'Our Language Showdown' Winners' Warm Hearts Result in the Publication of <Multicultural Folktales>

The increasing number of multicultural families is adding diversity to our society.

However, at the same time, it has brought about a new challenge: a lack of understanding between people from different backgrounds.

KBS has undertaken a meaningful project to address this issue: publishing multicultural folktales.

Publishing folktales from four countries – Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam, and Japan – translated into Korean

Children can encounter stories from different cultures and naturally develop a sense of understanding and respect.

Familiar stories, bringing unfamiliar cultures closer

These books hold a particularly special meaning for children from multicultural families.

By reading stories from their parents' home countries in Korean, they can feel a sense of familiarity even within an unfamiliar culture.

Toward a future of shared progress, through communication and understanding

‘Knock, Knock! Multicultural Folktales in Korean’ was published by KBS Gangtaewon Welfare Foundation in collaboration with the publishing house Asian Hub, with a portion of the prize money donated by winners of the KBS1TV program ‘Korean Language Showdown’.

KBS plans to expand Korean language and Korean culture education for children from multicultural families, starting with this project.

This is an effort to create a better future where people from diverse cultural backgrounds can understand and respect each other and live together harmoniously.