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Busan Metropolitan City to Host “2025 Busan Work-Life Balance Week”

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will host the “2025 Busan Work-Life Balance Week” from November 2 (Sun) to November 8 (Sat) to promote a culture of balance between work and daily life and to create a “Work-Life Balanced and Happy City, Busan.”

The term “work-life balance” (often shortened as “WLB”) refers to achieving a balance between work and personal life.

Since its inception in 2018, Busan Work-Life Balance Week marks its 8th year in 2025. It is organized by Busan Metropolitan City and managed by the Busan Work-Life Balance Support Center.

During the week, the city will host the Work-Life Balance Excellence Awards and a range of participatory events, contributing to improved corporate culture and increased public awareness of work-life balance practices.

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The Work-Life Balance Excellence Awards Ceremony will be held on November 5 at 1:50 p.m. in the Small Conference Room of Busan City Hall.
Awards will be presented to five companies in three categories:
• Outstanding CEO for Work-Life Balance
• Best Company for Supporting Childcare
• Best Company for Work-Life Culture

Applications were received from 22 companies as of September 5, and five winners were selected after a document review process.

The five award-winning companies are as follows:
• Pan Asia Co., Ltd. (Outstanding CEO for Work-Life Balance)
• Sangji Engineering Architects Co., Ltd.
• Hankook Institute of Marine Equipment Research (Best Companies for Supporting Childcare)
• Busan Institute of Science and Technology Promotion (BISTEP)
• Sunggong Trading Co., Ltd. (Best Companies for Work-Life Culture)

The selected companies are recognized for their exemplary implementation of work-family balance policies, including parental leave, family care leave, child education support, and employee family health programs.

Starting this year, promotional videos will be produced for each winning company and published on the city’s official website (busan.go.kr) to widely share their best practices. Additional outreach will be made through the Work-Life Balance magazine and other media channels.

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Throughout Work-Life Balance Week, various citizen and employee engagement activities will take place, such as a Work-Life Balance Forum, public awareness campaigns, movie screenings with colleagues, family yacht experiences, and online events with the city’s WLB mascot “Gyunghyungi.”

The Work-Life Balance Forum—featuring experts and representatives from exemplary companies—will be held on November 3 at 10:00 a.m. at the main branch of Momos Coffee in Oncheonjang.

Other activities, including a Work-Life Balance Campaign, movie screenings, and yacht experiences, will be held for pre-registered citizens and employees.

In addition, the Busan Childcare Support Center and local businesses such as Surfholic, Taejongdae Ocean Flying Theme Park, and Kidzania Busan will offer various family-oriented experiences during the week at discounted or free admission rates.

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Park Seol-yeon, Director General of Busan’s Bureau of Women and Family Affairs, stated,
“Work-life balance is a path to enhancing citizens’ quality of life while supporting youth retention and corporate growth. Busan will continue to actively develop city-specific initiatives to create a city where ‘My Job is Happy’ and ‘Tomorrow is Promising.’”