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Busan Metropolitan City to Address Everyday and Urban Issues Through Artificial Intelligence (AI) ‘AI TokTok Coding Contest’ Open to Elementary and Middle School Students

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will host the “2025 AI TokTok Coding Contest” for elementary and middle school students in Busan, aimed at preventing the negative effects of informatization and strengthening core future competencies such as AI programming.

The contest is organized by the City and hosted by the Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency (Information Culture Center), with sponsorship from the Ministry of Science and ICT, Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education, Dongseo University, Dong-eui University, and Pusan National University.

The themes of the contest are ▲Solving everyday problems using AI ▲Solving urban issues using AI ▲Open-topic projects related to AI. The contest is designed to help youths enhance their creativity, critical thinking, and practical problem-solving skills using AI and software (SW).

Participants must be either elementary school students residing in Busan (participating as a team with a guardian) or middle school students (participating individually).

Submissions will be accepted from today (July 28) until 18:00 on September 30. Participants must submit required documents including a project plan, coding outcome, and an introductory video via email to popo1207@busanit.or.kr. The accepted software tools are Scratch* or Entry**.

* Scratch: An educational programming language developed by the MIT Media Lab
** Entry: A block-based programming language developed in South Korea for educational purposes

Judging will take place in early October, with evaluations based on creativity, relevance, structure, and completeness. A total of 13 outstanding entries will be selected.

The awards include one Minister of Science and ICT Award, two Busan Mayor Awards, two Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education Superintendent Awards, two Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency President Awards, and six university president awards. Prizes will be presented through the recipients' respective schools.

For further details about the contest, contact the Busan Information Industry Promotion Agency (Information Culture Center) at 051-749-9445~6.

Cho Young-tae, Director General of the Administrative Management Bureau, stated, “We hope this contest will spark interest in coding among youths and foster creative thinking,” and added, “Through hands-on experience with block coding incorporating AI technologies, we hope to provide an opportunity for participants to grow into future AI experts.”