1. The Foreign Ministry will hold the second seminar of the Scholars Group for Public Diplomacy in Seoul on December 7. At the seminar, the 16 foreign scholars in the group will share their activity experience as honorary envoys for public diplomacy and discuss how they can contribute to the ROK’s public diplomacy.

° The Scholars Group for Public Diplomacy, launched on January 29, is composed of 16 foreign scholars who are working at colleges in the ROK and have been appointed as honorary envoys for public diplomacy.

° The seminar will bring together Ambassador for Public Diplomacy Ma Young-sam, Director-General for Cultural Affairs Hahn Choong-hee, members of the Scholars Group and experts in Kimchi and the Kimjang culture.

2. With “Kimjang: Making and Sharing Kimchi in the Republic of Korea” inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in early December, the seminar will feature a lecture and a first-hand experience program on Kimchi and the Kimjang culture in order for the scholars to deeply understand and actively promote them.

3. In addition, the Foreign Ministry, taking the opportunity of the UNESCO inscription of Kimjang to widely promote Kimchi and the Kimjang culture across the world, will publish books titled Delicious Korean Story, Kimchi in Korean and English and distribute them to all its overseas missions.

                Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Relations of MOFA

* unofficial translation