Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS)

  Korean Culture and Information Service is dedicated to providing the world with accurate and up-to-date information about Korea. It draws up a master plan to promote the country abroad, assists events that introduce Korean culture at home and abroad, produces foreign language publications on Korea and operates the government's official multilingual website Korea.net. Korea.net, a gateway of information about Korea, aims to provide accurate and timely information about the country and offers a convenient and user-friendly access to a wide variety of data on the country.

National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts

  It aims to continue to creatively pass down and cultivate traditional performing art forms which are filled with the philosophy of Korean tradition.

National Institute of the Korean Language

  The Institute collects and conducts scientific research on linguistic and cultural data, publishes research findings, and provides guidelines on orthography, Standard Korean, and other matters which promote the proper use of the Korean language.

National Theater of Korea

  Established in 1950, the National Theater of Korea has been a leading performance hall, promoting the nation's performing arts. It strives to globalize Korean traditional arts and recreate it with a modern interpretation.

National Folk Museum of Korea

  The museum is Korea's leading institution dedicated to preserving the legacy of traditional Korean life, attracting more than two million visitors annually. It provides visitors with opportunities to experience first-hand how Koreans lived in traditional times.

The National Library of Korea

 The National Library, founded in 1945, is a comprehensive and treasured repository of national literature from domestic publications to digital information that has been systematically organized for all citizens.

National Museum of Contemporary Art

  The museum shows which direction Korean art and culture is moving. It has been making efforts to hold rich and high-level exhibitions and to become a composite cultural space for a variety of scholastic and cultural events.

The National Academy of Arts, The Republic of Korea

 The National Academy of Arts, The Republic of Korea was created to support artists of exceptional merit, implementing programs to assist them in their activities and thereby contribute to development in the arts.

Korea National University of Arts

  Since its establishment by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 1992, the Korea National University of Arts continually strives to create an academic environment in which the artistically gifted are challenged and inspired to do their best possible work.

Korea Television (KTV)

 KTV provides essential information on the policies that are being discussed and implemented by the government, with the aim of facilitating communication between the government and the people. KTV will continue to create historic programs that lives up to the digital era and its reputation as the premiere public policy broadcasting channel