The Korean Film Archive, established in January 1974 is a national nonprofit corporation, which collects and keeps film archive. Film is the mirror of the time as well as the historical and cultural materials, therefore it is our precious cultural legacy. The Korean Film Archive, preserves our cultural legacy and hands down it to our posterity.

Its main tasks are;
collecting, preserving and lending the film / constructing database / campaigns to see good movie and to make film culture noticeable / education of film / exhibition and publishing


The Korean Culture & Arts Foundation http://www.kcaf.or.kr/

The Korean Culture and Arts Foundation (KCAF) is a public organization founded in 1973 to promote activities relevant to the development of Korean culture and arts. To preserve the cultural heritage of Korea and enhance the quality of cultural life for all Koreans, the KCAF does the following:

¡æ assists research and creative activities in the fields of literature, fine arts, music, dance, drama, film, performance, traditional arts, photography, architecture, and publications;
¡æ supports research, publication, and distribution of works which contribute to the development of the nation's unique culture and arts;
¡æ promotes activities related to the introduction of Korean culture abroad and other international exchanges of culture;
¡æ supports regional cultures in Korea;
¡æ develops projects to improve the welfare of artists;
¡æ operates facilities necessary to carry on the above projects;
¡æ undertakes other projects to promote culture and arts, such as offering courses and issuing "love tickets";
¡æ provides training courses for culture and arts circles;
¡æ establishes a cultural information network and develops database;
¡æ raises and manages The Korea Culture and Arts Promotion Fund.


The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts http://www.ncktpa.go.kr

The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts, an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, consists of three parts: an exclusive Performing Company, Administration departments and a Research Team. The Performing Company inherits the traditional arts; the Administration departments set programs to promote the performances and education; and the Research Team for traditional music builds the basis of Korean music. The Team also operates the Museum of Korean Traditional Music for the specialized archives and The Traditional Center for Korean Performing Arts, an affiliate in Namwon, Jeollabuk-do, for the promotion of local music of Korea.


The Korean National University of Arts http://www.knua.ac.kr

- Music Academy
Music Academy, the first in Korea, is just a conservatory. It has a lot in common with Juliard, Curtis, Paris, in curriculum and teaching method. To raise international musicians with our endeavor, it checks the problems in music education and sets up new and effective curriculum. In other word, it was born as a Korean-styled conservatory, which was different from others in many aspects.
Here, with the passions of professors who strive to make it the best one and students who want to be international musicians, it has developed so much for 8 years since its start.

- Dance Academy
Dance Academy, the first advanced school for dance only, aims to be an international dance academy. Its basic objective is to rear dancing artists, teachers and producers. Dance Academy opened to support the dance education in college. Giving students an opportunity to get specialties and abilities for the 21st century, it became a professional dance school both in name and reality, which provided substantial dance education. And it founded KNUA Dance Company of its own in October 1997 with the main help of professors and students, and gave students opportunities to participate in the performances of the Company. Giving them experiences of performances through the production system, it has approached still more to the goal to raise professional dancers.

The Seoul Performing Arts Company was established on August 1, 1986, with the founding ideal of dressing the indigenous Korean performing arts in new attire and promoting them around the world so as to share their cultural benefits as widely as possible.
The Seoul Performing Arts Company has created many magnificent productions including musicals and traditional Korean songs and dances with its highly talented members.
Many of the members have been awarded top prizes by the Korean National Musical Awards as well as a variety of dance awards. The company has gone on the road in 40 countries, staging about 800 performances. All told it has attracted over three million viewers at home and abroad. Its performances at the closing and opening ceremonies of the Seoul Olympic Games '88, at the presentation to promote the World Cup 2002, and at the '99 Winter Asian Games have raised the company to a high standard of accomplishment.
For its participation in international events held in the United States, Japan, Africa, and Europe, the company has received superb reviews.
The remarkable and talented 62 members of the musical staff and dance staff of the Seoul Performing Arts Company are devoted to turning out new productions at a steady pace to serve as a window on the essence of Korea and its culture.


National Association of Cultural & Arts Centers   http://www.nacac.or.kr/

The Seoul Symphony Orchestra was established in 1987 under the slogan of 'Harmony of Enterprise & Arts'.