Net-zero policy gets pop-culture makeover in Seoul
How do you persuade media-saturated young adults to care about net-zero emissions? In Korea, the answer lies in popular culture, digital comic characters and locked-room real-world puzzles.
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How do you persuade media-saturated young adults to care about net-zero emissions?
In Korea, the answer lies in popular culture, digital comic characters and locked-room real-world puzzles.
Partnering with the hit webtoon series "Yumi's Cells," the government is converting a central public square into a climate-themed escape room game titled "Save It!
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How do you persuade media-saturated young adults to care about net-zero emissions? In Korea, the answer lies in popular culture, digital comic characters and locked-room real-world puzzles. Partnering with the hit webtoon series "Yumi's Cells," the government is converting a central public square into a climate-themed escape room game titled "Save It!
How it works
- 30, visitors can tackle hands-on micro-missions alongside animated personas.
- In one challenge, participants fish plastic debris out of a simulated ocean at a "Blue Carbon" basin.
- In another, they attempt to free a jailed "Fashion Cell" by cracking clues related to fast fashion and textile waste.
- The daily late-afternoon event is free of charge and open to the public without prior reservation.
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Starting Saturday, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is launching a nine-day pop-up experience in Hongdae — the bustling district in western Seoul renowned for youth culture and nightlife — designed to translate complex environmental policy into interactive entertainment.
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