The International Youth Forum which is yearly hosted by the
Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Affairs, the Republic of Korea and
organized by the National Council of Youth Organizations in Korea (NCYOK) is an
international platform for gathering international youth with diverse culture from
around the world to discuss together the global issues at hand, bring diverse
perspective together.
This year, 2017, as the 28th of its celebration,
the 28th International Youth Forum took place from 23rd
to 30th of August 2017 in Seoul and Muju, the Republic of Korea. The
28th International Youth Forum was conducted in aims to increase
youth’s understanding of global issues, offering an opportunity to tackle them
and to find alternative ways or solutions, to improve cooperation and enhance
mutual understanding among youths across cultures and nationalities and to
spread goodwill around the world and to build interactive global citizenship
though networking among youths.