Gwangju City Donates Prize Money Received at Korea Spatial Culture Awards

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City donated the prize money of 2 million won, received after winning the Grand Prize at the ‘2020 Korea Spatial Culture Awards’ conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on the 18th of last month, to the Gwangju Community Chest of Korea on the 9th.

The donated prize money will be used to support neighbors in the region who are struggling due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

Previously, the Cultural Infrastructure Division of Gwangju City received the Grand Prize at the ‘2020 Korea Spatial Culture Awards,’ hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Institute of Architects, for Jeonil Building 245. The building was recognized for transforming a space embodying Gwangju’s historicity and sense of place into a public space for citizens, creating a space with great potential for future generations to remember and share history and to create new cultural values.

Kim Young-geun, head of the Cultural Infrastructure Division, said, “Since Jeonil Building 245 belongs to the citizens of Gwangju, it is only right to return the prize money received through Jeonil Building 245 back to the Gwangju community,” adding, “I hope it can be of some help to neighbors who are marginalized during the year-end and New Year season.”

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