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Busan Metropolitan City Selected for “2026 Culture Day Across Every Corner” Public Call

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that, together with the Busan Cultural Foundation, it has been selected for the vitality-promotion category of the “2026 Culture Day Across Every Corner” public call project hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by the Korea Regional Culture Foundation, securing 500 million KRW in national funding.

The “Culture Day Across Every Corner” initiative aims to increase residents’ access to culture by considering the conditions of areas with limited cultural environments and innovation cities where public institutions have relocated. The project seeks to establish a culture-enjoyment foundation centered on everyday living areas and to develop sustainable cooperation models with the private sector, thereby reducing regional disparities in cultural participation and promoting local vitality.

Under the theme “Life of Big (Busan is good),” this project will support citizens living in four districts and counties with limited cultural environments (Gangseo-gu, Saha-gu, Dong-gu, and Gijang-gun) and in three innovation city districts relocated with public institutions (Yeongdo-gu, Nam-gu, and Haeundae-gu), as well as employees of relocated public institutions and their families, in order to improve their residential living conditions.

Programs will include specialized initiatives tailored to local residents and designed to stimulate community vitality, such as “Neighborhood Cinema Salon,” “Neighborhood Attic (Daragbang),” and “HaHa HoHo Nature Exploration Team.” These programs aim to enhance access to everyday cultural activities within residents’ living areas while discovering sustainable cooperation models for daily culture by actively utilizing Busan’s distinctive natural environment and private cultural spaces such as cafés and bookstores.

In April, through the “Busan-style Culture Day,” programs utilizing nearby private spaces within living areas—such as reading, knitting, and crafts—will be held every Wednesday. From May through November, a variety of content that both residents and employees of innovation cities can enjoy together will be provided every two weeks, including cinema cultural events, traveling performances, ecological tours, and Wednesday night markets.

Cho Yu-jang, Director of the Culture Bureau of Busan Metropolitan City, stated, “We expect this project to align with the policy direction of the 15-Minute City by enhancing cultural accessibility within citizens’ living areas and increasing residential satisfaction among employees of relocated public institutions and their families.” He added, “The city will continue to make greater efforts to support and discover opportunities so that citizens can easily experience diverse everyday cultural activities within the 15-minute living zone.”