What we do

Our Programs

Three pillars. One friendship.

Cultural Exchange

Festivals, restaurant weeks, and museum partnerships that connect San Francisco and Seoul. Recent activity includes the Committee's tent at the Chuseok Festival at the Presidio, a Korean Restaurant Week collaboration, and early talks toward a museum partnership with Seoul's Kansong Museum. It also includes Monday Mukja (“mukja” — 먹자, “let's eat”), a monthly community dinner at Korean restaurants around San Francisco that's open to members and non-members alike.

Student Exchange

Launched in 2019, the Student Exchange Program gives students from San Francisco and Seoul the chance to experience each other's culture firsthand. The program was recognized with a Certificate of Honor from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

SCOPE Grants

SCOPE (San Francisco–Seoul Cultural and Opportunity Partnership Engagement) awards $10,000 grants to nonprofits that strengthen ties between the two cities through arts and culture, education, innovation and technology, and the creative industries. The first grants, in 2025, went to Take Root, for a creative workshop series for Korean immigrant mothers, and SFKIEA, to expand Korean language classes and a student pen-pal program with Seoul.