The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism unveiled its third five-year plan for developing regional culture, aiming to shift resources away from the Seoul metropolitan area and toward the rest of the country. The 2026-2030 plan builds on two earlier phases and is designed to fit the government's "five hubs, three special zones" strategy, a national development framework that groups Korea into five economic megaregions and three special administrative zones to spread growth beyond the capital area. The ministry said it drafted the plan after policy research, regional debates and input from all 16 provincial-level governments. Under the slogan "everyday life with culture, regions people want to stay," the plan lays out four strategies and 16 tasks. They include requiring local governments to draft "cultural rights guarantee plans" ― pledges to ensure residents' access to cultural life ― that would be funded jointly through multiyear agreements with the central and provincial governments. Other measures include building a database to certify and place artists, instructors and cultural