MU:CON 2026 to gather 42 acts in Seoul in September The conference part of MU:CON 2026 will focus on how Korean music companies can enter India's emerging market. 2026.8.26
One idol tried to unionize K-pop. Almost no one followed. A former Teen Top member withdrew a proposed idol union after it drew only two listed members, exposing fears over agency power and legal uncertainty. 2026.8.17
K-culture showcase draws 36,000 in Paris for Korea-France anniversary A K-pop concert and export fair anchored the four-day K-EXPO, with $52 million in business consultations secured. 2026.6.23
Actor Lee Won-jong, vocal supporter of president, fails to clinch creative agency head job Actor Lee Won-jong, a vocal supporter of President Lee Jae Myung, failed to make the final cut to head the Korea Creative Content Agency (Kocca) after interviewers rejected all finalists. 2026.2.11
Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards honors late comedian Jeon Yoo-seong, G-Dragon and more — in pictures The 16th Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards gave out awards to late comedian Jeon Yoo-seong; K-pop artists G-Dragon, Rosé and Seventeen; and actor Lee Byung-hun, among others, at a ceremony held at the National Theater’s Haeoreum Grand Theater. 2025.10.23
Korea to showcase cultural exports in international trade show series Korea is taking its cultural industries global with the launch of 2025 K-EXPO: All about K-Style, a new international trade show series backed by multiple government ministries. The initiative aims to help Korea hit its cultural export target. 2025.7.24
Gov't to open six new culture business centers in Europe by end of the year The government will open six new culture business centers in Europe by the end of 2024 and five more around the world next year, the Korea Creative Content Agency (Kocca) said Wednesday. 2024.10.30
World Webtoon Awards celebrates year of comics, 'Solo Leveling' takes grand prize The inaugural World Webtoon Awards and Festival launched in Seoul, celebrating webtoon culture. Key awards were given, including Best Webtoon to 'Solo Leveling.' 2024.9.27
First World Webtoon Festival to debut this month in Seongsu-dong neighborhood The first World Webtoon Festival is set to take off next week, the Korea Creative Content Agency (KCCA) announced on Thursday. 2024.9.19
K-content festival focusing on comics and stories to take place in Los Angeles The government will hold a five-day K-comics and K-story festival in Los Angeles from July 24 to 28. 2024.7.16
![Actor Lee Won-jong, right, shakes hands with then-Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae Myung during a rally in Goyang, Gyeonggi, on May 20, 2025. [KIM SEONG-RYONG]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12396569.jpg?imageId=12396569&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![G-Dragon speaks after receiving the Okgwan, or jeweled crown, Order of Cultural Merit during the Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards at the National Theater's Haeoreum Grand Theater in Jung District, central Seoul on Oct. 23. [KOREA CREATIVE CONTENT AGENCY]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12377918.jpg?imageId=12377918&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency (Kocca) will hold the first edition of the 2025 K-EXPO: All about K-Style trade show in Toronto, Canada, from Aug. 8 to 12. [KOREA CREATIVE CONTENT AGENCY]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12015095.jpg?imageId=12015095&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The Korea Creative Content Agency (Kocca) Business Center in London [KOCCA]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12304177.jpg?imageId=12304177&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Visitors look around the pop-up stores at the 2024 World Webtoon Festival held in Seongdong District, eastern Seoul, on Sept. 26. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12040267.jpg?imageId=12040267&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Poster of the 2024 World Webtoon Festival, set to run through Sept. 26 to 29 [KOREA CREATIVE CONTENT AGENCY]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12075911.jpg?imageId=12075911&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The ″K-story&comics in America″ festival poster [KOCCA]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11993572.jpg?imageId=11993572&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)