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Design Your Second Act of Life at Domoheon 2026 “Domoheon Busan School” Now Recruiting for Its First Cohort Starting Today (23)

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will launch full-scale operations of the “2026 Domoheon Busan School Program” at Domoheon, which has been reborn from a former mayoral residence into a complex cultural space for citizens. The program aims to enrich citizens’ lives and present a new direction for their second act in life.

Domoheon Busan School is Domoheon’s flagship learning program, combining life studies with specialized lectures. In 2025, a total of 850 participants were recruited across 10 cohorts, achieving an average satisfaction rate of 96.5 percent, reflecting a highly positive response from participating citizens.

The program is operated by the Busan Women and Family Development Institute, a specialized lifelong learning institution of the city, under the leadership of President Yoon Ji-young.

This year, seven regular-course cohorts will be operated from March to November. To provide more citizens with opportunities to participate, a “priority selection system for new applicants” will be introduced.

For each cohort, 80 citizens with no prior enrollment history in Busan School will be selected first. An additional 50 applicants who attended in 2025 will be placed on a separate waiting list and admitted sequentially if there are vacancies among new applicants. Through this approach, the city plans to enhance fairness in participation opportunities and strengthen the program’s public nature.

In addition, for citizens who miss the opportunity to apply for the regular courses, two special lectures by renowned instructors will be held annually, open to all.

The first cohort of 2026, titled “Life and Eastern Philosophy,” will begin on March 4 and run for six weeks over March and April, with two-hour sessions held every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

Starting from the second cohort, lectures will cover a variety of topics including art, horticulture, and food, actively supporting participating citizens in cultivating their lives through learning and creating new futures through personal growth.

Applications for the first cohort of 2026 open today (23) and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis through the Domoheon website at www.busan.go.kr/domoheon.

The program is open to all adult citizens of Busan, and all courses are offered free of charge.

For further details, please visit the Domoheon website or contact 051-330-3437 by phone.

Park Geun-rok, Director General of the Administrative Management Bureau, stated, “We hope that Domoheon Busan School will go beyond simple lectures to become a practical space for communication where citizens can share their experiences and design their second act in life,” adding, “We will continue to discover and develop high-quality educational programs for the citizens of Busan.”