Korea Foundation

The Korea Foundation (KF) was established in 1991, and has been Korea’s leading public diplomacy institution that is devoted to enhancing understanding about Korea abroad and facilitating international interactions between Korea and the world. The KF’s public diplomacy initiatives include its active support for overseas Korean Studies and Koreanists and support for cultural exchanges between Korea and the world, along with the promotion of people-to-people interactions with a variety of forum events and intellectual exchange programs. The KF endeavors to promulgate objective facts and knowledge about Korea that are not yet part of the dominant international discourses, such as the recognition of Korea as a “pivotal middle power,” which because of its late modernization is uniquely situated to understand the quite different situations of both the developed and developing countries; and hence, for example, should play an important role in helping mediate disputes that are an increasing threat to international peace.

Public Diplomacy Week helps build understanding

Lee Geun is the president of the Korea Foundation. Recently the concept of “public diplomacy” has come up more frequently in media, politics and academia. However, it is still unclear exactly how we define...

GPDNet Joint Project “Tales for Everyone”

The Global Public Diplomacy Network (GPDNet), founded predominantly by the KF, held the “Tales for Everyone” Festival in Ankara, Turkey, on April 19-23. The Yunus Emre Institute of Turkey hosted the Festival, featuring...

GPDNet Photography Exhibition

The Korea Foundation hosts the photograph exhibition on a story of Tam Thanh, a small fishing village in Tam Ky, Vietnam seen through the eyes of five photographers. The exhibition illustrates the changes into a...

The Working Group Meeting of Global Public Diplomacy Network

Participants Caitlin Byrne (Australia). Queensland Vice-President, Australian Institute of International Affairs. Du Hyeogn Cha (Korea) Executive Vice President, The Korea Foundation Chun-i Chen (Taiwan) Vice President...