By Diplomacy Journal Kayla Lee
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism hosted 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 on Nov. 8.
The event encouraged 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 each went 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 were 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 offered 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.
