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63 Cultures, One Glocal Town
GlocalTown (2025)
A glocal creator village where cultures from 63 countries coexist.
What is “GLOCAL TOWN”?
“A global creator village where cultures from 63 countries coexist”
Glocal Town is a vibrant community where the global and local come together. For the past three years, it’s been a place where cultures connect through food, music, and storytelling from around the world. Multinational creators introduce K-content and help bridge local life with a global audience. At Glocal Town, we share culture by cooking international dishes, collaborate with young people from around the world to create local content, live and grow together, and build meaningful relationships. Our goal is to set a new standard for youth communities that blend global inspiration with local roots.
Where does it start?
Eumseong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do No. 1 in the country with 18% foreign residents among 82 local governments. A global city where foreigners from 63 countries live Right here, the ‘most famous glocal town after Seoul’ begins.
3 stories unfolding in “Glocal Town”
- Korea’s first “Meet the World in Glocal culture show63”
World cuisine gourmet dinner introduced by multinational chefs- ‘Forget Vietnamese rice noodles, Thai Pad Thai, and Italian Margherita_We invite you to a new world of gastronomy’
Exciting and amazing world culture storytelling- ‘Picasso’s Favorite Food / African Wildlife Show / Salsa & Tango / Himalayan Mountaineering Travel School / Strange Meditation Trip / Travel Exhibition in 7 South American Countries’
Global cultural content events planned by young people themselves - My story through content “Create Local, Share Global”
Local vlogs and food videos created with young people of various nationalities
SNS content laboratory based on K-food and lifestyle
Global creator training program connecting the local and the global - No. 1 in local governments nationwide, with 48 tourism products Factory tour & squid game & dancing toilet tour & toilet talk show & Korean ghost series & geeky person book tour & pause dance tour & wind flow era etc.
‘Glocal63 Creator’ Global content (photo, video, shortform, etc.) academy + multilingual video production
‘Glocal63 Expedition 1 Day’ Exploration + content production course
‘Glocal63 Expedition 2 Days & 1 Night’ Exploration + content production course
‘Glocal63 Internship’ From planning to operating a youth village business with foreign crews
Glocal Hanok + Glocal Kitchen + multinational community space
Glocal Town is waiting for young people like this!
A global mind interested in multiculturalism
A person who is passionate about content planning and creation
A person who lives in the local area and wants to make a fun bukkake
A person who wants to experience the world in Eumseong-gun and make his/her own project
We Create the New World
63 Cultures, One Town – Glocal Town
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This article was published by Atlanta KoreaTown with permission from Cheongnyeon Maeul (Youth Village). Unauthorized reproduction or distribution is prohibited.
