Prior to 2018 Korean Festival this October, Korean Cultural Center (KCC) Indonesia held a press conference to greet the local medias. K-Fest 2018 is set to charm Jakarta and several big cities in Indonesia with varieties cultural programmes.
Organised by South Korean Embassy, Korean Cultural Centre (KCC), Korean Tourism Organization (KTO), Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT), Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), and Korea International Trade Association (KITA) in collaboration with Indonesian Agency of Creative Economy (BEKRAF), Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Republic of Korea, Asiana Airlines, CGV Indonesia, and iLotte.com, the annual event will feature various events, divided into four main categories: K-Food, K-Contents, K-Performance, and K-Exhibition.
K-Fest 2018 will be held throughout the month of October. Here is the list of fascinating activities you cannot miss out:
- K-Food Campus Festival
- Traditional Opera “BOM-BOM <Spring-Spring> & Arirang Nanjanggut”
- Korean Feast
- K-Content Expo & K-Pop Concert
- Korean Modern Art Exhibition
- Korean Cultural Art Association Festival
- K-Beauty Premium Roadshow
- Fortune Pouch Exhibition by Lee Jong-Hyo
- Seoul Institute of the Arts, “NONDA NONDA NONDA”
- Tales of Mother Land
- Korea-Indonesia Film Festival
- Korean Folk Painting Exhibition
- Korean Traditional Handicrafts Exhibition
- Watch a GOOD Performance
- Cooking Performance for Korean Traditional Food
- Cooking Performance for Korean Palace Food
“This year’s Korean Festival will be the largest Korean Festival ever,” said Mr. Kim Chang-Beom, South Korean’s Ambassador in Indonesia.
From traditional cuisine to modern art, the series of events aims to reveal many cultures of Korea. In addition to its free admission, K-Fest 2018 also prepared an interesting program called “K-Fest Passport” where people can participate by collecting a stamp after attending each event. After collecting a minimum of six stamps, you will be eligible to join a lucky draw with a prize of return tickets to South Korea. Moreover, K-Fest Passport also serves as a guidebook for Korean Festival 2018.
For K-Pop fans in Indonesia, the most awaited event is none other than K-Content Expo 2018. KOCCA Indonesia will hold the largest Korean creative content event in Indonesia for its third consecutive year, on 4-7 October 2018.
This event will be divided into three, Business and Networking Meeting on 4-5 October 2018 at Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City Hotel, Exhibition and Events on 4-7 October 2018 at Atrium Kota Kasablanka Mall, and K-POP Concert on 6 October 2018 at The Kasablanka Hall.
For the Business and Networking event, KOCCA invites more than 50 companies from Indonesia and ASEAN to have a B2B (Business to Business) meeting with a total of 40 Korean content companies in animation, character, game, television and virtual reality (VR).
Due to high enthusiasm at K-Content Expo last year, 2018 K-Content Expo Exhibition and Events will be held for four days. It is free of charge so anyone can come and visit many booths that serve the best creative contents from animation, game, music, to Korean beauty products. Visitors could experience playing games and VR, taking photos with Korean characters, and watching newest television dramas or music videos. Online streaming platform Viu will also be present for the first time ever at K-Content Expo 2018.
Furthermore, there will be a public Fan Meeting with KOCCA’s ambassador, Korean boy group Highlight, at the main stage of K-Content Expo. “Anyone could come. It is based on first come first serve basis,” said Dhania Rishanti, representative of KOCCA Indonesia. The Fan Meeting is scheduled to take place on 6 October 2018 at 2PM, for approximately 45-60 minutes. If that’s not enough, but don’t worry because Highlight will also be coming to the most awaited K-POP Concert event at 5PM.
Not only Highlight, but also Korean OST queen Lyn, rising girl group Lovelyz, EDM co-ed group K.A.R.D and boy group Snuper will entertain the visitors at The Kasablanka Hall. Tickets can be obtained for free through iLotte giveaways and quizzes. For more information regarding the event, do check out the full details here.
K-Content Expo 2018 is presented by Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of Republic of Korea and BEKRAF, organised by KOCCA and supported by Ministry of Food & Drug Safety of Republic of Korea, Korea Cosmetic Association, KCC, KTO, KOTRA, iLotte and Viu. According to Greg Kim, Regional Director of KOCCA Indonesia, Korean Government aims to spread happiness to Indonesian citizens through the best creative contents from Korea. “We hope that K-Content Expo 2018 would lead to many positive contributions for the development of creative content industry in both Indonesia and Korea.”
We would like to thank KCC Indonesia for inviting us to the press conference. Stay tuned to The Seoul Story for further coverage of the event series! 🙂
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