culture, foster their national identify, and enhance mutual understanding. Invites around 40 18-year-old-or-older foreign-adopted Koreans, crippled adoptees, and their adoption parents to Korea |
Education |
Overseas Korean university students’ training in Korea |
August |
Provides opportunities for overseas Korean university students to experience Korean history and culture in order to boost their national identity. Invites 100 people |
| Overseas Korean youngsters’ training in Korea |
August |
Provides opportunities for overseas Korean youngsters to experience Korean history and culture in order to boost their national identity. Invites 100 people |
| Invitation and training of overseas Korean educators on the Korean national spirit |
May |
Motivates overseas Korean educators to teach the Korean national spirit well, and praises them for their efforts to boost their sense of mission and pride as national spirit educators. Invites 30 people |
| Invitation and Training of Korean Language Teachers in CIS |
July |
Fosters excellent Korean language teachers to teach the Korean language and culture well, and provides them with a venue to improve their skills. Invites 20 people |
Economic |
4th World Korean Business Convention |
September 13-15 |
Activates exchanges between ethnic Korean businesspeople, and helps form a global Korean economic community |
| Overseas Korean Businesspeople and CEOs’ Forum / Leading CEOs’ Businesspeople Leaders’ Forum |
During the first and second half of the Korean business convention periods |
Explores ethnic Korean businesspeople and leaders, and boosts mutual ties between them, to expand the network |
| Global Korean Technologists and Entrepreneurs Conference |
Mid-July |
Explores and fosters technology-based entrepreneurs to form a community of young ethnic Korean businesspeople
※ Target: 40 technology-based entrepreneurs, venture firm entrepreneurs, and leading enterprises CTOs in their early 30s, from around 10 countries |
| On-the-IT-job training for Korean residents in Japan |
December - June next year |
Helps young Korean residents in Japan to land IT jobs in Japan so they could advance into the mainstream societies of the countries where they are residing.
※ Target: 30 young Korean residents in Japan, irrespective of their nationality and naturalization. The program is being offered in Korea. |
| On-the-IT-job training for Korean residents in China |
April - July, September - December |
Helps young Korean residents in China to land IT jobs in China to advance into the mainstream societies of the countries where they are residing
※ Target: 80 unemployed people and 40 Korean residents in China with high school or higher diplomas and superior talent (40 people per program)
Venue: Yanbian University of Science & Technology |
| On-the-IT-job training for Korean residents in CIS |
August - November |
Helps Goryeo youngsters to land IT jobs in the countries where they are residing to advance into the mainstream societies of such countries
※ Target: 30 Goryeo youngsters below 35 years in CIS.
Venue: local places, in conjunction with local Korea education institutes and Goryeo people associations |
| On-the-IT-job training for Korean residents in Central and South America |
August - November |
Helps Korean residents in Central and South America to land IT jobs to help them advance into the mainstream societies in the countries where they are residing
※ Target: 30 Korean residents below 30 years of age in Central and South America
Venue: local places, in conjunction with local chambers of commerce and industry and local Korean companies |
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