Foreign promoters and creators captivated by Korean culture are convening for the 2025 Korea Culture Grand Festival, set to take place on the CKL Stage in Seoul on the 8th. The event will be streamed live to a global audience via Korea.net’s YouTube channel.

The festival aims to strengthen international ties within Korea’s cultural content sector by bringing together outstanding participants from three categories—K-Influencers, Korea.net Honorary Journalists, and Talk Talk Korea International Content Contest—each category selecting five winners, for a total of 15 honorees.

In the K-Influencer category, five winners were chosen from 95 countries and 1,303 applicants who showcased Korean drama and music using innovative editing techniques, including Franco Xavier Gil Colmenares of Venezuela. In the Korea.net Honorary Journalist category, five winners were selected from 101 countries and 1,498 applicants who deeply covered Korean literature and arts, including Eman Ahmed Mohamed of Egypt.

The Talk Talk Korea 2025 International Content Contest drew 76,296 submissions from 108 countries, with five winners announced in the 80th anniversary special category. The top entry, “Light of Independence,” uses the letters of the word “Gwangbok” as an acronym to illustrate Korea’s journey from loss to hope, silence to voice, and hardship to strength.

The five prize-winning works across the contest will be exhibited starting at Haiker Ground, then at Korea Culture Centers in Vietnam, Indonesia, and Belgium. To celebrate, K-Tigers Little Juniors and EPEX, the promotional models for Talk Talk Korea 2025, will perform at the event.

After the festival, winners will participate in an eight-night, nine-day Korean culture immersion program, visiting landmarks such as N Seoul Tower and Naksan Fortress, and exploring Ikseon-dong and Seongsu-dong, including a historical tour of Independence Hall and the Seodaemun Prison History Museum to experience Korean culture and history firsthand.