By Diplomacy Journal Kayla Lee The Busan Cultural Center announced on August 8 that it will host the ‘80th Anniversary of the United Nations Concert’ on October 23. According to the Busan Cultural Center, this performance was planned to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the UN's founding and UN Day (October 24), to convey the values of international peace and solidarity through music, and to showcase Busan's symbolic significance and status to the world. The concert will feature conductor Yoon Han-gyeol, the first Korean recipient of the ‘Karajan Young Conductors Award’, and the Busan Philharm
By Diplomacy Journal Kayla Lee Energy ministers from the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gathered in South Korea on Aug. 27 to discuss energy security amid surging electricity demand driven by the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced industries, the energy ministry said. The APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting kicked off in Busan, about 325 kilometers southeast of Seoul, for a two-day run, bringing together energy ministers and vice ministers from APEC member countries, including the United States, China, Japan, Indonesia, Canada, Mexico, Au
By Diplomacy Journal Lee Kap-soo The 'British Culture Village', a complex cultural and educational space with British residential, cultural, and commercial facilities, will be built in Myeongji International New Town in Gangseo-gu, Busan. According to the Busan City on May 7, a four-party business agreement (MOU) was signed with the British Embassy in Korea, the Busan Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority, the Royal Russell School Busan Campus Establishment Promotion Team, and the British Chamber of Commerce in Korea to create the 'British Cultural Village' in Busan City Hall. The British Cultur