KSI Quimper introduces Korean language
and culture at the Asian Culture Festival
ISUGA Day

> Hosted a Korean culture festival at ISUGA Day, an Asian culture festival of three countries held by France’s EMBA Business School

> Introduced various aspects of Korean culture, including Korean cuisine, calligraphy, fan dance, and K-pop dance performances

On February 1, KSI Quimper hosted a Korean culture festival at the annual ISUGA Day held by EMBA Business School. EMBA Business School, which operates KSI Quimper, organizes this event each year, bringing together students and professors from the Korean, Japanese, and Chinese departments to showcase an Asian culture festival. While previously held on separate dates for each country, this year’s festival was more grandiose, with all three countries participating together on February 1.

This year’s ISUGA Day prominently featured the Korean culture festival, providing an excellent opportunity to promote Korean language and culture. Seo Hyi-gyeong, a dispatched teacher at KSI Quimper, led a Korean cooking atelier, demonstrating how to make gimbap and introducing Korean cuisine in both Korean and French. The event, planned since last year by KSI Quimper learners, was open to the first 30 participants from the local French community and was so popular that it filled up immediately upon opening.
 
 

Additionally, the festival offered experiences of traditional Korean games like gonggi—which gained heightened interest following the popularity of the Netflix series ❬Squid Game❭—wearing hanbok and taking Life Four Cuts photos, a Korean photo exhibition, making bungeo-ppang, calligraphy experiences, and a one-day Hangeul course.
 
 

KSI Quimper Students Exhibiting a Collection of
Photographs Related to Korea Participants Experiencing Hangeul Calligraphy

The event was further enriched by a fan dance performance and a 15-minute K-pop dance performance, both led by students of KSI Quimper. During the K-pop dance performance, KSI Quimper’s director, Kim Myung-yul, made an appearance, adding to the excitement.
 
 

LE BONGE Enora, a second-year student at EMBA Business School and a 2A class learner at KSI Quimper, successfully managed the overall coordination of the event. The highly popular gimbap-making session was particularly well-organized thanks to KSI Quimper learners TIPPING Kenan and HELIAS Elena, who were in charge of preparations and interpretation, alongside support from dispatched instructor Seo Hyi-gyeong. Their efforts ensured the event’s successful conclusion.

Article by Seo Hyi-gyeong, Correspondent at KSI Quimper