Gwangju Dong-gu Hosts the 1st Republic of Korea Happiness Policy Festival

The Nation's First... Citizen Ideas Also Accepted Until the 12th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 5th that it will hold the country's first happiness festival, the '2021 Korea Happiness Policy Festival,' under the theme of 'A Happy Korea for All' to celebrate 'International Day of Happiness (March 20).'

This festival is co-hosted by the Local Governments for Happiness Realization Council, a local government association prioritizing residents' happiness, and the National Assembly National Happiness Policy Forum. It is jointly organized by three districts?Dong-gu, Seo-gu, and Gwangsan-gu of Gwangju?and the National Happiness Transition Forum.

The Happiness Policy Festival, held at the National Asian Culture Complex on the 19th and 20th, will minimize in-person programs to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and will be conducted through various non-face-to-face programs such as live broadcasts on YouTube's 'Happiness TV.'

To ensure the festival's success, a 'Happiness Policy Citizen Idea' contest will also be held.

The contest theme is about a happy country, region (community), and citizen happiness. Anyone can freely submit entries in various forms such as ▲speech ▲video ▲music ▲photography ▲dance, including writing, photos, and videos, by the 12th.

Award winners will be decided through on-site final judging on the 19th, with a total prize of 7 million KRW awarded, including the National Happiness Grand Prize (1 team, 2 million KRW), Gold Prize (1 team, 1 million KRW), and Silver Prize (3 teams, 500,000 KRW each).

Additionally, the 'Happiness Wall Campaign' includes various programs such as ▲Happiness Policy Concert ▲special lectures by notable figures Kim Yong-ok (Do-ol) and Park Jin-do (So-ol) ▲and the 'Happiness Celebrity Relay Lecture' (3-4 notable figures including Oh Yeon-ho, CEO of OhmyNews, giving lectures on the theme of 'happiness').

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, "The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, continuing from last year into this year, has become an opportunity to ask the fundamental question of what human 'happiness' truly is." He added, "We hope many citizens will show interest and participate in this first-ever festival held to comfort and thank the citizens who have exemplary participated in COVID-19 prevention efforts."

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