Chuncheon Mime Festival Selected for 'Local 100 Regional Culture Award' by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

The Awards Ceremony Will Be Held on the 18th at the '2024 Month of Culture' Commemoration Event
"We Will Infuse Chuncheon’s Colors to Showcase the Charm of the Mime Festival to the World"

Chuncheon City, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province (Mayor Yuk Dong-han) announced on the 18th that the Chuncheon Mime Festival won the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s ‘Local100 Regional Culture Award’ on the 17th.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Yoo In-chon) selected three places as Regional Culture Award winners from the 'Local100,' which features 100 representative local cultural landmarks, contents, and figures nationwide, through expert evaluations. The three selected were ▲‘Chuncheon Mime Festival’ ▲‘Daegu Kim Kwang-seok Repainting Street’ ▲‘Cheongju Culture Manufacturing Plant.’ The award ceremony will be held on the 18th in Namwon City, Jeonbuk, alongside the ‘2024 Month of Culture’ commemorative event.

On May 30th, at the 'Chuncheon Mime Festival Club' event held at Chuncheon Festival Theater Momjit, Yoo In-chon, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (right side in the vehicle), and Yuk Dong-han, Mayor of Chuncheon, boarded the vehicle and entered together with the performance group.

The Regional Culture Award is a project promoted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to select and promote representative tangible and intangible cultural assets of regions. The purpose is to attract domestic and international tourists by utilizing cultural resources with unique local charm and to expand regional cultural enjoyment.

The Chuncheon Mime Festival has continued for 36 years since 1989 and has been recognized as a representative festival of Korea by being selected as an Excellent Festival by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, a Cultural Tourism Festival, and part of Local100.

A Chuncheon City official stated, "As the Chuncheon Mime Festival is counted among the world’s top three mime festivals, we will widely promote the charm of the mime festival infused with Chuncheon’s unique color," adding, "We will spare no effort to strengthen our position as a tourist city and revitalize the local economy."