Category: Competition

2016 Writing Contest on Korean Culture

19/8/2016

The 2016 Writing Contest on Korean Culture is open to students K-12.
Applications are due to the Korean Cultural Centre on 16 September 2016, with the winners announced at a special awards ceremony on 7 October 2016.
For full details, including application from, please download the attached documents.

For more information, contact the Korean Cultural Centre on 02 8267 3488.

2016_writing_contest_on_korean_culture_application_form.xlsx
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2016_writing_contest_on_korean_culture.docx
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[KEC] 2015 Korean Performance Contest - Korean Education Centre, Sydney

28/5/2015

Teachers and students might be interested in this special Koran performance contest hosted by KEC.
Huge prizes are waiting for 2015 winners e.g. A round-trip plane ticket to Seoul will be given to the First Prize for the Performance category in the High School division sponsored by "Asiana Airlines" in Sydney. See below for further information.

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[KCC] 2015 KCC Speech Contest - Let's talk about Korea

20/5/2015

Let’s talk about Korea through the eyes of non-Koreans!
Korean Cultural Centre (KCC) invites Korean language students to Let’s Talk about Korea! If you are or have been a student of the Language Program provided at the Korean Cultural Centre or Macquarie University, do not hesitate to enter or attend this festival featuring Korean culture and language.

http://koreanculture.org.au/node/3584

Let's Talk About Korea! | Korean Cultural Centre via kwout

[KCO] 2015 Korean Book Review Competition hosted by Korean Cultural Office

24/3/2015

2015 KOREAN BOOK REVIEW COMPETITION
2015 한국어 독후감 대회

The Korean Book Review Competition is an annual Korean book
review writing competition for schools in Australia, hosted by the Korean Cultural Office, Australia.

The competition is open to all students from Kindergarten to Year 12, who would like to discover the joys of reading Korean stories to improve their Korean language and cultural skills. The entrants will be divided into one of the following four categories.

Division A  – Korean as a heritage or a background language
Category I: Primary School students who learn Korean as a community language.
Category II: High School students who learn Korean as a community language.
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Division B – Korean as a second language or a foreign language -
Category III: Primary School students, the student’s or their parent’s first language should not be Korean.-
Category IV: High School students, the student’s or their parent’s first language should not be Korean.

Each category is given different requirements for submitting the book review. Entries can be coordinated as a group and submitted by the Korean language teacher.

he entries are judged by a panel consisting of representatives from the Korean language teachers’ ommunities, academics, and the Korean Consulate, Sydney. The winners will be invited to the 2015 Korean Book Review Competition Award Ceremony at Korean Cultural Office in September 2015 (TBC). They will also have the opportunity to read their winning entry on the Korean Cultural Office podcast.

Prizes: Gift vouchers and other special prizes will be awarded to each winner in each category by Korean Cultural Office, the Korean Consulate and the Korean Embassy. Grand Prizes, signed by the Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Korea and the Minister of NSW Department of Education and Communities, will be awarded for the first winner of each Division. Certificates will be awarded for the first, second, third places and encouragement prize for each category. All participants will receive a Certificate of Participation.

Rules: Entries MUST be student’s original work. The book reviews must address a Korean fiction or non-fiction book that fits into the theme for each category. A Cover page form and a Permission to use students' work form must be submitting for each entry. Maximum 20 entries per each school.

Due: Entries should be received by Saturday 19 July 2015 and addressed to Korean Cultural Office, Ground Floor, 255 Elizabeth Street, Sydney 2000 NSW, or by email, school@koreanculture.org.au

For further details, contact Korean Cultural Office on (02) 8267 3400.

Click the links below to download the documents for this competition:

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[KCO & KAAF] Call for Entries: Korea-Australia Arts Foundation Prize

27/9/2014

http://www.koreanculture.org.au/artPrize

Call for Entries: Korea-Australia Arts Foundation Prize | Korean Cultural Office via kwout

KAAF Art Prize 2014
Entries close on 31 October 2014. The Korea-Australia Arts Foundation Prize (KAAFP) is the annual art competition organised by the foundation. The KAAFP 2014 is open-themed and only medium of 2D works is eligible to apply for the competition. The prize entry is open to all Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents of at least 12 months, but they should be over 18-year-old. Last year at its inaugural prize, Vladimir Barac (Nowra, NSW) won the honourable first prize with 5,000 prize money. This year, the prizes come with better scales.
     First Prize: $10,000 (Non Acquisitive)
     KAAF Members’ choice prize: $1,000
     Young Artist Prize (Age 18 - 25): Return flight ticket to Seoul, Korea
The finalists’ works will be exhibited at the Korean Cultural Office Gallery which is located in the centre of Sydney CBD, 255 Elizabeth St, Sydney.
For more information, visit the KCO website: http://koreanculture.org.au/

Video Competition hosted by the National Unification Advisory Council Australia

23/9/2014

Harmony, Peace and Unification of the Korean Peninsula

The National Unification Advisory Council Australia invites you to take part in a video production competition. The competition is open to people of all ages living in Australia.
An entry video clip (documentary, animation or short film) must be at least 3 minutes but less than 8 minutes in length, with a topic related to harmony, peace or unification of the Korean peninsula. Both English and Korean languages are permitted.
Submission should be by 10 November 2014.
The prize winners will be invited to the award ceremony and special screening night in early December.

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Stop Smoking short film competition for Korean Youth

16/9/2014

A short film competition hosted by Korean Health Committee, aimed at promoting no smoking for Korean Youth. It is a federally funded youth non-profit organisation based in Northern Sydney and Hills region, in which we are working with Korean Health Committee to promote this initiative. It would be great opportunity for your students of Korean background to use their creativity to:

- Promote no smoking in their community
- Learn more about the harmful effects of smoking
- Chance to win great prizes

Competition details are available on http://kamsdoctors.com.au/stopsmokingsfc/.
For further information please make enquiries to stopsmokingkorean@gmail.com<mailto:stopsmokingkorean@gmail.com> or to Mina Kim on 98581925.

http://kamsdoctors.com.au/stopsmokingsfc/

한인 청소년 금연 단편영화제 – KAMS via kwout

[KCO] Korean Speech World Contest, K-POP dance contest

18/8/2014

The 19th K-Speech World Contest will be held in the Arirang Hall of the Korean Cultural Office on Saturday, 23rd August from 9:30am. A total number of 44 speakers from all around the world will compete in this competition for certificates of awards signed by the Korean President and other Korean government officials. The competitions will commence with an electric K-Pop cover dance performance by Zisspop, Sydney based group who has performed numerous times for the past couple of year. The day will be full of passion towards the Hangeul and the Korean language until 6pm and anyone who wish to attend this competition, please send the KCO an e-mail for an enquiry. sejong@koreanculture.org.au

‘K-Pop Dance Contest in Sydney’ is annually organized by the Korean Cultural Office, Australia for K-Pop lovers to be in the spotlight!
Anyone who is enthusiastic about K-Pop and has a gifted talent should never miss this opportunity. This is an opportunity to express your cravings for K-Pop.
*It’s free admission and the tickets will be distributed 1.5hours prior to the contest start on 23rd August at the UNSW Science Theatre.
Entry will be permitted 30 minutes prior to the contest and only those who have the tickets will be allowed to enter the contest.
Contact 02 8267 3477 sypark@koreanculture.org.au

[KCO] Announcement the winner of the 2014 Korean Book Review Competition

29/7/2014

Dear all teachers and parents,

Congratulations! On behalf of the Korean Cultural Office, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2014 Korean Book Review Competition. Please find the attachment of the winner of the 2014 Korean Book Review Competition.

The Award Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, 27th August at 1:30 pm at the Korean Cultural Office. All winners need to come to the Korean Cultural Office by 12:30 pm for the rehearsal. Also we mostly welcome all teachers, winners' family members and friends to celebrate the award. We are glad and sincerely appreciate the participation of all students.

If you have any inquires please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
Kate Minji
02 8267 3488

Congratulations to all participating students and winners.
See below for the list of winners of the 2014 Book Review Competition

[KCO] Freestyle Bibimbap cooking competition 2014

8/7/2014

Hi. This is Jin from Korean Cultural Office. We are organizing a Bibimbab cooking competition on the 19th of July.

If anyone is interested in cooking Korean foods, please apply before the 13th of July on our website: http://koreanculture.org.au/cookingcompetition2014

The winner from Sydney will get the prize to enter the Grand Final competition in Korea (20th Sept - 1st Oct) with flight and accommodation provided.

Best regards,

Korean Cultural Office, Australia