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South Korea, through the Korea Cultural Centre Nigeria (KCCN), is deepening cultural and educational ties with Nigeria, marking the Centre’s 15th anniversary with renewed commitments to collaboration and youth engagement.
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KCCN Director Kim Changki highlighted 15 years of cultural exchange from K-pop and Korean cuisine to language and cinema and praised Nigerians for their warm embrace of Korean culture.
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Future plans include expanded education and cultural programs, such as a K-pop academy and joint exhibitions, with a focus on connecting Nigerian and Korean youth and fostering mutual creativity and unity.
Government of South Korea has revealed its continued efforts to cultivate new collaborations with Nigerian institutions, cultural leaderships as well as build on youth engagements. The latest step is one of the efforts implemented by the Korea Cultural Centre Nigeria (KCCN) to celebrate its 15th year anniversary in Nigeria
The KCCN Director, Mr. Kim Changki, who delivered the opening ceremony speech of events programmed to commemorate the Centre's anniversary in Abuja, valued Nigeria and Nigerians for welcoming the Korean culture, encouraging them to join the initiative to re-write the history of unity, culture, and creativity between Korea and Nigeria, he stated 15 years ago, in 2010, we opened the doors of the Korean Cultural Center here in Abuja, and we sowed a seed, an expectation to construct bridges between Korea and Nigeria via culture, education, and amity.
"Today, the seed has matured into a thriving edifice yielding the lush fruits of cooperation. From K-pop to Korean food, language courses, to cinema screenings, indoor and outdoor activities". Our vision has always been crystal clear, to introduce Korea's heart to Nigeria. This has not been possible by ourselves
"It has been made possible through your support; the people of Nigeria, our partners, artists, students, diplomatic circles, and of course, our cultural centers, who have embraced Korean culture with open hearts".
As we move forward, we reiterate our willingness to further enhance this cultural exchange. Together, let us further pen the narrative of unity, culture, and creativity".
The KCCN Event Manager Yunjin Lee added that the Centre was willing to sponsor more education and cultural exchange programs, as well as collaborate with Nigerian institutions on exhibitions of both art and instruments, film festivals among numerous other cultural programs.
She continued: "We're going to introduce more regarding Nigerian side so that we can make more regarding cultural exchange. People could be more connected with the K-food because there are lots of similarities. Nowadays, if you search on internet, it's very easy to find the recipes so I think there could be more exchanges".
"There is a future educational program in KCCN, the K-pop academy so i believe we can target exchanges between the youths because we are having plenty of educational programs and youths are very important in the future".
