Berlin 'fluttered' at the Korean Cultural Center in Germany '30th Anniversary of Opening' celebration

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The Korean Cultural Center, which is promoting our proud culture to the global community, is currently successfully operated in 35 countries.

Among them, the Korean Cultural Center in Germany, which opened in 1994 in Germany, which shares the experience of national division, is said to have served as a bridge between the two countries.

However, since the first day of the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Korean Cultural Festival last month, more than 10,000 lovers came to the Korean Cultural Festival, and the cultural center was surprised.

German reporter Kim Winter reports on the site.

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As the K-pop group's spectacular performance begins, cheers come from all over the place.

People who have actually worn elegant hanboks that have only been seen in Korean dramas fall in love with their unique charms.There was a long queue in front of the tteokbokki booth at the center of the

K-food craze.

This is the scenery of the "Complex Korean Cultural Festival" in Berlin to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Korean Cultural Center in Germany.

[Luca, Sarah, Maria / Berlin, Germany : (The celebratory performance of VERIVERY, the idol group) was really, really, really amazing. It was so good that I didn't know what to say.]

[Laurenda, Yulia, Lucresia / Berlin, Germany : It was nice to experience hanbok and wear beautiful colored hanbok here. It's fantastic.]

Recently, in Germany, the number of people who enjoy Korean food or study Korean in their daily lives is increasing significantly.The passion for drama and K-pop

led to a curiosity to know more about Korea.

[Melani, Janis, Claudia / Berlin, Germany: We are learning Korean at a Korean school in Berlin. We are very interested in Korean culture. So we enjoy Korean food, and of course we enjoy music and K-dramas and all the good things.]

The Korean Cultural Center in Germany actively reflected the interest of Germans and organized the festival with various Korean cultural experience programs such as making songpyeon and Korean games.

The response from the locals was so hot that more than 10,000 visitors came from the first day.

[Yang Yang-geun / Director of the Korean Cultural Center in Germany: The main purpose of the Korean Cultural Center is to increase the local people's affinity for Korea by introducing Korea's soft power, culture and resources to the locals. / In the future, we will continue to strive to enhance the charm of Korean culture by introducing various Korean cultures to local people and to further develop the relationship between the two countries.

Korean Cultural Center in Germany encouraged by the unexpected and successful festival.

A happy thought has begun about what ideas would be good for expanding the base of the Korean Wave.

I'm Kim Winter from YTN World in Berlin.