Cyber Diplomacy Organization VANK utilizes the Metaverse ZEP platform, an extended virtual world, to showcase South Korea’s democratic and economic development to the world, and to introduce the contributions of the 7 million overseas Koreans around the world to their home country.
The newly built “Overseas Korean Exhibition Hall” at VANK is based on the theme of a great voyage with 7 million overseas Koreans around the world.
It is designed to inform the world of Korea’s development with the mindset that ‘we are Korea’ in a virtual realm where each overseas Korean transcends time and place, and to enhance Korea’s national brand in the world.
<Hall 1> “Overseas Koreans. Dedicated to the Homeland”
introduces the dedication of overseas Koreans to their homeland.
<Hall 2> “Proud Korea” introduces the dedication of overseas Koreans to their homeland.
South Korea has grown to become one of the world’s 10 largest economies in 2024, having been devastated by Japanese occupation and the Korean War.
Korea is the only one of the 80 or so countries that gained independence after World War II to achieve EU-level economic growth and democracy at the same time, and we showcase the country’s proud progress in just half a century, accomplishing what it took Western industrialized nations over 300 years to achieve.
<Hall 3> “Promoting Korean Development in Textbooks Around the World,” introduces what overseas Koreans can do to get Korean development listed in textbooks around the world.
<Hall 4> “Hidden Overseas Korean Heroes,” introduces the hidden heroes in the history of overseas Korean migration who can provide dreams and inspiration to the 7 million overseas Koreans who are scattered around the world to unite the power of the Korean diaspora and spread Korea’s influence globally.