The Export-Import Bank of Korea (www.koreaexim.go.kr, Chairman Kim Yong-hwan, “Korea Eximbank”) announced on January 26 that the Bank donated KRW 80 million to support the ‘Seed of Hope Culture and Art Festival with Resettled North Korean Youths’, held at Kim Young-Eui Hall, Ewha Womans University.

The festival was aimed at helping talented North Korean-born youths develop as leaders in the field of art and culture, in anticipation of the coming era of unification.

Korea Eximbank first conceived the idea for the festival in July, and selected the Support Center for Youths of Migrant Backgrounds as the organizer of the event. All expenses including the rental charge for the hall and costs incurred from four months of practice have been borne by the bank.

Korea Eximbank Chairman Kim Yong-hwan said in his opening remarks at the festival, “We will remain steadfast in our commitment to help resettled North Korean youths realize their dreams and become catalysts of Korean unification.”

Sixty resettled North Korean youths selected from eight organizations including schools and children’s centers went on-stage to perform plays, ensembles, and band music.

Korea Eximbank has been actively involved in helping resettled North Koreans by sponsoring cultural events for families of North Korean backgrounds and supporting relevant alternative schools and social enterprises through the bank’s Seed of Hope program.