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| In this video uploaded Wednesday to the popular YouTube account Korean Englishman, YouTuber Josh, left, introduces Korean Mak-guksu (a Korean buckwheat noodle dish) to his British friends. Captured from the Korean Englishman's YouTube channel |
By Jung Da-min
Social media platforms including YouTube, Facebook and Instagram are serving as key bridges to Korean culture for foreigners.
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| YouTuber Josh (Joshua Daryl Carrott). Courtesy of CICI |
In recognition of their achievement, the Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI), an organization dedicated to letting the world know more about Korea, has named the two as recipients of the Korean Image Stepping Stone Bridge Award in its annual CICI Korea Image Awards.
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| YouTuber Ollie (Oliver John Kendal) Courtesy of CICI |
About 600 foreign and local opinion leaders and influencers will attend the ceremony, including former Prime Minister Han Seung-soo, CJ Group Chairman Sohn Kyung-shik and French philosopher and economist Guy Sorman.
Meanwhile, Seoul Tourism Organization's social media service Visit Seoul, which has six social media channels, has been honored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for its strong role in helping foreign tourists by providing content in several languages.
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| Visit Seoul, Seoul Tourism Organization's social media service, has six accounts including three Facebook pages in English, Japanese and Chinese and Instagram in English. Courtesy of Seoul Tourism Organization |
Visit Seoul received the award in the tourism information sector of the 2018 Tourism Awards held Tuesday at the Gyeongwonjae Ambassador hanok hotel in Incheon, Gyeonggi Province.
Visit Seoul has three Facebook pages, in English, Japanese and traditional Chinese, a Weibo account in simplified Chinese and an Instagram in English. Its YouTube account offers videos in Korean, Japanese, English and simplified Chinese.
Other award recipients included actor Park Seo-joon for appearing in tvN's show "Youn's Kitchen 2" to promote Korean foods in Spain.
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