Yoon In-chon Explores Regional Extinction Response Strategies with Metropolitan Cultural Foundation

Exploring Cooperation Plans for 'Regional Balanced Development through Culture'

Yoo In-chon, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, met with representatives of seventeen metropolitan cultural foundations at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the 4th to find solutions to counter regional extinction through culture. They discussed concrete cooperation plans to implement the task of "regional balanced development through culture," one of the "Three Major Innovation Strategies and Ten Core Tasks for Culture and Arts" announced last month.

On the 14th, Yoo In-chon, the nominee for Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, rode a bicycle to his office in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and responded to reporters' questions. Photo by Heo Young-han younghan@

Since his inauguration in October last year, Minister Yoo has visited cultural and artistic sites across the country, including Gwangju, Sinan, Busan, Jinju, Miryang, and Tongyeong. He stated, "Regional culture is the power that makes residents nurture and love their region and a valuable asset that attracts both domestic and foreign visitors to the area," adding, "We will do our utmost to cooperate with local governments and cultural foundations so that all citizens can freely enjoy culture and arts and lead regional balanced development through culture."

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