The Republic of Korea (RoK) will hold a series of events this September
in an effort to promote cultural exchange with members of the
Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The RoK Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on August 27 that
it will hold the first meeting of RoK-ASEAN culture ministers, an Asian
journalists’ forum and a performance of an orchestra composed of various
traditional musical instruments of the countries among others in
Gwangju city, 329 km south of Seoul.
These
events aim to promote the Asian Culture Complex, a national multipurpose
cultural facility now under construction, which is part of a broader
government project to develop the city into a cultural hub in Asia.
The culture ministers’ meeting will be held on
September 6 to discuss ways to further cultural cooperation among the
countries.
RoK Culture Minister Yoo Jin-ryong will
meet with his counterparts from the 10 ASEAN member nations to discuss
how to lay the ground for cultural cooperation and develop Asian
culture.
Journalists covering cultural issues in 14
Asian countries, including the RoK, Japan and China , will gather
at a forum on September 5 to talk about the role of mass media for the
prosperity of Asian culture.
On the same day,
visitors to Gwangju can see a rare performance of an orchestra composed
of 54 sorts of different traditional musical instruments of the RoK and
the Southeast Asian countries.-VNA