Recently, Professor Seo Kyoungduk, an expert in Korean culture promotions, created a brochure to help promote the culture of South Korea. Written in English to appeal to a foreign audience, the brochure lists and explains several things that represent Korea, such as “안녕하세요” (Hello), Korean food, the traditional Korean house, hangul and hanji, and the hanbok.
In addition to these symbols of Korean culture, the professor’s brochure also contains a section on the “Hallyu” phenomenon and its steadily increasing popularity around the globe. In order to entice young readers to keep the pamphlet, Professor Seo Kyoungduk included Girls’ Generation as representative of “Hallyu”.
In response to the girls being featured so prominently in the brochure, SM Entertainment stated that “with Girls’ Generation participating in the Korean culture promotion brochure, we plan to expand and promote Korean culture more throughout the world.”
Source: SEGYE.com
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WOOT! our 9 angels are totally the face of korea!
proud of their capabilities to be able to represent korea!
im sure everyone will be charmed by them cos they are perfect! KEKEKEKE :D
snsd hwaiting! <3
I’m sorry for being newb, but what is a brochure?? I’m not a native english speaker so there’s some word that still confuse me. Is brochure some kind of commercial papers?
yeah brochure can be said as some kind of commerial paper that describe or advertise something.
hope that helps u understand better! ^^
Wow! Our girls are really helping to open the door to South Korea.
I really want to get my hands on that brochure.
I wish I can get this brochure………. I’d learn a lot (with the aid of SNSD)!!! :D
He should also sell these to people that can’t even attend the olympics as well! That way, we won’t feel left out (unless if any of you feel like attending it that is)…
wow nice!
What can I say? Girls’ Generation is already a part of a nation’s culture!
When are they putting them in textbooks? Global Generation!
wow. where can i get some of these?
…..Professor Seo KyungDuk added, “Today, with the widespread of the Kpop worldwide, I feel that there is a need for promotional materials that introduce Korea’s culture to go along with it. So, I came up with the idea of providing a guidebook that will be easily available anywhere in the world”.
He further explained, “With the guide book that features the current representative of Korean culture contents, Girls’ Generation, it is not just another guidebook that one will only look at it once but it will be made of high quality, environmental-friendly papers so that young people from all around the world would want to keep collecting them like bromide posters…..
credit to fanwonder.com
the current representative of Korean culture contents, Girls’ Generation+the 5 traditional representatives of Korean culture contents=COMPLETE PACKAGE OF KOREA
i want that brochure
really really want it!!!!
OMO. DAEBAAKKK
So pround of Soshi and to be a Sone
Girl’s Generation is a culture
SNSD Fandom is a religion
Sones is an identity
The Nine angels are our respect
지금은 소녀시대!
앞으로도 소녀시대!
영원히 소녀시대!
HOHOHO! Seems like SNSD has become a Trade mark of KOREA~~~ We are so happy about it!! We are so proud of you girls!!! <3 Daebak Daebak!!!!! So Nyeo Shi Dae Yeongwonhi!!!! SNSD RULE THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!!
wooowwww it’s such an AMAZING achievement congrats girl..
daebak ! SNSD ♥
Oh RIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!! That ‘s awesome.
CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m so so proud of my girls. They’re one of the icons of Hallyu wave!
I’m so proud to be a SONE. The girls are really the leader of Kpop and the Hallyu. And it’s really a good thing to promote Korea in such way. I’m also interested in Korean culture. I bought Kimchi Ramen yesterday and it tasted delicious. I guess the original one would be more daebak! Keke..
Greetings from Indonesia :D
FYI. According to Korean newspaper, 30,000 brochure will be distributed from Korean Tour Booth/Team Korea House at Royal Thames Yacht Club, London during the Olympic. Also about 20,000 copies will be distributed throughout major universities around the world. But they have not released names of the universities, yet.
They are National Treasure.
Girls’ Generation, leading group in the K-pop industry. I am so proud of them <3 I really wanna get one of those brochures!
Wow! Our girls are really helping to open the door to South Korea! I am so happy!
I really want to get my hands on that brochure!
thank you sir for using SNSD as the representatives of South Korea culture. lol you are making SONEs around the entire world very happy and proud right now. btw i say they are the perfect choice for this brochure and for being the face of the Hallyu movement. yes i’m extremely bias when it comes to our 9 beautiful ladies. thank you SSF for news update <3
Jiguemeun SNSD
Appeorodo SNSD
Yongwonhi SNSD
Sone for life!!!
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yay! I knew about this :D
It would be nice if this article also included information about the places where the brochures are going to be distributed. I remember they were important places!