The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Nov. 8 will host the K Wave Festival at the tourist information and cultural space HiKR Ground in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)

By Kang Gahui

Foreign promoters and creators of Hallyu (Korean Wave) content will gather this weekend for an event in Seoul.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Nov. 8 will host this year's K Wave Festival at the theater CKL (Contents Korea Lab) Stage of the tourist information and cultural center HiKR Ground in Seoul's Jung-gu District.

The event will encourage Korea.net's 1,498 Honorary Reporters in 101 countries who promote Korea to the world, 1,303 K-influencers in 95 countries and competitors of the global Korean content contest Talk Talk Korea.

Five awards will each go to the top Honorary Reporters, K-influencers and first-place winners in each division of Talk Talk Korea.

Seventy-nine works selected as finalists from 76,296 entries will be displayed starting at HiKR Ground in Seoul (Nov. 4-9) and moving to Korean Cultural Centers in Vietnam, Indonesia and Belgium through March.

The event venue will offer activities to create a festive mood like a speed quiz on Korea; exhibition of winning works; and congratulatory performances by the taekwondo demonstration team K-Tigers Little Junior and EPEX, a K-pop boy band who is a promotional model for this year's Talk Talk Korea.

The festival will also be livestreamed on Korea.net's official YouTube channel (youtube.com/@GatewayToKorea).

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