South Korea is considering organizing a "Korea Week" featuring various cultural events in New York next year to help promote Korean entertainment and cuisine, the country's consul general said Monday.

The idea comes after the formation last month of "K-Culture Supporters," a group of New Yorkers interested in promoting Korean culture. South Korean President Park Geun-hye held a meeting with members of the group when she visited New York last month.

"It's still at a conceptual stage," Consul General Kim Ghee-whan said of the events expected to be held in the fall of next year. "It will be made up of performances, cinema and food aimed at promoting Korean culture."

A weekly TV concert, titled "Open Concert" on KBS TV, could also be held in either Madison Square Garden or Central Park during Korea Week, officials said, adding that they plan to form a preparatory committee. (Yonhap)