The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 2nd that at the Hangeul Day celebration on the 9th and the Hangeul Week eve event on the 8th, government awards will be awarded to 13 people, including one wreath of culture medal, one cultural medal, seven presidential commendations, and four prime minister commendations. .
At the Hangeul Day celebration ceremony, Hyo-sang Lee, a professor at Indiana University in the US, who devoted himself to the development and dissemination of Hangeul and Korean, receives the ‘Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit’. ‘Culture Packaging’ is awarded by Lee Se-hee, executive producer of Korea Broadcasting Corporation.
The ‘President’s Commendation’ is awarded to Lee Kyung-ah, a public official from the Ministry of Legislation, Farajatif, the president of Islamabad, Pakistan, and the Korea Education and Broadcasting System (EBS). The winners of the Prime Minister’s Citation were Gyeongnam Newspaper reporter Huh Cheol-ho, Jeju Youngji School teacher Lee Jeong-hoon, and Bucharest University professor Diana Yuxel, respectively.
The Sejong Culture Award ceremony will be held on the 8th at 6 pm on the outdoor stage of the National Hangeul Museum as part of the ‘2022 Hangeul Week’ eve event.
This year, Hyun Byung-chan, chairman of the Jeju-do Hangeul Calligraphy Love Group, Kwon Jae-il, professor emeritus of Seoul National University, Sejong Cultural Society, and Kim Valeria Russia Ussurisk Choi Jae-hyung, head of Korean ethnology, were each selected for the presidential commendation this year. The Prime Minister’s Commendation is awarded by the KBS Korean Language Research Department.
◆’Thank you Hangul’… 4~10 Hangeul Week colorful event
From the 4th to the 10th, Hangeul Week will be held with the theme of ‘Thank you Hangul’.
At the National Hangeul Museum, there will be a Hangeul Week Eve Festival on the 8th and a beautiful Hangeul Nuri Concert on the 9th.
On the eve of the festival, you can enjoy the performance of Korean songs performed by the Seoul Orchestra and the Seoul Codicingers, along with the Sejong Culture Award Ceremony, as well as the performance of singer Younha. At the Hangeul Nuri Concert, there will be a fusion Korean traditional music performance, a joint performance of the German Dortmund Children’s Choir, the Jeju Jerazin Children’s Choir, and the Yongin City Boys and Girls’ Choir, as well as a performance by singer Hee-eun Yang.
On the 6th and 7th, the ‘World Korean Hanmadang International Conference’ will be held at the Korea Press Center. In connection with this, the Hangeul and Korean language industry exhibition is held in the annex of the National Hangeul Museum.
During Hangeul Week, the play ‘The Boy Sejong-The Secret of Ganadara’, a musical ‘Sejong, 1446’ of the Sejong Foundation in Yeoju, a special exhibition of the 4th Hangeul Experiment Project of the National Hangeul Museum, Various academic, performance, exhibition, and experience events such as making Hangeul teaching materials are planned.
A variety of events are held abroad, including France, the United States, and Indonesia.
Abundant commemorative events are held overseas, centered on Korean Cultural Centers and King Sejong Institutes abroad.
The Korean Cultural Center in France, in cooperation with the National Hangeul Museum, holds an exhibition of Hangeul design culture products to promote the excellence of Hangeul design. The Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles (LA), USA, holds a Korean poetry recitation contest to promote the beauty of Hangeul and the excellence of Korean literature.
The Korean Cultural Center in Indonesia introduces Korean literature through Korean book (K-Book) events, such as the Korean language learning book fair for children and adolescents and the 20th century Korean novel animation screening.
An official from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said, “Last year, non-face-to-face events were held in the aftermath of COVID-19, but this year we prepared various on-site events. said.
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