KTO, Buyeo team up for smartphone service

The Korea Tourism Organization and Buyeo County on June 22 signed an MOU to collaborate for providing smartphone services on tourism in Buyeo, South Chungcheong Province. The two will produce animation content about history and legends of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, for smartphones, websites and museums in Buyeo County. The content will include the establishment of Baekje Kingdom, biographies of historical figures and explanations of historical events.

The service will be available in Korean and English from the second half of the year and the language options will be broadened in the future, the KTO said.

(yoonmi@heraldcorp.com)