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From left: Gangwon Youth Olympics ambassador Park Jae-min, Gangneung Mayor Kim Hong-gyu, ambassador Kim Joo-won, curler Kim Eun-jung, Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Park Bo-gyoon, mascot Moongcho, co-head of the organizing committee Jin Jong-oh, Secretary General of the organizing committee Kim Chul-min and Deputy Governor of Economic Affairs of Gangwon Jeong Kwang-yeol during an inspection of Gangneung Olympic Park in Gangneung, Gangwon on Sunday. [MINISTRY OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM]

‘DNA of success’ driving 2024 Gangwon Youth Olympics preparations

Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Park Bo-gyoon promised Sunday that the ministry will make the upcoming 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics an historic global event.

2023.9.3

Theatergoers buy tickets at a multiplex in central Seoul on July 2, 2023. [YONHAP]

Culture minister orders Kofic to address alleged box office manipulation

Park Bo-gyoon, minister of culture, sports and tourism, ordered the Korean Film Council (Kofic) to come up with measures to address the alleged box office results manipulation by movie theaters and distributors.

2023.8.21

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Deep puddles are visible at the abandoned World Scout Jamboree campsite in Saemangeum, North Jeolla, which was evacuated on Monday ahead of Typhoon Khanun. [YONHAP]

Knives come out as World Scout Jamboree ends

Almost every public safety crisis in Korea has led to finger-pointing, and the 25th World Scout Jamboree will likely be no exception as politicians on both sides began drawing knives over disastrous preparations for the event.

2023.8.11

U.S. scouts drink water as they prepare to leave the Jamboree campsite in Buan County, North Jeolla, on Sunday. [YONHAP]

Scout exodus continues as local governments prepare welcome

Delegations continued leaving the troubled 25th World Scout Jamboree on Sunday despite the Korean government’s additional promises to ensure safety, with the North Jeolla scouting group blaming their exit on an alleged incident of sexual harrassment.

2023.8.6

Park Bo-gyoon, minister of culture, sports and tourism, speaks during a press conference held on Tuesday to mark his first year of taking office. [YONHAP]

Minister shares plans on continuing to make Korea 'culturally attractive'

Culture Minister Park Bo-gyoon, who accompanied President Yoon Suk Yeol on his recent visit to the U.S., said on Tuesday during a press conference that he was able to once again, witness the popularity of Korean culture overseas and that he ...

2023.5.16

New KNCDC director

Culture Minister Park Bo-gyoon, left, presents a certificate of appointment to Director Kim Sung-yong of the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company (KNCDC) during a ceremony on Thursday at the Seoul office of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and...

2023.5.11

The orange chair on the right is a prototype “Longevity Chair,” a foldable seat installed on columns at crosswalks for the elderly. The pink one on the left, the “Caring Chair,” is for anyone who needs it, including children or pregnant women. [SHIN MIN-HEE]

K-design offers solutions to life's problems

Design applies not only to clothes or interiors. It also has the ability to solve everyday problems. Park Bo-gyoon, minister of culture, sports and tourism, stressed the importance of public design. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and...

2023.5.4

Park Bo-gyoon, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, speaks during the press briefing on Thursday in central Seoul. [MINISTRY OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM]

Korea's Culture Ministry details plans to expand K-culture to the world

K-culture is going to be the “game changer that changes the export landscape of the country this year,” the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said in its plan for the year, as reported to President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday. Culture ...

2023.1.5

Culture Minister Park Bo-gyoon speaks during a meeting at the ministry buildling in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on September 20. [NEWS1]

Culture minister sends condolences over Indonesian football stadium tragedy

Culture Minister Park Bo-gyoon sent a condolence letter to the Indonesian sports minister on Monday over the deadly football stadium stampede in Indonesia that has claimed 125 lives, officials said.

2022.10.4