Icheon City and Cheonggang University Join Hands for the 'Haewol Animation Festival'

To Be Held at ChungKang College on May 24

On the 17th, Icheon City in Gyeonggi Province announced that it signed a business agreement with ChungKang College of Cultural Industries on the 14th to promote the 'Haewol Animation Festival with ChungKang.'

At the Haewol Animation Festival business agreement ceremony, Kim Kyung-hee (left), Mayor of Icheon, and Choi Sung-shin, President of ChungKang College of Cultural Industries, are holding up the agreement. Photo by Icheon City

The signing ceremony was attended by Kim Kyung-hee, Mayor of Icheon, Choi Sung-shin, President of ChungKang College, and Kim Sung-hyun, Director of ChungKang College Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation. Through the agreement, both institutions agreed to jointly strive to secure the necessary resources and budget for fostering the festival, and to mutually cooperate in the stable operation and management of the festival as well as the development of creative programs.

This year's Haewol Animation Festival is scheduled to be held at ChungKang College of Cultural Industries on May 24. The event will feature various programs including experiences, exhibitions, sales, events that all generations such as residents and students can enjoy, invited singer performances, musical gala shows, and animation film screenings.

Mayor Kim said, "This agreement will serve as an opportunity for Icheon City to take a step forward as a cultural and artistic city," adding, "We will actively support the animation festival in cooperation with ChungKang College so that it can establish itself as a representative cultural content festival of the region."

President Choi also stated, "Through cooperation with Icheon City, which is well known for traditional specialties such as ceramics, rice, and peaches, we will add 'animation' as a cultural content to create a creative representative festival."

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