Hub City-UNESCO Cooperative Activities Promoted

The core of the Hub City of Asian Culture Project lies in enhancing mutual understanding between Asian countries, extending the scopes and contents of cultural exchange, thus reinforcing Asian solidarity and providing a stage for creation of culture and art. Furthermore, the Hub City aims at extending its activity realm throughout the world. ................................................(more)


2008 International Conference on Cities of Culture:
The Cultural Regeneration of Major Cities & Cooperation Among Cities of Culture

The Office for Hub City of Asian Culture is preparing for the 2nd International Conference on Cities of Culture. Organized by the Office for Hub City of Asian Culture, the Conference will take place on May 16th, in Seoul. Encouraged by the last year's successful discussion on the construction and operation of sustainable culture cities, the 2008 Conference takes as its main theme "The Cultural Regeneration of Major Cities & Cooperation Among Cities of Culture."...................................................(more)


2008 Worldwide Correspondents Appointed

The Office for the Hub City of Asian Culture announced the appointment of 21 correspondents from 13 countries as the HCAC Worldwide Correspondents for the first half year of 2008. The Worldwide Correspondents Program is an ambitious project of HCAC, which aims to procure Asia's culture-art contents by reproducing the culture-related data collected on-the-spot from the in-the-field correspondents, and meanwhile construct a network of those involved..                                                                                            ......................................(more)


ACC Cultural Exchange Agency: the Stage for Asian Cultural Exchanges

When opened in 2012, the Asian Culture Complex(ACC) will consist of five divisions: Cultural Exchange Agency, Asian Culture Information Agency, Cultural Promotion Agency, Asian Arts Theatre, and Edu-Culture Agency for Children. As the Mecca of the digital culture combining the Asian culture's imagination with the advanced information technology, the ACC will be constructed into a cutting-edge cultural multiplex, ...........................(more)


Towards An Inter-Cultural City:
Leicester and its Efforts for Constructing a Multicultural City

One of the most serious social problems in Europe is probably the inequality experienced by ethnic minorities. Europe, and especially the United Kingdom, has experienced ethnic minority riots, crime and social conflicts brought about by inequality between local people and immigrants. Leicester is, however, an interesting counter example in which the city has managed to construct a harmonious relationship ........ (more)


Istanbul Cultural Center Director Atay Talks on the Cultural Exchange

Among a quite few foreign cultural facilities located in Gwangju is the Istanbul Cultural Center. Established in 1998 as a non-governmental organization, the Istanbul Cultural Center is the only place in Korea where the Turkish culture can be experienced. The Center's efforts to promote cultural understanding between Korea and Turkey span from the general cultural-center programs ...................................... (more)



Gwangju Biennale 2008

The 7th Gwangju Biennale will open on September 5th, to continue until November 9th, 2008, under the exhibition title of "Annual Report: A Year in Exhibitions." This Biennale will incorporate a cooperative curatorial team. Ranjit Hoskote (India) and Kim Hyunjin (Korea) were appointed to work with the General Artistic Director Okwui Enwezor, Senior Vice President of San Francisco Art Institute and the Artistic Director of Kassel Documenta 11 (1998-2002)............(more)