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Culture & Arts Bureau
Culture & Arts Bureau
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Culture & Leisure Policy Division
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Tel : (82+2)3704 - 9416; Fax : (82+2)3704 - 9429
- Establish, coordinate and promote master plan for culture, leisure and museum policies
- Improve statutes and systems related to culture, leisure and museum
- Establish and promote research plan for cultural and leisure policies
- Cooperate with research institutions and experts on analysis of cultural and leisure policies
- Develop and investigate national culture/leisure index
- Investigate and examine reality and possible way to enhance national consciousness on culture and leisure
- Improve quality of leisure and cultural life
- Manage enhancement of national cultural enjoyment
- Manage enhancement cultural enjoyment by disadvantaged population
- Manage all cultural welfare of disadvantaged population
- Enhance cooperation and coordination between departments and local governments in connection with leisure policy
- Collect, analyze and maintain leisure-related statistics
- Maintain balance between work and leisure
- Operate national leisure education programs
- Issue leisure-related licenses and certificates
- Implement integrated leisure information system
- Support leisure activities of local governments and companies
- Supervise leisure-related organizations
- Enhance inter-Korean cultural cooperation and exchange
- Investigate and examine possible ways to promote museums
- Support and foster public/private museums
- Provide support for museum-related organizations
- Manage core businesses of Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea
- Supervise National Museum of Korea, National Folk Museum of Korea and Korea Culture & Tourism Institute
- Enhance cultural creativity and diversity of nation
- Use lottery revenue to enhance cultural enjoyment
- Handle other related business
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National Language & Culture Division
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Tel : (82+2)3704-9430~40; Fax : (82+2)3704-9249
- Establish, coordinate and promote master plan for national language policy
- Improve statutes, system and standards for use of national language
- Establish and execute master and operational plans for development of national language
- Organize and operate National Language Deliberation Council
- Establish and execute national language digitalization policy
- Operate and evaluate chief national language officer system
- Standardize language, letters and technical terms
- Improve national linguistic ability, support linguistically disadvantaged population
- Improve quality of public language and environment of language use
- Examine and preserve local dialects
- Designate and support Korean Language Culture Center
- Organize events on Hangeul Proclamation Day, and promote industrialization and value expansion of Hangeul
- Give recognition for merit, and award Sejong Cultural Prize and UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize
- Establish and support agencies to extend Korean education
- Manage teaching credential system for Korean education
- Execute Korean language education policy for foreigners and multicultural families
- Improve inter-Korean language cooperation and exchange
- Examine, apply and creatively inherit national cultural resources
- Establish and coordinate plan for promotion of traditional culture
- Promote daily practice, industrialization and globalization of traditional cultural resources
- Promote culture related to food, clothing and shelter
- Investigate and examine status quo of culture and arts in North Korea
- Collect and compile cultural data, and operate data archive
- Support and foster organizations related to Korean language & literature, Korean Studies and national/traditional/living culture
- Supervise National Institute of Korean Language
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Local Culture Division
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Tel : (82+2)3704 - 9550 ~ 61; Fax : (82+2)3704 - 9569
- Establish, coordinate and promote master plan for local culture policy
- Establish and support plan for balanced development of local culture
- Promote cultural welfare and enjoyment of local residents
- Create and support creative cities
- Investigate, examine and preserve local culture
- Foster and support local Cultural Centers
- Supervise local Arts Council Korea and Culture & Arts Foundation
- Investigate and examine ways to use local cultural resources
- Establish and coordinate master policy for culture, arts, tourism, sports, cultural welfare, and cultural facilities
- Implement and operate local culture & arts resource network
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International Culture Division
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Tel : (82+2)3704 - 9570 ~ 75; Fax : (82+2)3704 - 9589
- Establish and evaluate master plan for international cultural exchange
- Establish and coordinate cultural strategy for enhancement of national brand
- Deal with international agreements related to culture and arts
- Cooperate with international culture & arts organizations and foreign government agencies
- Investigate, examine and evaluate international cultural exchange efforts
- Cooperate on cultural exchange efforts between nations
- Establish and promote master plan for major cultural events
- Establish and promote plan to support Korean artists abroad
- Collect and manage international culture & arts information
- Establish and evaluate policy for culture centers and culture & public information centers in embassies and legations abroad
- Support culture and arts activities of embassies and legations abroad
- Supervise overseas culture & public information centers
- Manage all international cultural exchange
- Train international professionals in culture & arts sector
- Support ODA activities in culture & arts sector
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Culture & Arts Education Team
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Tel : (82+2)3704 - 9590 ~ 91; Fax : (82+2)3704 - 9599
- Establish, coordinate and execute master plan for culture and arts education policy
- Support culture and art seducation in schools
- Support culture and art seducation in society
- Develop and expand demand for culture and arts education
- Train professionals for teaching culture and arts
- Implement life-long culture and arts education system
- Support teaching organizations related to culture and arts
- Support international cultural and arts exchange
- Supervise Korea Arts & Culture Education Service
- Establish and coordinate master plan for cultural support for multicultural society
- Create cultural environment and enhance understanding of multicultural society
- Investigate and examine cultural enjoyment, and support cultural activities of immigrants
- Manage all cultural business related to sexual equality
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Arts Policy Division
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Tel : (82+2)3704 - 9510; Fax : (82+2)3704 - 9529
- Establish, coordinate and execute master plan for arts policy
- Improve welfare of artists
- Create and manage financial resources for promotion of culture and arts
- Supervise Arts Council Korea
- Evaluate arts support programs
- Establish and promote research plan for arts policy
- Support creative activities and organizations in literature and formative arts sector, such as painting, sculture and photography
- Promote marketing and industrialization of culture and arts
- Manage overseas expansion and international exchange in literature and formative arts sector
- Train professionals in creation, planning and management of culture and arts
- Manage special art education for gifted children
- Supervise National Academy of Arts, Korean National University of Arts, National Museum of Contemporary Arts, Korea Arts Management Service, Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organization of Korea and Korean People's Artist Federation
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Performing and Traditional Arts Division
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Tel : (82+2)3704 - 9567; Fax : (82+2)3704 - 9549
- Establish and execute master plan for performing and traditional arts, including music, dance and theater
- Set up, manage and expand facilities related to performing and traditional arts
- Support and evaluate operation of facilities and programs related to performing and traditional arts
- Support creative activities and rekated organizations in performing and traditional arts sector
- Foster professional performing artists
- Manage all business related to foreign performances in Korea
- Manage public interest service personnel in arts sector
- Improve arts distribution structure
- Manage overseas expansion and inter-Korean/international exchange in performing and traditional arts sector
- Manage performing and traditional arts contests
- Investigate and examine performing and traditional arts
- Support and promote cultural and artistic activities of companies
- Preserve, develop and distribute traditional arts
- Popularize, industrialize and globalize traditional arts
- Supervise National Theater of Korea, National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts, Seoul Arts Center, Myeongdong Jeongdong Theater Foundation, Korea National Ballet Company, National Opera of Korea, National Chorus of Korea, Seoul Performing Arts Company, Gukak National Middle & High School, National School of Trditional Arts, and National High School of Traditional Arts
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Design, Space & Culture Division
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Tel : (82+2)3704 - 9457; Fax : (82+2)3704 - 9539
- Establish master plan for creation of cultural spaces
- Create cultural spaces in urban and rural areas
- Improve building signboard culture
- Support creation of cultural cities
- Improve culture of public facilities
- Promote design of public facilities
- Educate and enhance recognition of cultural spaces
- Plan and support national and public facilities
- Promote craft arts
- Supervise Korean Craft Promotion Foundation and Korea Design Foundation
