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2025 National Happiness IT Competition Regional Preliminary Held Today (16th)

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will hold the regional preliminary of the "2025 National Happiness IT Competition" at 2:00 p.m. today (July 16) at eight locations, including the Busanjin-gu Welfare Center for the Disabled and the Busan Chapter of the Korean Senior Citizens Association.

• ●[Persons with disabilities] Busanjin-gu Welfare Center for the Disabled, Geumjeong-gu Welfare Center for the Disabled, Buk-gu Comprehensive Welfare Center for the Disabled, Busanjin-gu Department of Welfare for the Disabled / [Senior and middle-aged groups] Busan Chapter of the Korean Senior Citizens Association, IT Education Centers at Dongnae-gu, Yeongdo-gu, and Nam-gu Offices.

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The “National Happiness IT Competition” is hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and jointly organized by metropolitan local governments and the National Information Society Agency (NIA).

This competition was established to promote digital education among digitally vulnerable groups, including persons with disabilities and the elderly, and to foster a nationwide consensus on digital inclusion.

Participants compete in one of three categories: ▲ Persons with disabilities (physical, developmental, hearing, visual), ▲ Middle-aged (ages 55–64), ▲ Senior citizens (65 and older). The three test types are: ① Digital Problem Solving, ② Digital Everyday Life, and ③ Digital Social Participation.

The competition allows the use of either a personal computer (PC) or a personal mobile device (limited to one per person).

A total of 52 participants will compete in the Busan regional preliminary. High scorers in each category will receive the Mayor of Busan Award and qualify for the final round, which will be held on September 9 at the Kim Koo Museum and Library in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

The “National Happiness IT Competition” was launched in 2003 to motivate digital education among digitally vulnerable groups and to expand their participation in society.

Initially launched in 2003 as the “National Information Search Competition for Persons with Disabilities,” the competition expanded in 2012 to include senior citizens and multicultural families.

In 2015, the middle-aged category transitioned to a mobile device-based format. The multicultural family and senior citizen categories adopted mobile-based competition formats in 2016 and 2018, respectively.

However, the persons with disabilities category continues to use a PC-based format.

Cho Young-tae, Director General of the Administrative Management Bureau, stated, “This competition provides an opportunity to motivate digitally vulnerable groups to pursue digital education and expand their participation in the digital society. Busan Metropolitan City will continue to provide active support to help participants achieve excellent results in the final round.”

He added, “Moving forward, our city will provide a wide range of digital education and cutting-edge digital experiences to Busan citizens, thereby enhancing their digital literacy and striving to build a city without a digital divide.”