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Area served
  
Worldwide

Type
  
Cultural institution

Founded
  
1971

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Founder
  
Government of South Korea

Focus
  
Korean culture, Korean language

Location
  
14-1,408,Galmae-ro, Sejong-si, Government Complex-Sejong, South Korea

Key people
  
Park Younggoog (Director)

Website
  
www.kocis.go.kr/eng/main.do#

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The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) is a division of the South Korean government set up to encourage the spread of Korean culture overseas.

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Korean culture and information service


Main missions

¤ To upgrade the country's nation brand and to publicize government policies

  • Carrying out projects to boost the nation brand
  • Providing support for summit diplomacy by organizing cultural events and operating press centers during presidential visits abroad
  • Promoting Korea's key administrative priorities and major government policies around the world

    • ¤ To promote the spread of Hallyu and to expand cultural exchanges

  • Operating overseas cultural centers and strengthening their cultural exchange function
  • Organizing various international cultural exchange programs
  • Expanding cultural experience programs for foreign nationals living in Korea

    • ¤ To produce promotional content and to facilitate its use

  • Producing and distributing promotional content about Korea for use overseas
  • Carrying out online promotion through Korea.net, the official government multilingual web portal

    • ¤ To foster cooperative media relations

  • Providing support to foreign correspondents and visiting journalists in their coverage of Korea
  • Operating the Foreign Press Center Korea
  • Organizing invitational programs for media professionals from around the world

    • In its early years, as the Korean Overseas Information Service (KOIS), it also issued foreign language propaganda reports, such as on the Third Tunnel of Aggression.

    History

    1971.12 Inaugurated as the Korean Overseas Information Service (KOIS) under the Ministry of Culture and Information.

    1990.1 Affiliated with the Ministry of Information upon the division of the Ministry of Culture and Information into two separate ministries.

    1998.2 Affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism upon the disbandment of the Ministry of Information, and its name changed to the Korean Overseas Culture and Information Service (KOCIS).

    1999.5 Affiliated with the newly launched Government Information Agency, and its name reverted to Korean Overseas Information Service(KOCIS)

    2008.2 Affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) in accordance with a revision to the Government Organization Act, and its name changed to the Korean Culture and Information Service( KOCIS).

    2012.2 Transferred responsibilities for the missions and tasks entrusted with the Korean Cultural Centers and Culture and Information Officers to the International Cultural Affairs Division of the MCST

    2013.9 Reassumed responsibilities for supporting and evaluating the Korean Cultural Centers and Culture and Information Officers as well as for specific executions of the Centers' programs from the International Cultural Affairs Division of the MCST

    2015.1 Reassumed the full remaining responsibilities for the work of the Korean Cultural Centers and Culture and Information Officers form the International Cultural Affairs Division of the MCST

    Web portal of the government

    KOCIS manages KOREA.net, the official web portal of the South Korean government.

    References

    Korean Culture and Information Service Wikipedia
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