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Administration Plan - Cultural Growth

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We are establishing the maritime tourism
belt representing the East Coast along the naturally
beautiful coastline.
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Formation of creative economy of sea and space of maritime culture

  • Establishment of the National Lighthouse Museum
  • Waterway for exploration of Silla culture
  • Formation of space of maritime culture at Yeonam District ('18) and renovation of regions around Yeonamgab Lighthouse
    • text descriptive image maritime calutre at Yenam District

Invigoration of multi-experiential tourism

  • Formation of waterway for exploration of Silla culture: establishment of Yeon-o-rang Se-o-nyeo Theme Park and relative trails
  • Janggi Exile Culture Experience Village : development of cultural contents about historical and traditional culture
  • Origin of Jingyeong Landscape at Naeyeonsan Mountain : establishment of tourist attraction based on Jingyeongsansuhwa Landscape Painting by Gyeomjae Jeong Seon
  • Formation of Pohang National Leisure Camping Site ('18)
    • text descriptive image Janggi Exile Culture
      Experience
    • text descriptive image Yeon-o-ran Se-o-nyeo
      Theme Park
Through yacht, surfing, canoe, and other maritime leisure sports,
we are becoming the city of Pan-East Sea maritime tourism.
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Expansion of the infrastructures for maritime leisure sports

  • Formation of Yeongil Port Water Front District and Water Pilot License Test Center and expansion of slipway
  • Development of Duho Leisure Fish Tank and formation of multipurpose plaza within the region of Seolmeo-ri
  • Formation of Water Leisure Town at Hyeongsangang River : water ski, wakeboard, Fly Fish, and other circum-city leisure tourism
    • text descriptive image Jet-ski
    • text descriptive image Fly Fish
    • text descriptive image Fly Board
    • text descriptive image Yacht
Sea, Iron, and Light!
With the development of cultural and tourism contents only
of Pohang, we give more energy on local economy.
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Development of global cultural festival brands

  • Pohang International Fire & Light Festival : designated as the prospective festival of culture and tourism in Korea
  • Pohang Steel Art Festival : the only steel festival in Korea, enculturation of steel
  • Homigot Sunrise Festival : the best sunrise attraction in Korea
  • Hot Summer Festival
    • Chilpo Jazz Festival : a Jazz feast of famous domestic and foreign Jazz musicians in a midsummer night
    • Pohang Bada International Performing Arts Festival : various art concerts with the nightscape ofYeongil Port and POSCO
    • Wolpo Rock Festival : a passionate rock melody of deep blue night at East Sea
  • lrwol Cultural Festival : sublimation of the Spirit of lrwol by Yeon-o-rang and Se-o-nyeo with light, fire, and iron
  • Pohang Canal Festival and National Kite Flying Contest of Korea
    • text descriptive image pohang International Fire & Light Festival
    • text descriptive image Pohang Steel Art Festival
    • text descriptive image Pohang Bada International
      Performing Arts Festival
    • text descriptive image Chilpo Jazz Festival
    • text descriptive image Wolpo Rock Festival
A new icon of culture for Pohang will resolve cultural
conflicts among citizens and will open the era of cultural prosperity
toward the center of the world upon the cultural
foundation of the entire city as one cultural item.
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Pohang the Harmony of Arts, Human, and City

  • Launching of Pohang Cultural Foundation('17. 1. 1.) : Network of culture and arts and Control Tower
  • Establishment of cultural platform and formation of culture and art creation district at old downtown
  • Administration of steel art academy and humanity academy for study of Pohang
  • Joint concert of cultural interaction by Haeoreum Alliance
  • Administration of distinctive steel art museum and steel life art craft shop
    • text descriptive image Pohang Culture Foundation
    • text descriptive image Pohang Steel Workshop
    • text descriptive image Poeun Central Library
      Fun Fun Cartoon Festival

Pohang full of cultural fragrance

  • Poeun Central Library : establishment of 530k intellectual culture infrastructure with high-tech cultural complex space
    • Opening of the first creative cartoon festival of Gyeongsangbuk-do such as Cartoon Archive or Webtoon Creation Experience Center
  • Children' s English Library : providing environment for children to be closer to English
  • Beginning of the village culture, "Small Library," formation of Smart Unmanned Library
    • Creation of jobs for women career discontinuity and administration of talent donation book reading culture program
    • Establishment of 40 branches by 2016 and formation of 7 branches in 2017 (50 branches by 2018)
  • Pohang Museum of Steel Art (POMA) : exhibition rooms (5 rooms in 1,418m') and storage (2 rooms in 1, 189m')
  • Brooklet of the Jungang Shopping Area : section at Pohang Station and Yukgeori Street. Romance and leisure at downtown
    • 2008 Korea Good Place Award and 2011 Asian Townscape Awards
  • Deoksil Town : hometown of the 17th President Lee, Myung-bak
  • Deokdong Traditional Culture Experience Center : upright education of personality for youth through traditional and cultural experience
  • Pohang Cultural Center : Creating and Sharing Culture for the Future ofTraditional Culture
    • text descriptive image Pohang Museum of Steel Art
    • text descriptive image Deoksil Village
    • text descriptive image Pohang Municipal
      Jungang Art Hall
    • text descriptive image Pohang Culture and Arts Center

Sports-converging marketing and sports and tourism city

  • Pohang Beach Marathon Contest Wishing Unification
  • K-league U-18 Championships
  • Open National Badminton Contest for Pohang International Fire and Light Festival
  • Administration of Pohang Maritime Sports Academy
    • Yacht, wind surfing, ship chartering, rowing, surfing
  • Opening of Hyeongsan Riverlove Ship Chartering Contest
  • Opening of the National Triathlon Contest
  • Grand Festival ofYeongildae Beach Sports
  • National Hapkido Contest and International Goodwill Match under Mayor of Pohang
    • text descriptive image Pohang Baseball Stadium
    • text descriptive image National Open Badminton
    • text descriptive image K-league U-18 Campionship
    • text descriptive image National Triathlon Festival
    • text descriptive image National Hapkido Contest
      and International Goodwill
      Match Under Mayor of pohang

Current status of Pohang City's sports facilities: 848 places (public : 83, facilities : 765)

  • Pohang Baseball Stadium (15,000 seats), Pohang Steel Yard (25,000 seats)
  • Daily sports facilities : Manindang, Poeun Gymnasium. baseball courts, Yangdeok Football Field
  • Jangnyang Public Athletic Center (2017), Yangdeok Hanmaeum Stadium (2016)
    • text descriptive image Swimming Pool
    • text descriptive image Jangnyang Public
      Athletic Center
    • text descriptive image Beach Marathon