The Korean Cultural Center in Italy distributed the March 22nd issue of the online newsletter ‘Corea Today’.
The newsletter was distributed to 8,800 members of the Cultural Center by e-mail and posted on the website and SNS.
As part of digital public diplomacy in 2020, this online newsletter was written by a group of Italian journalists (10 people) selected through a public contest, illustrated by an illustrator (2 people), and was finally supervised and edited by the Cultural Center.
The '22 March newsletter contains various topics related to Korea, such as Samiljeol, Hanbok, Banchan and introduction to Korean dramas, along with an illustration for the drama 'Boys Over Flowers'.
One of the articles of "Corea Today" in the March '22 issue, "3.1 Independence Movement - Struggle for Freedom", can be viewed through the link (Original article link: https://italia.korean-culture.org/it/1373/board/966/read/114023). This article introduces the case in which Koreans protested against Japanese rule during the Japanese colonial period, declared the nullity of the Korea-Japan Annexation Treaty on March 1, 1919, declared Korea's independence, and started a nonviolent movement for national independence.
The article about hanbok is an article that introduces the traditional clothing of Korea, hanbok, under the title "Hanbok: Korean traditional clothing - a history of more than 1000 years" (Original article link: https://italia.korean-culture.org/it/1373/board/966/read/114024).
This article introduces the culture of side dishes that are indispensable to Korean meals by eating with rice in Korean cuisine under the title of “Side dishes, dishes that are more than side dishes” related to Korean food (Original article link: https://italia.korean-culture.org/it/1373/board/966/read/114025).
Finally, under the title "K-Drama Phenomenon", you can see an article analyzing the popularity of Korean dramas, which are leading the global Hallyu craze (Original article link: https://italia.korean-culture.org/it/1373/board/966/read/114026).