The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MEXT), together with the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute (KCTI), will host the 3rd Inter-Korean Cultural Exchange Education and Forum on Tuesday, October 15, at 2 p.m. in the lecture hall of the Korea History Museum.

To lay the foundation for inter-Korean cultural exchange cooperation, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MUSTA) will hold a total of four inter-Korean cultural exchange trainings and forums through December this year to examine the differences between North and South Korean culture and arts and explore ways to restore cultural community. Following the second event held in September under the theme of “Speaking the Languages of the North and South,” the third event will feature lectures and discussions on the current status of North Korean cultural heritage and exchange issues.

Prof. Hoseop Jung (Korea University) will give a lecture on North Korea's cultural heritage and inter-Korean exchanges, and Dr. Chang-Hyun Chung (Institute for Peace and Economy) will introduce the current status and management system of North Korea's cultural heritage through various photographs. Following the lecture by Prof. Jung, Park Sung-jin, a North Korean defector, and Nam Bora, a researcher at the Inter-Korean Association of Historians, will share interesting and hidden stories about the history of intangible heritage education and cultural exchange in North Korea.

“The division of the Korean Peninsula has limited cultural exchanges between the two Koreas, which has deepened the differences in how North and South Koreans view their cultural heritage, but cultural heritage is unique to our people,” said Lee Hae-don, a cultural policy officer at the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. ”Despite the recent downturn in inter-Korean relations, we hope that this project will broaden understanding of North Korean cultural heritage and provide an opportunity to restore national homogeneity and community.

[Korea Economy Press]