October 15 (Tue) - November 9 (Sat)
Cultural Foundation, Al Hosn, Abu Dhabi
*Walk-in, Sat-Thu: 10 AM - 8 PM, Fri: 12 PM - 10 PM
The National Academy of Arts, Republic of Korea (NAA) is one of Korea’s representative art organizations founded to promote and develop arts and learning. Members of the NAA are artists who have made a meritorious contribution to Korea’s arts development with more than 30 years of notable career in creative arts field.
For Korea Festival 2019, the members of the NAA’s Fine Art Division are bringing their artworks for the Art Exhibition <The Year of Tolerance> to deliver the message of tolerance. The exhibition will present diverse aspects of ‘People’, ‘Nature’ and ‘Heritage’ through art, showing that even though places we live in look different, people’s lives are the same – how people live with others, how we live within the nature we are given, how we cherish our heritage.
October 16 (Wed) - October 18 (Fri)
Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai
Korea Brand & Content Expo 2019 Dubai is the biggest and first of its kind festival in the region.
□ Business and Networking | October 16 – 17, Sheikh Saeed Hall 2
Over 130 Korean companies of various industry fields (audio-visual media, VR & AR, cosmetics, fashion, etc.) will visit Dubai to find new business partnership with companies in the region.
□ Exhibition and Events | October 17 – 18, Sheikh Saeed Hall 1
See, feel and try products and get one step closer to Korean beauty, fashion, food and total lifestyle. Also experience the best and latest Korean entertainment including VR & AR experience, drama, characters and K-pop music.
□ K-Pop Concert | 6-8 PM, October 17, Trade Centre Arena
The most unique K-Pop Concert ever in Dubai will feature SEVENTEEN and SF9! Actress HA JI WON, the queen of K-Drama will also attend the concert to meet her Arab fans. Besides, experience K-Drama+K-Pop live performance with PUNCH, and the stage of world famous Korean beatboxer HISS as team BEATPELLA.
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3 - 4:30 PM, November 1 (Fri)
Korean Cultural Center, Abu Dhabi
As a part of the Year of Tolerance celebration, Jeong Kwan is coming to Abu Dhabi for Korea Festival 2019 to introduce Korean temple cuisine. During the class, Jeong Kwan will share this philosophy of hers while demonstrating how she prepares the temple food. The audience will have an experience of preparing and tasting Korean temple food with Jeong Kwan.
* There will be a separate session for currently working professional chefs on November 3 (Sun), so if you're a chef, please click HERE.
7:30 - 9 PM, November 7 (Thu)
Cultural Foundation, Al Hosn, Abu Dhabi
B.I.G – an acronym for Boys in Groove – is a Korean boy group who has been in the K-Pop scene since 2014. As a part of their ‘Global Cover Project’, they have released covers of Arabic hit songs. These covers have received a lot of attention among Arab fans, gaining more than a million views on YouTube. B.I.G has released covers of popular Arabic songs including Emirati singer Hussain Al Jassmi’s song ‘Boshret Kheir (بشــرة خيــر)’.
4 - 6 PM, October 19 (Sat)
Korean Cultural Center, Abu Dhabi
Korean medicine is unique treatment that have been studied for almost 2000 years, using acupuncture and herbal medicine treatments. Seminar will talk about the causes and treatments of hair loss along with the ways to keep your hair healthy through traditional Korean medicine. After the seminar, there will be medical consultations on request and trials on Korean herbal tea and herbal products.
