Korean Cultural Centre India hosted the “K-Insider Challenge, K-Beauty” online event, which was promoted to provide a place of gathering for the Korean Wave fans in India even in the situation of the second wave of coronavirus outbreak. 419 participants submitted their photos and videos contents about Korean beauty, and the total number of views for all the contents on SNS exceeded 2 million.
  This year's the third online event was held with the theme, “K beauty” following the “Introduction to Kimchi” event, which had 132 participants' total cumulative views of over 1 million and “K-Pop Cover Dance” event, which recorded 20,186 views with two single posts by editing videos submitted by participants. For the 12 day participation period from 24th March to 4th April, 419 Indian participants submitted photos and videos introducing Korean beauty products, Korean-style makeup, and skin care tips. During the evaluation period till 14th April, the cumulative number of views of all contents registered on KCCI SNS channel was 2,089,501(Instagram 1,987,952 times, Facebook 94,710 times, YouTube 6,839 times), and the number of 'like' recorded 376,375 times.
  The figures show that people's interest in Korean Wave is expanding from the primary cultural content of dramas, movies, and K-pop to the secondary cultural contents like ‘food’, ‘beauty’, or ‘fashion’ in India, where the Korean Wave is heating up through online content after the corona pandemic situation.
For more information visit: http://india.korean-culture.org/en/1271/board/127/read/107942

Korean Cultural Centre India is holding 6th Korea-India Friendship Quiz Competition.

The Korea–India Friendship Quiz Competition aims to spread awareness about Korea and its diverse facets among school students, leading to greater understanding of the nation, its people and its interaction with India over the years. It will help expand and enrich

the youth’s awareness of Korea and its position in the Asian and global context, such that India’s future citizens are better sensitized to it.

The questions will focus on various interesting aspects of Korea, including the following:

People of Korea, history & culture, traditions, arts & literature, science & technology, entertainment, sporting achievements, education, famous personalities, events

Land & geography, natural resources & heritage, wildlife & nature, travel attractions & tourist destinations, cuisine & food culture

International relations, current affairs, ties and links with India: people-to-people, cultural, diplomatic, commercial, educational

 
PARTICIPATION CRITERIA
Across India, schools are being invited to register students from Classes 7 to 12 (In case one`s school taking Korean Language class, 6th class student also allowed) for this exciting national quiz.
The website www.koreaindiaquiz2021.com is available for all students to register. Once registered, students can take the preliminary online quiz on the same website.

COMPETITION STRUCTURE

The competition will be held in 3 (three) levels:

Level 1: Individual level online tests on quiz website

Level 2: City level quizzes on video conference

Level 3: National level quizzes on video conference

The national semi-finals will be held on 26 and 27 July 2021.

The National Finale will be held on 30 July 2021.

The National Champions (top 4 scorers in national finale) will win free trips to Korea.

All national-level contestants will receive digital Certificates of Honour.

REFERENCE MATERIAL

Here is a list of online resources to which the quiz contestants can refer, to find relevant and updated information on the subject and its various aspects:

For the level 1 round

Primary source : “Korean Cultural Centre India” website, “About Korea”

http://india.korean-culture.org/en/135/korea/35

For the level 2, 3 round

Primary source : “Facts about Korea” book published by Korean Culture and Information Service

https://www.korea.net/Resources/Publications/About-Korea/view?articleId=8213

Secondary source : Korea Tourism Office website

https://english.visitkorea.or.kr