“The Origin of the War,” a new promotional video released by the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) on Nov. 7 delivers the message that peace on the Korean Peninsula will contribute to world peace.
By Kim Young Shin
Photos = Korean Culture and Information Service
“The Origin of the War,” a new video to promote Korea unveiled by the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) on Nov. 7, has garnered positive reviews from many viewers around the world.
The video, sending the message that peace on the Korean Peninsula will lead to world peace, has over 3.2 million views and more than a thousand likes on YouTube and Facebook over just three days since its release.
The 5.5-minute video is the prequel to the last year’s promotional video “The Last A.I. (Join in PyeongChang, Join in Peace).”
It shows an episode of researchers trying to prevent the war with A.I. by removing the aggression gene using a vaccine made with the peace gene, which successfully denuclearized the Korean Peninsula in 2018. In between scenes, K-pop, Korea’s game industry and the peace tourism to Korea’s Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) are also introduced.
The English video was viewed by people from 221 countries. As of Nov. 13 at 5 p.m., it hit 2,199,723 views on Korea.net’s official YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/GatewayToKorea), and reached 1,078,968 people on Korea.net’s Facebook profile (https://www.facebook.com/KoreaClickers).
“The Origin of the War,” Korea’s new promotional video released on Nov. 7 was viewed by people from 221 countries.
It attracted many favorable reviews. “The video was very futuristic, and it was interesting like a movie,” said YouTube user Yuka Yuka. “I hope that peace settles on Korea and in the world.”
“It was very interesting and meaningful” said YouTube user Linh Nguyen. “I learned about Korea through K-pop. I’m sure this beautiful country will accomplish further development, not only in science and technology but also in pure art and film.”
Among other comments, there was “Denuclearization is such an important step to peace and this video is so inspiring,” by YouTube user Aurora.
There were also reviews written in many other languages including Italian, Arabic and Korean.
“It seems that this video became popular because many viewers sympathized with the message that Korea’s peace policies are crucial for establishing world peace,” said KOCIS Director Kim Tae-hoon.
The video, currently available with English and Korean captions, will soon be available with Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, French, Vietnamese, German and Japanese captions.
Last year’s promotional video, which tells a story related to this year’s, has been revisited by many viewers. As of Nov. 13, “The Last A.I.” hit 0.9 million views on YouTube and reached 6.29 million users on Facebook.
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