27/02/2024
Hello everyone!
As questions about this years KWF started flowing in, we figured it was finally time to tell you about a very hard decision we came to.
Going forward, we decided not to organize the local KWF anymore. We don't know if anyone else will be going to take over this event that we have organised for 10 long years, so any questions might from hereonout be asked to the Korea Kulturzentrum.
Since this information is out of the way, and most of you read what they needed to, I, Ani, wanted to shortly add some more words for those who care.
For all others, thank you all for participating in KWF over the past years!
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As KWF has been a huge part of my life for such a long time, I actually still feel kinda bummed out. But I actually decided after the 2023 KWF that it's going to be my last. Gotta stop while it's still good. And that's fine, it won't be the end of Mindeullae, even though, as you might have noticed, we aren't as active as we used to be.
Our first event was in 2012, and since then my main goal was to support and expand the local K-Pop fan community. As I heard from many people over the years, it seems my goal was met sometime along the way.
I should probably not say this, but I'm sure many have wondered about my thoughts on some community related matters. In the recent years, I found this community to have changed a lot, outside my grasp, into an environment I and many others didn't feel comfortable in anymore. Even lies have been going around, which fortunately most people didn't believe anyway and just attributed them to malice by those who spread them. In other instances we just got cussed out. Most probably that happened, because someone felt unfairly treated in a scenario that involved so many other talented people, that maybe sometimes either their own self confidence, or lack of, might have had their emotions get the best of them.
I just wanted to take this chance to call this out, and maybe cause people to reflect just a bit.
Lastly I'd like to say thank you to everyone who supported KWF in the past years, and also to everyone who ever helped out at the event. I hope you had as much fun as I always did!
Sincerely,
Ani
