Over 1,200 attend K-Pop World Festival of 2023 Korea Week

The Korean Embassy in Sri Lanka held ‘2023 Korea Week (K-Culture Festival),’ recently at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) in Colombo, with great support from hallyu fans in Sri Lanka.  A key event of The Korea Week was K-Pop World Festival which showcased a stunning blend of athleticism and cultural extravaganza.

In an attempt to foster cultural cooperation and deepen the understanding of Korean music and dance, the Korean Embassy successfully hosted the K-Pop World Festival with the participation of over 1,200 K-pop fans in Sri Lanka. This event was a celebration of Korea’s globally acclaimed music industry, stunning choreography and charismatic performances of K-pop fans in Sri Lanka. Among many groups that contested for the preliminary round, the K-pop festival featured 14 performers from Sri Lanka, who paid tribute to their favourite K-pop bands through their iconic singing and dance performances. 

Korean Ambassador Lee Miyon and Minister of Cultural Affairs Vidura Wickramanayake attended the festival as chief guests. 

Lee Miyon, welcoming the enthusiastic audience at the festival stated, “It is very encouraging to witness the appreciation by Sri Lankans for Korea and the Korean culture. Hallyu fan communities in Sri Lanka are a testimony to the love shared for K-pop. The Korean Embassy in Sri Lanka hopes to intensify cultural exchanges between our two countries and enhance the promotion of creative contents of Korean culture in Sri Lanka and vice versa.”

Renowned Sri Lankan performers Kevin Nugara, Falan Andrea, Piyath Rajapakse and Boa Lim attended the festival as judges. The Korean community leaders, diplomats and alumni of Korean scholarship programs were also among the attendees.