In June 2026, university students, KHNP employees and youth football players from Gyeongju spent nine days in Týn nad Vltavou and Třebíč.
From 16 to 24 June 2026, the KHNP Global Volunteers travelled to Czechia for nine days of cultural exchange in the towns of Týn nad Vltavou and Třebíč. The program is hosted by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and organized by Better World. According to Korean press reports, about 50 people took part, including KHNP employees, university student volunteers and youth football players from Gyeongju. KHNP began sending volunteer teams to Czechia in 2017, and this was its first visit to Týn nad Vltavou.
The team started in Týn nad Vltavou, where it held a Korean culture workshop and performances at a centre for children and young people, with taekwondo, K-pop and traditional culture. It then performed on the stage of the street music festival Muzikanti v ulicích. "At first I worried a lot because we spoke different languages," said one university student volunteer, "but as we played games, danced and talked together, that wall came down naturally."
In Třebíč, the volunteers ran two days of Korean culture classes at the town's art school, covering the Korean language, K-pop dance, taekwondo and Korean cooking. Czech volunteers worked alongside them. One of them said she had wanted to gain experience working with the Korean team and KHNP, and added: "It was hard but rewarding, and if I have the chance I would like to volunteer again."
The weekend was built around Třebíč Open, a youth football tournament. At the opening ceremony the volunteers ran booths where visitors could try taekwondo board breaking, traditional games and hanbok, and they performed taekwondo and K-pop. The youth football players from Gyeongju played teams from Czechia and other European countries. Better World's report noted that the club did not get the results it had hoped for, and that the volunteers went to the pitch to cheer.
The exchange continued in Korea later in the year. From 4 to 14 September 2026, under-11 players from Třebíč and their coaches spent 11 days in Korea, where they played Korean youth teams and visited Gyeongju and Seoul.
