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[Review] 2021 ASEAN-KOREA Futurist Group Conducts Mission Activities

From July through December 2021, the fifth group of the ASEAN-Korea Futurist (AKF) carried out team and individual missions to promote networking between ASEAN youths studying in Korea and Korean youths. AKF is an international youth exchange program operated by the KF’s ASEAN Culture House (ACH). The fifth AKF group was comprised of nine students from ASEAN member states and 23 Korean participants.

The individual missions began with two rounds of educational sessions about ASEAN and continued with the tasting of various Southeast Asian noodle dishes and the production of a video introducing them. The team missions were conducted at the Busan Multicultural International School, the Busan University of Foreign Studies, and Youth Jakdangso, and involved participants operating the ASEAN Dessert Truck and introducing ASEAN attractions to Busan residents.

Arumjigi Culture Keepers Foundation is a nonprofit cultural organization that has been studying traditional Korean culture and seeking its modern inheritance since its founding in 2001.

Through the missions, participants built and enhanced friendships, learned about and experienced the ASEAN region, and had a meaningful time promoting ASEAN and its association to Korea.

ASEAN Culture House, Planning and Management Department 051-775-2042akf@kf.or.kr

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