We are pleased to announce new members for Daegu Citizens Reporting Team. Congratulations to all! 

Thank you again for everyone who applied. We were impressed with your enthusiasm and experience. It was very hard to process to narrow down. We truly appreciate your time you put into the application.

We are very excited to see what our new members will bring to our visitors and followers! Please stay tuned for their first postings soon!

Each year, Daegu Metropolitan City has a group of its citizens share their experience about living in Daegu! In 2017, more than 70 people served to show important happenings in Daegu ranging from events hosted by Daegu to spots and things that are worth being shared by other citizens.

The pictures and articles by our citizen reporting team is distributed via Daegu’s official channels including this blog, our English facebook page and Korean and Chinese channels.

Daegu Citizen Reporting Team, also called 대구시민기자단 in Korean, are composed of 3 groups: Korean, English and Chinese speakers. Let people know your own experience of living abroad, particularly in Daegu. What are your favorite spots in Daegu? How do you spend your weekend in Daegu? What are your tips in living in this city? If you like to learn more about what a citizen reporting member does, please refer the following articles.

─ARTICLES BY 2017 CITIZENS REPORTING TEAM─

▶COFFEE CITY DAEGU

 ▶Chimac Festival

▶Daegu Water Festival (video)

We are expecting 1 – 3 articles from you each month.There is a monthly required topic and two free topics that you can choose.

If you like exploring what’s new out there and love taking photos, you might be well fit for this role! If you have any question, please contact us via facebook message. (Click here to view ourfacebook page)

We hope to hear from you soon!

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Daegu is known for its exciting festivals and events happening throughout the year. It’s quite tricky to keep track of all these excitements. However, this year will be different since there is the official festival and event calendar for you to see the most fascinating things to do on one page.

You can download the original at Daegu Tourism Bureau. Click the image to go to page. 

Plan your year ahead. Especially, when it gets warmer, there are tons of festivals and nature scenes that you don’t want to miss out!

Daegu Event·Festival Calendar in close-up.

This calendar can be downloaded at Daegu Tourism Bureau Website(click here to view the site)

The calendar is available in Chinese, Japanese and English.

Daegu Citizen Week is coming in February 21 to 28 to encourage Daegu spirit among its citizens and celebrate its recent achievements! During the week, numerous events and concerts will take place throughout Daegu. We would like to introduce you selected ones that even people with no or little Korean skills can enjoy.

Basic Information

■ Date: Feb 21 - 28

■ Slogan: Daegu Citizen Spirit to all around the world and to the future!

Notable Achievements

at Cerebration Concert for Enlistment as a Creative City by UNESCO

1. Documents related to Gukchaebosang National Debt Redemption Movement was listed on UNESCO memory of the World Record.

The movement started in Daegu in 1907 and expanded to the rest of Korea to take back economical independence threatened by Japanese oppression.

2. Sinam Martyred Patriots Memorial Cemetery is raised to a national cemetery.

At Sinam Cemetery, 52 Independence Patriots are resingt in peace, which makes it the biggest number of patriots buried at a park.

3. 2.28 Daegu Democracy Movement is raised to a national holiday.

2.28 Democracy movement carries significance since it had resulted in the most important democracy movements such as March 15 Movement and April 19 Revoluion.

4. Daegu was approved as a creative city for music.

Daegu boasts a number of global-scaled music festivals like Daegu International Opera Festival and Daegu International Musical Festival that has been in the scene for more than a decade. Also, Daegu has enjoyed, celebrated and fostered a variety of music genres from traditional music, orchestra, jazz, folk, hip hop and so on.

Events

Exhibition- Documents for 2.28 Democracy Movement

■ Date: Feb 26 – Marc 4

■ Location: Daegu Arts Center (Hall 10)

Exhibition- Documents for Gukchaebosang Movement

■ Date: Feb 19 – 25

■ Location: Daegu Arts Center (Hall 4)

Recreating 2.28!

More than 1,000 citizens create the historical day.

■ Date: Feb 28, 12:55 – 13:30

■ Location: Banwoldang Intersection to Daegu Concert House

Speak out yourself

Share your insight and thought about Daegu with other citizens.

■ Date: Feb 24, 14:00 – 16:00

■ Location: in front of CGV Daegu Hanil

Citizen Week Celebration Concert

■ Date: Feb 23, 19:30 – 20:30

■ Location: Daegu Concert House

Admission: Free

Creative musical, Whistle Blow

Whistle Blow is a work on Gukchaebosang Movement.

■ Date: Feb 22 – 23, 19:30 and Feb 24 – 25, 15:00/19:30

■ Location: Daegu Bongsan Culture Center