Andy on Korean TV: Korea places the creative economy at the centre of its strategy

The Cultural and Creative Industries are high on the agenda in South Korea. A statement by the President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye announced last November  that the creative industries are at the heart of her future growth plans for the Korean economy. A special 2 hour long TV special was broadcast on new year’s day which had reports on the creative industries from around the world: Shanghai, Tokyo, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, and London. Andy was interviewed for the London segment. The TV programme was then extended into a studio discussion with Korean experts debating the future of the creative economy

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See the English press release outlining “The Plan for Creative Economy – Measures to Create the Ecosystem for Creative Economy”

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