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7th Busan Children’s Day Commemorative Ceremony and “Positive Parenting Festa” to Be Held

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) and Save the Children (President Jeong Tae-young) announced that they will hold the “7th Busan Metropolitan City Children’s Day Commemorative Ceremony” and the “Positive Parenting Festa” on November 19 at 1:30 p.m. in the City Hall Auditorium and lobby.

“Busan Children’s Day” was designated by the City in 2019 as the third Wednesday of every November—the first such designation in the nation—to expand a culture of respect for children's rights and to provide opportunities for children to participate directly.

This year’s event is jointly hosted by the City and Save the Children, with sponsorship from Busan Metropolitan Corporation and the Korea Ocean Business Corporation.

The program consists of Part 1, the “Children’s Day Commemorative Ceremony,” and Part 2, the “Positive Parenting Festa,” covering a wide range of activities from raising awareness of children’s rights to citizen-participatory programs.

During Part 1, the ceremony will feature the reading of the Charter of Children’s Rights and the Busan Representative Resolution of the Korea Children’s Assembly, followed by commendations for contributions to creating a child-friendly city and preventing child abuse.

Part 2 will include a screening of Cone, an award-winning film from the Children’s Rights Film Festival; a lecture on “Positive Parenting” by Supervisor Baek Ji-eun; and a professional lecture by Director Kim Yoon-na. The program will also feature a healing performance by Park Ji-heon of the vocal group V.O.S and a talk concert hosted by announcer Kim Se-jin.

In addition, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the day of the event, various free experience booths for children and families will be available in the first-floor lobby. Activities include exhibitions of policy proposals from children’s participation groups and four-cut photo sessions, climate crisis and children’s rights experiences, globe paper craft activities, and parenting counseling booths. All visitors are welcome to participate.

Park Seol-yeon, Director General of the Women and Family Bureau, stated, “When children are happy, families are happy, and when families are happy, the entire city shines,” adding, “Busan Metropolitan City will continue to listen attentively to the voices of every child and strive to ensure that their opinions lead to real change, strengthening the protection of children’s rights.”