Found a Way to Utilize Former Busan Mayor's Official Residence... A 'Communication' Space Where Citizens Meet World-Famous Figures

Busan City and EBS Sign MOU to Create Cultural Convergence and Communication Space by Opening Open Event Venues

Busan City and EBS are signing a business agreement to discuss plans for utilizing the former Busan mayor's official residence.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A plan has emerged to utilize the abandoned former Busan Mayor's official residence. This space will be reborn as a place where world-renowned figures and citizens communicate.

On the 22nd, Busan City signed a business agreement with the Korean Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) at the open event hall on the first floor of the Busan Mayor's official residence in Namcheon-dong for the ‘Project to Create a Space for Cultural Fusion and Communication through Opening the Event Hall.’

About 20 people attended the signing ceremony, including Park Hyung-joon, Mayor of Busan, and Kim Yoo-yeol, President of the Korean Educational Broadcasting System.

Currently, except for the second floor, the first floor of the official residence is used as an open event hall. The front yard is open to citizens as a walking path.

All previous mayors promised to open the official residence for citizens and made various attempts for new uses, but it was evaluated that no effective plan had emerged.

Mayor Park Hyung-joon had pledged to open the entire official residence more actively, including the second floor, and this day marked the beginning of that effort.

Through this agreement, Busan City and the Korean Educational Broadcasting System will use the former Busan Mayor's official residence as a venue for inviting world-renowned figures and lectures. They plan to transform the residence into a space for citizen communication, serving as a place for meetings and discourse among citizens and intellectuals.

Additionally, the ‘Great Minds Future Intelligence Forum’ for attracting the 2030 Busan World Expo will be held at the open event hall, jointly promoting the Expo bid.

Kim Yoo-yeol, President of the Korean Educational Broadcasting System, said, “I am very pleased that a place to meet global intellectuals has been established in Busan, and I hope this will help attract the 2030 Busan World Expo and enhance Busan’s value.”

Mayor Park Hyung-joon said, “We intend to invite innovators leading the world to inspire and provide insights about the future to Busan’s youth,” adding, “We will make the former mayor’s official residence not just a simple space but a place that offers a special story.”

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