Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism concludes 'New Year's Report' for 59 affiliated and public institutions

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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Choi Hwi-young) announced on the 16th that it conducted the third and fourth business reports on 17 organizations, including the National Folk Museum and the National Heritage Administration, at the Seoul Museum of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. As a result, all 59 affiliates and public institutions have completed their New Year's work reports since the 13th.

In the third business report conducted earlier in the day, it was divided into two divisions: art, region, and communication, and focused on each institution's innovation plans and ways to create public-feeling results.

Six organizations, including the Korea National Academy of Arts, the National Gugak Middle and High School, the National Traditional Arts Middle and High School, the National Central Theater, the National Gugak Center, and the Secretariat of the Korea Academy of Arts, participated in the first division (session).

Minister Choi Hwi-young called on ▶ Korea National University of Arts to expand youth camps for gifted students, which are currently well-received in the region, and ▶ National Gugak Middle and High School to support students to choose various career paths such as art managers in addition to performers after graduation. In connection with the recent corruption and subsidy controversy, he strongly demanded that ▶ National Theater of Korea come up with its own high-intensity innovation plan rather than waiting for the audit results, and ordered ▶ National Theater of Korea to thoroughly manage facilities and clarify who is responsible for safety accidents.

The ▶ National Gugak Center opened an opportunity to globalize Korean traditional music with the "K-pop Demon Hunters," urging foreigners to make efforts to access more Korean traditional music, and emphasizing the transparent process of selecting new members to the secretariat of the ▶ National Gugak Center.

Seven organizations, including the National Folk Museum of Korea, the National Institute of Korean Language, the National Hangeul Museum, the National Library for the Disabled, the National Policy Broadcasting Institute, and the National Asian Cultural Center, participated in the second division (session).

Minister Choi called on the ▶ National Institute of the Korean Language to accelerate the expansion and construction of the 'corpse', a Korean language and cultural knowledge resource, in preparation for the artificial intelligence (AI) era, and emphasized the improvement of foreign visitors to the ▶ National Folk Museum of Korea. The ▶ Museum of Korean History ordered the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to prepare a plan to systematically preserve and collect digital materials, and the ▶ National Hangeul Museum checked the restoration and extension of last year's fire and urged the reopening to proceed without a hitch. ▶ The National Library for the Disabled has decided to thoroughly prepare with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism so that the construction of an independent building can be promoted as soon as possible.

Minister Choi then asked ▶ Korea Policy Broadcasting Service (KTV) to expand contact with the public by focusing on digital platforms such as YouTube, and ▶ National Asian Cultural Center to serve as an exemplary case for contributing to the development of the local culture and arts ecosystem through more open operation to local residents.

In the fourth business report conducted in the afternoon, the National Heritage Administration and the National Heritage Promotion Agency reported key tasks for 2026 and follow-up measures after the president's business report. Minister Choi Hwi-young strongly called for preemptive prevention and rapid operation of the initial response system to thoroughly protect national heritage from disasters such as forest fires while receiving reports on major issues such as preservation of the value of Jongmyo's World Heritage and management of the Bangucheon petroglyph. He then emphasized that the two organizations will work together organically to raise the status of "K-Culture" through the successful hosting of the 48th World Heritage Committee, close cooperation for the global spread of our heritage, and the development of cultural products containing values unique to national heritage.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has released the main contents of the 3rd and 4th work reports through the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, each institution's website, and the Nuri communication network (SNS) since the 17th, and the video of the meeting will be available later on the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's YouTube.

Minister Choi Hwi-young said, "This work report was carried out by openly discussing sensitive issues and disclosing the entire policy change process to the public, breaking away from conventional reporting." At the re-examination in six months, it should be possible to more clearly identify the changes that the public feels," he said.

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