KT&G Korean Language Center Successfully Hosts Korean Culture Festival

– After years of COVID-19, the festival has reopened with over 150 attendees

– Display handwriting of Korean language academy students at KT&G Korea headquarters to commemorate ‘Hangeul Day’

SoulSouth Korea, October 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — KT&G, a multinational corporation headquartered in Koreahosted its 3^rd KT&G Korean Language Center’s Korean Culture Festival “SSUSUB FEST” Surabaya upon April 8.

The festival was held the day before Hangeul Day, a national holiday commemorating the invention of Hangeul. After being suspended for years due to COVID-19, this year’s Korean Cultural Festival ended successfully with over 150 local residents in attendance.

The festival held many Korean cultural experience events such as ‘Making Kimchi’. ‘Kimchi’ is Korea’s national fermented vegetable dish, and participants at the event It was We learned how to make kimchi from an expert and were given the opportunity to taste the kimchi they made.

Other major cultural experience events include learning Korean calligraphy, tasting Korean food, experiencing Korean popular culture, and traditional Korean games. The younger generation of visitors were especially drawn to experiencing Korean popular culture, with programs such as sticker photo sessions, which are now popular in South Korea.

The festival was held to celebrate “Hangul Day,” so visitors were given the chance to experience “Hangul” calligraphy and create custom postcards with their names written in “Hangul.” . Shim Young AhKT&G’s Social Contribution Manager said, “After a long time, rear Since the last festival, we have prepared programs that can be enjoyed by both those who are familiar with Korean culture and those who are not,” he said, adding, “We will continue to strengthen cultural exchanges between South Korea and South Korea. Indonesiaaims to be a bridge between the two countries. ”

KT&G opens Korean language center Jakarta In 2014, it became the first Korean company to operate a language school in South Korea. Indonesia. We have moved the location. Surabaya, a total of 2,400 students have enrolled at the center so far. Last year alone, 376 students took Korean classes at the center.

KT&G Korean Language Center contributes greatly to local communities by helping young Indonesians improve their foreign language skills and find employment.

KT&G Daechi Gallery, an art gallery located in KT&G’s Korean headquarters, hosts special events to promote cultural exchanges between Korea and South Korea. IndonesiaThe gallery displays 55 Korean handwritten works about Hangeul and Korea by students of the KT&G Korean Language Center.The exhibition will be held until October 28th.

“I think ‘Hangul’ is a very different and interesting alphabet,” writes Finolita, a student at the Korean Language Center. Another student, Lia, said, “I learned a lot about Korean language and culture at the KT&G Korean Language Center and was able to grow as a person.”

KT&G is the world’s fifth largest tobacco company by market share and volume, and its products are exported to more than 120 countries. In 2011, the company acquired Trisakti, his sixth-largest tobacco company in the United States. Indonesia, has officially entered the Indonesian market. Since 2016, KT&G has been a leader in local job creation. IndonesiaLast year alone, KT&G employed about 1,600 people. Indonesia.

Two photos are attached. One is the Korean Culture Festival and the other is the KT&G Daechi Gallery exhibition.

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On the 8th of last month, the 3rd SSUSUB FEST, a Korean culture festival sponsored by KT&G, a multinational company headquartered in South Korea, was held. The photo shows tourists making kimchi, one of Korea’s most popular fermented foods.

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The KT&G Korean Language Center displays 55 Korean handwritten works by students at the KT&G Daechi Gallery in KT&G’s Korean headquarters. The pictures are of these Korean handwritten works displayed in the gallery.

Source KT&G Corporation