Yanggu County Honored with the 2025 Korea Reading Local Government Award

Recognized for Building a Lifelong Learning City
and Expanding a Reading Culture Across All Generations

On September 18, Yanggu County in Gangwon Province received the “10th Korea Reading Local Government Award,” hosted by the National Reading Culture Promotion Association and sponsored by the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee.

Aerial view of Yanggu County Office.

The “Korea Reading Local Government Award” has been presented by the National Reading Culture Promotion Association since 2016 to outstanding local governments that have contributed to the promotion of reading culture and the development of a reading nation in Korea.

Under the vision of building a “Lifelong Learning City,” Yanggu County has continuously implemented initiatives to promote a reading culture among residents, military personnel, and public officials. The county has encouraged residents to participate through online reading competitions and has fostered a family-oriented reading culture.

In particular, the Reading Management College, operated for soldiers of the 21st Infantry Division of the Army, provided opportunities for personal development and improvement of speaking and writing skills through lectures by experts in various fields and reading coaching. The reading correspondence course for public officials helped establish self-directed reading habits and contributed to the spread of a reading culture in the workplace.

Additionally, Yanggu County has carried out customized reading policies for each stage of life, such as reading camps for children and youth and literacy education programs for seniors. To ensure that all county residents can access books in their daily lives, the county is also promoting the construction of a county library to expand reading infrastructure. These efforts have been highly praised for creating a reading culture ecosystem that encompasses all generations.

Park Insook, Director of Lifelong Education, stated, “This award is an achievement created by all Yanggu residents together, made possible by our passion for growth through books. Moving forward, we will continue to expand reading infrastructure centered on libraries and operate various programs to promote a reading culture, developing Yanggu County into a ‘happy community of readers.’”

With this award as a stepping stone, Yanggu County plans to further revitalize its reading community, where residents, soldiers, and public officials grow together, and to develop into a sustainable lifelong learning city through a culture of reading.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.