[K-Correspondent] Discovering Korea's maritime culture in Germany

Korea is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and the sea has played a major part in its culture, history and economy.

Korea is also home to "sea women" or female divers called "haenyeo" who were added to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Korea's beautiful maritime culture can currently be experienced far away from the Korean Peninsula, in Germany, at a special exhibition titled " (bada): Unterwasserwelt" or "underwater world".

We are now connected with Lee Yoonjung, Project Manager at the Korean Cultural Center Germany to dive deep into this exhibition.

Hello Yoonjung /Ms. Lee!

Q1. Please introduce yourself to our viewers and tell us what the "Bada: Unterwasserwelt" exhibition is about.

Q2. I heard the event evolves around subthemes of "Haenyeo", or Korean female divers and "Haejoryu" or "Meeresalgen" in German, which is algae . What do these keywords signify?

Q3. As the exhibition has been running since mid-May and will run until September, it is roughly half way through. How has the atmosphere and response by local visitors been so far? What's their favorite part of the exhibition?

Q4. Korean seafood goods have been gaining more and more popularity abroad, especially dried seaweed "gim". Do Germans recognize these products and how much interest are they showing in K-Seafood?

Q5. This exhibition is a bit of a departure from "conventional" hallyu content. These themes of nature, ecology, the sea is there a specific reason for why this kind of project is targeted at a German audience?

Q6. Is there an educational or environmental message you hope to convey through this exhibition?

Q7. How would you like the German audience to remember the exhibit and lastly, could you give us a peak into future projects you are working on or that are scheduled in the near future?

I think it's amazing to have this variety of aspects of Korean culture being displayed overseas.

Thank you Yoonjung /Ms. Lee for connecting with us.

Thank you Walter, see you soon.