Hyundai Motor's programs well-received by 1,000 Scouts

Jamboree Scouts pose at Hyundai Motor's Mabuk Campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Aug. 9. Courtesy of Hyundai Motor

By Kim Jae-heun

Various programs Hyundai Motor is offering to some 1,000 participants of the World Jamboree Scouts from six countries have been well received, company officials said Thursday.

The country's largest carmaker has been providing Scouts with opportunities to experience K-pop dance and B-boying while running a field trip program to learn about Korea's auto industry at the company's training institutes.

“We have provided various K-activities to assist young Scouts to build friendship and continue pursuing the Jamboree spirit in Korea,” a Hyundai Motor official said.

The K-culture programs included K-pop dance learning session with local YouTube creators and a B-boy performance held at Hyundai Motor's Mabuk Campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday and Thursday. Finnish and Dutch participants enjoyed Korean folk games such as Gongginori, or jackstone in Korean; Yutnori, a traditional Korean board game; and Jegichagi, or shuttlecock in Korean.

The company also invited the youth members, who wanted to visit the country's largest car experience complex, to Hyundai Motor Studio Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.

El Salvador participants visit at a theme park in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, Aug. 9. Courtesy of Hyundai Motor

Hyundai Motor Studio Goyang is a car experience center that shows the whole process of manufacturing automobiles from producing parts to welding, painting the body and conducting safety tests.

Visitors also enjoyed a four-dimensional simulator of the World Rally Championship at the center, which adopted three-dimensional screens and seat vibrations to give to represent the experience of driving the company's high-performance brand N.

Scout members from El Salvador staying at Hyundai Engineering Blu Monte in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, visited the Gwacheon National Science Museum to experience Korea's advanced science and technologies such as nuclear power, renewable energy, autonomous driving and artificial intelligence.

Meanwhile, due to the approach of a powerful typhoon about 37,000 young Scouts and adult volunteers came to capital city of Seoul and other nearby regions to enjoy alternative programs for the Jamboree.