12th Agora Economica: Growth of the K-Culture Industry and Policy Directions

12th Agora Economica

Date and Time: Friday, May 29, 2026, 4:00 PM

Venue: Pureun Hall

Topic: The Growth of the K-Culture Industry and Policy Directions

Presenter: Seungnyeon Kim, Professor, Division of Economics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Moderator: Myeongho Park, Chairman, Institute for World Economy and Society

Discussants: Hongtaek Jeon, Emeritus Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management; Seongsik Shin, Research Fellow, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute; Iljeong Jeong, Former Director General for International Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; Hyeonjin Cha, Professor, Department of Digital Finance, Hoseo University

This seminar examined how the Korean Wave has expanded beyond a cultural phenomenon centered on dramas and K-pop into a wide range of fields, including film, games, webtoons, food, fashion, and tourism, and is growing into a distinct industrial sector known as the K-culture industry. In particular, a key focus was that K-culture goes beyond content exports alone and generates forward and backward spillover effects that lead to increased exports of consumer goods, growth in inbound tourism, enhancement of the national image, and expansion of related service industries. In addition, it was suggested that for the sustainable growth of the K-culture industry, it is necessary to clearly define the scope of the industry and statistical standards, strengthen content competitiveness, protect intellectual property rights, expand global cooperation, and appropriately divide the roles of the private sector and the government.

Original title: 제12회: K-컬처산업의 성장과 정책방향

Author: Agora Economica

Date: 2026-05-29

Source: https://www.cfe.org/bbs/bbsDetail.php?cid=agora&pn=1&idx=29087