Pocheon City Successfully Hosts 2025 Pocheon Humanities City Festival

Pocheon City in Gyeonggi Province, led by Mayor Baek Younghyun, successfully concluded the "2025 Pocheon Humanities City Festival" on the 27th, with over 3,000 citizens participating.

Baek Younghyun, mayor of Pocheon, held the "2025 Pocheon Humanities City Festival" on the 27th. Provided by Pocheon City

This event was a combined festival, integrating the "Humanities Forest Festival" organized by the Department of Education Policy and the "Book Festival" by the Library Policy Department. It was held under the theme "Meeting a Greater Me: Learning for All, Growth for All." Notably, the festival introduced a new approach to learning by adopting the concept of "Blue Marble Humanities Journey," a board game-style activity, allowing participants to enjoy learning as a form of play.

The venue featured various experience zones and stage performances for families to enjoy together, including a Jumping Dance Zone, a Large Game Play Zone, and a Survival OX Quiz Zone. In addition, citizen-participation programs such as the Lifelong Learning Club Achievement Presentation and the "Dads' Ramen Cooking Contest" were held, receiving enthusiastic responses.

At the "Book Festival Rest Area Zone," book exhibitions and hands-on activities were conducted under the theme "Reading is Hip! Fall in Love with Yourself Reading." Booths operated by seven Pocheon City libraries and local reading-related organizations offered family-friendly programs such as bag decorating, mood lamp making, and pocket keyring crafting, which proved to be especially popular.

Pocheon City held the "2025 Pocheon Humanities City Festival" on the 27th. Provided by Pocheon City

Furthermore, experience booths run by more than 50 local institutions, organizations, and clubs were recognized as exemplary cases of citizen-led learning culture expansion. Each booth communicated with citizens through unique programs, sharing the values of humanities and lifelong learning in everyday life.

Mayor Baek Younghyun stated, "Through this festival, we have expanded citizen participation and the learning community, creating an atmosphere of harmony across generations and social groups," adding, "We have achieved meaningful results in strengthening the identity of Pocheon as a Humanities City."

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