ACC Ground-Breaking Ceremony Held: Construction in Full Swing

The ground-breaking ceremony for the Asian Culture Complex(ACC) was held on June 10, 2008, at the construction site. Organized by Office for Hub City of Asian Culture Office, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the ceremony was participated in by approximately 800 distinguished persons and Gwangju citizens, including Minister Yu In-Chon, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City Park Gwang-Tae, ..............................(more)


Nickname Contest Held for the Asian Culture Complex

The HCAC Office held a nickname contest for the Asian Culture Complex open for twenty days from April 16th through May 5th. The event was designed to find the Complex a second name, friendly sounded and easy to remember for foreigners, as well as promote the general recognition of Hub City of Asian Culture Project. ...................................................(more)


Worldwide Correspondents Invited for 2008 Second Half

The biggest ever cultural project in Korea's history, Hub City of Asian Culture Project aims to provide a forum of cultural solidarity and exchange among Asian countries, as well as establish a culture city of novel concept in Gwangju, one of the nation's six metropolitan cities, so as to contribute to a better quality of life of the people................................(more)


2008 International Conference on Cities of Culture Successfully Held

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Yu In-Chon called for the effort and cooperation for the successful promotion of Hub City of Asian Culture Project, in the congratulatory address he delivered for the 2008 International Conference on Cities of Culture held on May 16th, 2008....................(more)


Establishment of ASEAN-Korea Traditional Music Orchestra Agreed

The ASEAN Member States and Korea agreed on three agenda topics regarding the promotion of the cultural exchange between the ASEAN States and Korea, during the 2008 ASEAN-Korea Meeting on Cultural Collaboration Projects. Proposed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by the Office for Hub City of Asian Culture, this first Meeting was held for two days from May 29th, in Seoul (Hotel Shilla) and in Gwangju ............. (more)


2008 Asian Performing Arts Forum:
“What Kind of Space is Needed for Asian Performing Arts?”

Asian Performing Arts Forum becomes to be a powerhouse of imagination of performing arts in Asia. Leading scholars and professionals in the field met on May 19th and 20th, 2008, at Seoul's ChungMu Art Hall, for the 2nd Asian Performing Arts Forum. Organized by Office for Hub City of Asian Culture, managed by Korea Arts Management Service, and cooperated by the Asia Europe Foundation, this year's forum was the second in the "Collaboration" series started in last year's forum. ................................................. (more)



2008 Activists' Forum for Culture and Art Organizations Held

New directions for local cultural and artistic activities were talked on in the 3rd Activists' Forum for Culture and Art Organizations held in Gwangju on May 16th and 17th, 2008. Part of Hub City of Asian Culture, Gwangju Project, the Forum was sponsored by the Office for Hub City and hosted by the Cultural Alliance of Gwangju-Jeonnam Region.In the keynote ........................(more)



2nd UNESCO Asian Youth Forum Met

The 2nd UNESCO Asian Youth Forum was held in Gwangju for five days from June 26th through 30th, 2008, jointly hosted by UNESCO and the Korean National Commission for UNESCO, and sponsored by the Office for Hub City of Asian Culture, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. ......................(more)



Le Cent Quatre: A New Venue for Artistic Creativity in Paris

The fall of 2008 will see the birth of a Parisian space for culture and art, Le Cent Quatre. This new space does not start a new history in a newly constructed building, but will inherit a different history on 37,000 sq. meters of floors in a renewed former municipal funeral service building. It refuses to be another art museum that exhibit existing or completed works of art, but aims to be a space ...............................(more)


The 2008 UNESCO Children’s Performing Arts Festival of East Asia

Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and jointly held by the Korean National Commission for UNESCO and Gwangju Metropolitan City, the 2008 Children’s Performing Arts Festival of East Asia took place at Gwangju Culture & Art Center from July 24th through 27th, 2008, hosted by the Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organizations of Gwangju Metropolitan City.First discussed during the UNESCO ............................(more)