Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo (fifth from left) on Nov. 20 cuts the ribbon to formally open the Paris Korea Center, located in the eighth arrondissement of the French capital. From the left are Korean Culture and Information Service Director Kim Tae-hoon, Institut Francais President Pierre Buhler, Musee (Museum) Guimet Director Sophie Makariou, French senator Vivette Lopez, Minister Park, Korean Ambassador to France Choi Jong-moon, National Folk Museum Director Yoon Sung-young, Kim Young-jun, president of the Korea Creative Contents Agency, and former French Minister of Culture and Communications Fleur Pellerin.
By Jung Joo-ri and Lee Jihae
Photos = Heo Man-jin, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
The Korean Culture Center (KCC) in France has reopened at a new location in the French capital's eighth arrondissement under a new name: the Paris Korea Center (PKC).
Now housed in a larger seven-story and more accessible building, the PKC on Nov. 20 attracted about 500 Korean and French officials to the center's opening ceremony, including Korean Ambassador to France Choi Jong-moon, French senator Vivette Lopez, French Rep. Joachim Son-Forget and former French Minister of Culture and Communications Fleur Pellerin.
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo on Nov. 20 talks to former French Minister of Culture and Communications Fleur Pellerin about bilateral cultural cooperation at the opening ceremony of the Paris Korea Center in the French capital's eighth arrondissement.
"I hope Hallyu (the Korean Wave) develops in various industries through the Paris Korea Center and spreads to all of Europe and that cultural exchanges between Korea and France become more active."
Covering 3,756 square meters with facilities such as interactive centers for Korean culture and cuisine, an auditorium, a large-scale exhibition hall, a library and a lecture hall, the center is the fifth KCC to reopen as a Korea center after those in Los Angeles, Shanghai, Tokyo and Beijing, and the first in Europe.
The PKC will hold until February culture and arts programs such as the exhibition "Tekkal, Colors of Korea," which displays traditional and contemporary Korean handicrafts, and "Scent of Ink," a performance of traditional Korean music and dance by National Dance Company of Korea inspired by the aesthetics of traditional Korean ink painting and calligraphy.
More information about the exhibitions and performances can be found on the official PKC website below:
https://www.coree-culture.org/
The seven-story Paris Korea Center, which was newly opened on Nov. 20 in the eighth arrondissement of the French capital, houses a Korean culture experiential hall, an interactive center for Korean cuisine, an auditorium and more.
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