Ministry of Culture Seeks '5th Cultural City'

Up to 20 Billion KRW Budget Support for 5 Years Upon Designation

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 31st that it will hold a public contest for the '5th Cultural Cities' targeting local governments. Cultural cities, established based on the Regional Culture Promotion Act, are projects designed to help strengthen cultural creativity by utilizing distinctive cultural resources unique to each region. Local governments must have their cultural city development plans approved and obtain preliminary cultural city status to independently carry out preliminary projects for one year. The Cultural City Deliberation Committee evaluates and reviews the performance to decide whether to designate the cultural city.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will accept applications from June 23 to 30. Preliminary cultural cities will be designated in September, and after reviewing the project contents for one year, new cultural cities will be announced in October next year. Designated local governments will receive a maximum budget of 20 billion KRW over five years from 2024 to 2028 (10 billion KRW from the national government and 10 billion KRW from local governments). This funding will enable effective promotion of cultural space creation and regeneration, discovery and utilization of citizen-led cultural content, and cultivation of cultural personnel. Previously designated cultural cities include Bucheon, Seogwipo, Busan Yeongdo, Wonju, Cheonan, Cheongju, Pohang, Gangneung, Gimhae, Incheon Bupyeong, Wanju, Chuncheon, Gongju, Mokpo, Miryang, Suwon, Seoul Yeongdeungpo, and Iksan.

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