Tasty Korea with KCCN September Edition offline class was held on7th September 2021.  During the cooking class, participants had some "delicious" fun learning how to make 2 Kimchi based food; Kimchi Jjigae and Kimchi Bokkeumbap. They also received some ingredients like Kimchi, Tofu, Seaweed Flakes, Gochugaru etc to take home as gifts! Watch out for the next Tasty Korea with KCCN in October and be part of it!

To mark the celebration of Korean culture day in August, KCC Nigeria held the masked singing contest finale on 25th Aug 2021. The 10 participants were selected from the preliminary rounds of the contest held online from 3rd – 17th August. The event began with an amazing Korean musical instrument performance (Gayageum) of the Korean Arirang song and Nigeria's National Anthem by a Korean staff, Ms Ahyoung Kim closely followed by a speech from the Director of KCCN. After 10 delighting performances from the contestants, 3 winners emerged (1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners); walking away with N50000, N30000 and N20000 respectively. Other contestants received N5000 worth of Jumia shopping voucher as consolation prize. It was an amazing experience and one not to forget in a hurry! Photos: 

The Korean Cultural Centre Nigeria holds a Korean Film Festival yearly. This year, the Korean film festival will be held in Lagos State, Nigeria from 2nd – 4th September 2021  at Filmhouse IMAX Lekki, Dr Muiz Banire Street, Off Bisola Durosinmi Etti Drive, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos Nigeria.   Movie Schedule: (To select and register for the Korean movie festival, please carefully read through the schedules below)   Day 1- 2nd September 2021    Opening Ceremony of the 11th Korean Film Festival - 5pm   Movie Screening: 6pm   Movie Title: The Face Reader   The Face Reader MOVIE SYNOPSIS   Director: Han Jae-rim   Genre: Drama/History   Release date: September 11, 2013   Running time: 139 minutes   Starring: Song Kang-ho, Lee Jung-jae, Baek Yoon-sik, Jo Jung-suk, Lee Jong-suk, Kim Hye-soo   Nae-gyeong, the most skillful face reader in the Joseon dynasty, was living in seclusion when he was offered a lucrative partnership by Yeon-hong, a gisaeng. Nae-gyeong accepts the proposal to read the faces of Yeon-hong’s guests only to get involved in a murder case.   LINK TO REGISTER FOR DAY 1   Day 2: 3rd September 2021 Movie 1 : Luck-Key - 3pm   MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Luck-Key Director: Lee Gae-byok Genre: Comedy Release date: October 13, 2016 (South Korea) Running time: 112 minutes Starring: Yoo Hae-jin, Lee Joon , Jo Yoon-hee, Lim Ji-yeon, Jeon Hye-bin, Lee Dong-hwi Jae-sung, an aspiring actor who has hit rock bottom prepares to commit a suicide. After his landlady insults him, he first cleans himself at a public sauna. Hyung-wook, a notorious assassin, cleans himself at the same sauna after killing a target. Hyung-wook slips on a soap Jae-sung accidentally drops and passes out.     Movie 2: My Papparoti - 6pm   MOVIE SYNOPSIS My Paparroti Director: Yoon Jong-chan Genre: Drama/Youth Release date: March 14, 2013 Running time: 127 minutes Starring: Lee Je-hoon, Han Suk-kyu Sang-jin, a formerly promising vocalist, now works as a high school music teacher after suffering from a vocal cord tumor. His ordinary life becomes full of drama when Jang-ho, a local teenage gangster, is transferred to Sang-jin's school.     LINK TO REGISTER FOR DAY 2     Day 3- 4th September 2021   Movie 1:  The Face Reader- 11am MOVIE SYNOPSIS Director: Han Jae-rim Genre: Drama/History Release date: September 11, 2013 Running time: 139 minutes Starring: Song Kang-ho, Lee Jung-jae, Baek Yoon-sik, Jo Jung-suk, Lee Jong-suk, Kim Hye-soo Nae-gyeong, the most skillful face reader in the Joseon dynasty, was living in seclusion when he was offered a lucrative partnership by Yeon-hong, a gisaeng. Nae-gyeong accepts the proposal to read the faces of Yeon-hong’s guests only to get involved in a murder case.   Movie 2:  My Papparoti - 2pm   MOVIE SYNOPSIS My Paparroti Director: Yoon Jong-chan Genre: Drama/Youth Release date: March 14, 2013 Running time: 127 minutes Starring: Lee Je-hoon, Han Suk-kyu Sang-jin, a formerly promising vocalist, now works as a high school music teacher after suffering from a vocal cord tumor. His ordinary life becomes full of drama when Jang-ho, a local teenage gangster, is transferred to Sang-jin's school.   LINK TO REGISTER FOR DAY 3     There’s more:   There will be free gifts for the first 30 attendees every day, all three days of screening.   Raffle Draw: Save your tickets! There will be a raffle draw at the Movie festival using the numbers on the movie tickets.   For pictures uploaded on social media, please use the hashtags #11thKoreanFilmFestivalLagos #KCCNKoreanFilmFestivalLagos #2021KoreanFilmFestivalLagos LINK TO REGISTER FOR DAY 1 LINK TO REGISTER FOR DAY 2 LINK TO REGISTER FOR DAY 3

Korean Cultural Center Nigeria signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Nigeria on Friday, August 13th, 2021. The ceremony was attended by officials, including Lee Jin-soo, director of KCCN, and Mr. Ebeten William Ivara, director general of NGA.  Based on this agreement, the two organizations decided to work together to promote exchanges between the two countries and continue to jointly develop programs.  Photos: 

 Creative Poomsaes are a form of taekwondo demonstration competitions involving the harmonious fusion of conventional taekwondo patterns with music, acrobatics and related physical fitness activities. OBJECTIVES OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP The 2021 KCC Nigeria Taekwondo Free-Style (Creative) Poomse competition is aimed at: (a) Creating digital awareness of poomsae through youths engagement in sports (b)                        Providing a platform for healthy competitions among grassroots and elite taekwondo athletes in Nigeria (c) Strengthening bilateral relationships between Nigeria and South Korea (d)                        Engaging the youths positively and creatively through taekwondo Theme: KCC Nigeria Creative Poomsae Championship 2021  Slogan: Poomsae your way……..stylishly unique!!! Please note the following information for the competition;    CHAMPIONSHIP DATE/ SCHEDULES REGISTRATION Registration is free. Only registered athletes would be allowed to compete (no room for replacements or additional Team Officials) REGISTER HERE PRELIMINARY SELECTION: Submission of Creative Poomsae video by each contestant or Team/ Club must be done on or before Monday 6th, September 2021 GRAND FINALE: The best three (3) videos shall be invited to perform LIVE at the finals on Friday,September 17th 2021 in Abuja, Nigeria. The grand finale is a live show (stage performance) !!! WINNERS REWARD Certificate of Participation All participants shall receive certificates of participation WINNERS’ PRIZES Winners shall receive cash prizes (in naira) aside being streamed LIVE!!! During the Final Contest to hold at the KCCN Abuja.        OFFICIATING The current WT Poomsae Officiating Rules shall be adopted for both the preliminary and final stages. When there is a tie between contestants, a regular poomse (Koryo and below would be used to decide the winner of such tie) JUDGES Current WTPoomsae Referees shall be appointed to judge the 2021 KCC Nigeria Taekwondo Creative Poomsae Championship. Judges decisions shall be final.     WTF POOMSAE FREE-STYLE COMPETITION GUIDELINES   1. Composition of Free Style Poomsae 1.1. Yeon-mu line shall choice of contestant. 1.2. Music & choreography shall be choice of a contestant. However, it should not contain any political, social and religious contents. 1.3. Number of Poom: Each performance shall be composite of 20 to 24 poom (Composition of 1 poom shall be no more than 5 motions). 1.4. Technique: Each performance shall be composite of attacking and defending techniques of Taekwondo with 60% foot techniques and 40% hand techniques. 1.5. Performed techniques must be within boundary of Taekwondo.   2. Division 2.1. Individual: Male / Female  2.2. Team: 3 members per team(There is freedom of sex composition)    3. Uniform of the participant 3.1. Participant shall wear WTF-recognized Poomsae competition uniform.   4. Duration of Contest 4.1. Individual, Pair and Team competition from 60 seconds to 70 seconds.   5. Scoring Criteria 5.1. Scoring shall be made in accordance with the rules of the WTF. 5.2. The types of foot techniques designated by WTF Poomsae Committee for current WT World Poomsae Championships; 5.2.1. Height of kicks – This must be relatively at same gradient, especially in side kick (in case of pair and team division, entire team members must perform this technique) 5.2.2. Number of kicks in a jump – Multiple kicks in a jump e.g double front kick/ roundhouse kick (at least one member of the team must perform this technique) 5.2.3. Gradient of spins in a spin kick - Spinning hook kick or turning kick must be executed with head above torso line (at least one member of the team must perform this technique) 5.2.4. Performance level of consecutive kicks – Kyorugi style kick (at least one member of the team must perform this technique) *3~5 bouncing steps in a spot is mandatory before executing the Kyorugi style kicks. 5.2.5. Acrobatic actions – Any acrobatic action performance with kick(s). (at least one member of the team must perform this technique) 5.3. Point shall be awarded only if athletes perform the techniques as outlined so far (Article 5.2) 5.4. Each foot technique shall not be repeated more than five times. 5.5. Two of the following stances must be included in the performance at least once  Dwitkubi (Backward inflection stance), Beom-seogi (Tiger stance), Hakdariseogi (Crane stance) and koa-seogi (cross stance).  GRAND FINALE A total of fifteen (15) athletes would qualify for the final stage (Live Contest) to be hosted by the KCCN 10am on Friday 17th September, 2021 in Abuja. (a) Individual Male: Best 3 video entries (b)                        Individual Female: Best 3 video entries (c) Team (discretional sex composition for 3 players per team): Best 3 video entries making a total of nine (9) athletes Hotel accommodation for a night (Thursday 16th September/ Friday 17th September 2021) shall be provided for the lucky finalists (15 athletes only) by the Championship Organizers DISCLAIMER The KCCN and members of the Championship Organizing Committee shall not be responsible for any injuries or mishaps that may occur during or after the event. QUALITY CONTROL RULE The Championship Organizers may cancel the Grand Finale if registration and video entries fall below minimum taekwondo competition standards. FURTHER ENQUIRIES Please send email to koreanculturalcentre.nigeria@gmail.com  and kccnigeriataekwondo@gmail.com REGISTER HERE