Understanding Korea materials - All About Korea 2014: Introduction to Organizations & Lists of Books
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- 1 Korean Culture and Information Service (http://www.korea.net)
- 2 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (http://www.mofa.go.kr)
- 3 Korea Tourism Organization (http://www.visitkorea.or.kr)
- 4 The Korea Foundation (http://www.kf.or.kr)
- 5 Korea International Cooperation Agency (http://www.koica.go.kr)
- 6 Korea Creative Content Agency (http://www.kocca.kr)
- 7 Arts Council Korea (http://www.arko.or.kr)
- 8 King Sejong Institute Foundation (http://www.ksif.or.kr)
- 9 Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (http://www.kotra.or.kr)
- 10 Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (http://www.at.or.kr)
- 11 Korean Food Foundation (http://www.hansik.org)
- 12 Overseas Koreans Foundation (http://www.okf.or.kr)
- 13 Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange (http://kofice.or.kr)
- 14 Arirang (http://www.arirang.co.kr)
Korean Culture and Information Service (http://www.korea.net)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (http://www.mofa.go.kr)
Korea Tourism Organization (http://www.visitkorea.or.kr)
The Korea Foundation (http://www.kf.or.kr)
Korea International Cooperation Agency (http://www.koica.go.kr)
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is a government organization responsible for foreign cooperation projects and Korea’s grant aid programs for developing countries, and has played its role faithfully through sustainable growth and development as Korea’s representative grant organization. It improves Korea’s international image in the world by supporting economic and social development of developing countries and takes the initiatives in promoting friendly and cooperative relations with many developing countries.
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Korea Creative Content Agency (http://www.kocca.kr)
Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) is an organization dedicated to support effective and sustainable growth of contents industry in the creative economy. It performs the business such as △creating ecosystem for coexisting contents △activating production and distribution △supporting overseas expansion △ cultivating human resources △constructing infrastructure △policy research and industry analysis, in order that Korea can jump up to be a global contents power by strengthening competition of contents industry in the field of broadcasting, game, animation, character, cartoon, music and fashion.
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Arts Council Korea (http://www.arko.or.kr)
Arts Council Korea (ARKO) focuses on making creation, mediation and enjoyment have a virtuous circle targeting the nonprofit cultural industry and the field of basic arts such as literature, visual arts, performing arts, traditional arts and multidisciplinary arts, and on building infrastructure for it. Through this, it secures the production capacity of arts market by developing artistic prosperity and social productivity, increasing autogenic power of arts and leading creation of arts, while striving to make all the people feel the creative pleasure.
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- Acts and Scenes: Western Drama in Korean Theater
- Choreographers in Motion: Retrospective and Perspectives
- City as Arts: 100 Notable Works of Architecture in Seoul
- Coexisting Differences: Women Artists in Contemporary Korean Art
- Daehangno: Theater District in Seoul
- Dancing Korea: New Waves of Choreographers and Dance Companies
- Diaspora: Korean Nomadism
- Harmonia Koreana: A Short History of 20th-century Korean Music
- K-POP: Roots and Blossoming of Korean Popular Music
- Korean Abstract Painting: A Formation of Korean Avant-Garde
King Sejong Institute Foundation (http://www.ksif.or.kr)
King Sejong Institute Foundation (KSIF) is a public institution that supports ‘King Sejong Institute (KSI)’ an overseas education institute for Korean language and culture. KSIF was founded in October 2012 in accordance with Clause 2 of Article 19 in the Framework Act on the Korean Language to generally manage and oversee the Korean government’s task of spreading the Korean language and culture. It designates King Sejong Institute, supports and evaluates its management, and develops and manages Nuri-Sejonghakdang (www.sejonghakdang.org), which teaches Korean language and culture online. It also publishes and distributes textbooks suitable for the curriculum of King Sejong Institute as well as guidebooks for teachers and assessment tests, reeducates teachers for the King Sejong Institute, and dispatches professional teachers.
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- Korean for Intermediate Learners 1
- Korean One expression
- Listening Korean Language - Beginner Level
- Reading Korean Language - Beginner Level
- Sejong Korea Culture 1
- Sejong Korea Culture 2
- Sejong Korean 1
- Sejong Korean 2
- Sejong Korean 3
- Sejong Korean 4
- Speaking Korean language - Beginner Level
- Writing Korean Language - Beginner Level
Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (http://www.kotra.or.kr)
Since its establishment in 1962 as part of the Korea’s first 5-year Economic Plan, Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) has been dedicated to creating new export markets and increasing Korea’s trade value. KOTRA plays new role to support overseas investment, to invite foreign professional manpower, and to support making overseas jobs, keeping up with the times. In particular, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012, KOTRA operates as a Global Business Platform that helps Korean companies break out into a bigger market and better future, and takes the lead for ‘being best five trade powers and achieving trade of 2 trillion dollars in 2020’.
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- A Breeding Ground for Success
- Doing Business In Korea
- Guide to Living in KOREA
- Invest Korea Annual Report
- INVEST KOREA Bulletin
- Invest Korea, Invest In Success
- LABOR LAW GUIDE FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS
- Overview of Korea’s Industries
- Q&A on FDI in Korea 2013
Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (http://www.at.or.kr)
Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) is established as Agriculture and Fishery Development Corporation in 1967 for easing disparity between farmers and manufacturers. After changing its name to Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation in 2012, it concentrates on reorganizing with differentiated and specialized structure and function by establishing new vision as ‘a public enterprise for promoting global agricultural and fishery food industry trusted by the people’ and enforcing the function of supporting agricultural and fishery food industry which will be the growing power of our agriculture.
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Korean Food Foundation (http://www.hansik.org)
Established in March 2010 in order to develop the industries such as food industry, food service industry, culture and tourism industry through the promotion of Korean food and the expansion of Korean culture, and to improve the image of Korea, Korean Food Foundation (KFF) is an only official private organization certified by government. It performs the major roles to establish legitimacy of Korean food, to foster Korean food industry and to pursue the globalization of Korean food by promoting and developing the excellence of Korean food at home and abroad based on private expertise.
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Overseas Koreans Foundation (http://www.okf.or.kr)
Overseas Koreans Foundation (OKF) supports overseas Korean to grow as exemplary member in the country of residence with pride as Korean. It contributes to the mutual development of overseas Korean society and homeland through ‘Global Korean Network’, and plays a role of bridge to establish ‘Korean Community’. It also tries to help the young generations who were born and grew in the country of residence have identity as Korean and sense of fellowship with homeland.
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- International Korean Adoptee Resource Book
- Old Wives Recipes
- SAMULNORI Textbook - Series of Korean Culture Lesson
- Taking Korean Traditional Dance Lessons with Chung, Seung-Hee - Series of Korean Culture Lesson
Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange (http://kofice.or.kr)
Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange (KOFICE) promotes right recognition and understanding about culture of each country through diverse exchanges of cultural industries beyond the borders, and strives to improve the friendship between countries through the mutual cultural events such as ‘Feel Korea’, ‘Asia TV Drama Conference’ and ‘Asia Song Festival’. And it also contributes to expansion and development of Korean Wave by initiating underdeveloped countries into cultural knowhow, managing overseas correspondents and supporting fan club.
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Arirang (http://www.arirang.co.kr)
Arirang, a representative Korean global TV broadcasting station, strives to make international society understand Korea rightly and global village friendly through TV and radio network. It completed broadcasting network all over the world including America, Europe and Africa in 2000, and has provided overseas Koreans and foreigners with various contents such as politics, economy, society and culture of Korea.
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- 100 Icons of Korean Culture
- Accolades for Arirang
- Adventure Club
- After 10
- “Ahn Jung-geun” On peace in East Asia
- Arts Avenue (Season 1/2)
- Bizline
- Bon Voyage
- “Comfort Women” One Last Cry
- Decoding Korean Success
- Economix Korea
- Edward’s Live Kitchen
- Fareway to Refreshing
- G-KOREA
- Heart to Heart
- Huge Family, Taekwondo
- In Frame
- Korea Confidential with Paul Schenk
- Korea on the New Horizon
- Korea Top 10 (Season 1)
- Korea Top 10 (Season 2)
- Korea Wide
- Korea, a Medical Powerhouse
- Korean on the World Stage
- Korean Seafood Out to the World
- Life Between Games
- Peace & Harmony, Taekwondo
- Quilt Your Korean Map
- Rock on Korea
- Semipermanent
- Seowon, a Sanctuary of Well-rounded Education
- Simply K-pop
- Stars’ Road
- Tales of Hansik
- Taste of Wisdom
- Tasty Trail with Benjamin (Season 1/2)
- The 60th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Documentary Special
- The Culinary Art of Kimchi
- The INNERVIEW
- The Kanto Earthquake of 1923 (Untold Story 3)
- The Sensation
- Top MDs of Korea
- Travel Story
- Two Chefs