Suncheon Designated as 'Korea Cultural City' by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

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Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Noh Gwan-gyu) announced on the 26th that it has been officially designated as a 'Culture City of Korea' through the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's public contest project.

The Culture City of Korea (hereinafter referred to as 'Culture City') is a project aimed at leading balanced regional development and improving the quality of life for citizens by effectively utilizing the region's unique cultural arts, cultural industries, and tourism resources.

Suncheon City was finally designated as a "Korea Cultural City," a public contest project by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on the 26th, enabling it to invest 20 billion won, including national funds, to promote various projects.
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With this designation, the city will launch a variety of projects to become a global hub for the cultural industry, investing up to 20 billion KRW, including 10 billion KRW in national funding over the next three years starting in 2025.

In particular, the cultural content projects, under the vision of 'Suncheon, a Culture City Blossoming with Content,' will include: an industry exhibition to strengthen content business capabilities through complex exhibitions and exchange events; practical education programs for training talent tailored to companies; support for the creation and production of outstanding proposals and IP; the establishment of a Suncheon-style residency utilizing idle local spaces; and mobile cultural programs, among others.

Together with the professional Suncheon Cultural Foundation, the city plans to build a unique and differentiated foundation for cultural content, strengthen the base for cultural industries, revitalize the local economy, and present a new model to address the crisis of local extinction.

Mayor Noh said, "We will creatively integrate the region's abundant resources with various projects from central government agencies, and go beyond existing frameworks to build a Culture City model that overcomes the crisis of local extinction based on imagination and leadership."

Meanwhile, the city was preliminarily designated as a Culture City in December last year and has successfully implemented four pilot projects this year: the Suncheon Road Creative Camp, the Mobile Garden Culture Cafe, Universal Design, and the 2024 Global Content Festival in Suncheon (subtitle: Oltenka! (All Content Garden)). The achievements of these pilot projects, as well as the on-site inspection, PT presentation, and Q&A evaluation conducted last November, led to the city's final designation as a Culture City.

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