Why is RESCENE trending? The 7th Island Day ambassador role and the Yeosu stage

What happened

Island Day is a national commemorative day set for 8 August each year. Seoul Shinmun reported that it was established in 2019 to make known the value and the importance of the more than 3,000 islands across the country, which face the risk of depopulation. Yeosu, together with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City, held the appointment ceremony for the honorary ambassadors of the 7th Island Day on 21 July 2026 at Government Complex Seoul, the central government office building in the capital. An honorary ambassador is a promotional role that Korean public bodies assign to figures who help publicise a cause or an event. Six were appointed that day: RESCENE, two other singing acts, a chef, a YouTuber and an actor. The vice-minister of the Interior and Safety, the administrative vice-mayor of Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City and the mayor of Yeosu attended.

Newspim reported that the ambassadors would promote the event through congratulatory performances at the opening ceremony and through video content. According to the same report, a singer serving as ambassador for the fourth year running would take the stage with RESCENE at the opening ceremony on 6 August, and a singer who has served as ambassador since last year was given the congratulatory performance on Island Day itself, 8 August.

Why is it trending?

The appointment was made jointly by local and central government. Yeosu, Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety were all named as appointing bodies, and the ceremony took place at Government Complex Seoul. The occasion behind the appointment is not a regional event either, but a national commemorative day.

The appointment was scheduled to lead to the ceremony stage. Relaying the plan the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on 5 August, Newspim reported that the commemorative ceremony would be held at 7:30 pm on 6 August at the Yeosu World Expo venue. Government honours were to go to 10 island residents and public officials who had contributed to the islands’ development, and a theme film and performances were to be followed by congratulatory performances from the singers serving as ambassadors and from RESCENE. Yeosu also said that three singing acts, RESCENE among them, would perform at the ceremony on the first day of the event.

What you need to know

• Yeosu said that honorary ambassadors take on activities publicising the appeal and the value of the country’s islands.
• The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said, in the description of a video on its official YouTube channel, that its vice-minister held the appointment ceremony for the 7th Island Day honorary ambassadors on 21 July 2026.
• About 3,000 people, including local government officials, members of the National Assembly and island residents, were expected to attend the commemorative ceremony.
• Yeosu said that performances and hands-on programmes bringing together island residents and citizens from 28 areas would run during the event.