Jinju City holds nationwide contest to name new youth hub opening in November
In short
Jinju City in South Gyeongsang Province is holding a nationwide public contest to name a youth hub space due to open in November. The space, on the second floor of the Jinju City Meomum Center in Gangnam-dong, covers 364.44 sq m and will include a community lounge and book cafe, a shared kitchen, a multipurpose room, a practice room and club rooms. Entries close on October 11, with results due later this month.
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Jinju City in South Gyeongsang Province is holding a nationwide public contest to choose a name for the youth hub space it plans to open in November, according to Yonhap. Yonhap reported that the facility is being built on the second floor of the Jinju City Meomum Center in Gangnam-dong and covers 364.44 square metres. Newsis also carried the contest in its headline, saying the name should reflect identity and other qualities. [ 1 , 2 ]
The space is to include a community lounge with a book cafe, a shared kitchen, a multipurpose room, a practice room and club rooms, intended to support communication and self-directed activity among young people. Anyone interested in the youth centre may take part in the contest, with applications accepted until October 11 through the Jinju youth online platform, Yonhap said. Proposed names are expected to convey identity, broad appeal so young people can easily remember them, and originality. [ 2 ]
The city will review the entries and award one top prize of 300,000 won, one second prize of 200,000 won and two encouragement prizes of 100,000 won each, with results to be announced this month, according to Yonhap. A city official said that because the name will be chosen by young people themselves, the city hopes the venue becomes a place they visit often and use to interact, Yonhap reported. [ 2 ]
Why it matters
The contest is a municipal effort to let young residents name and shape a space meant for their own use, and the city says it hopes the venue becomes a hub where young people gather and interact. For readers outside Jinju, the item is a small local government announcement about youth facilities and carries little wider consequence.
Key facts
- Jinju City is holding a nationwide public contest to name the youth hub space it plans to open in November. [ 1 , 2 ]
- The space is being built on the second floor of the Jinju City Meomum Center in Gangnam-dong and covers 364.44 square metres. [ 2 ]
- It will house a community lounge with a book cafe, a shared kitchen, a multipurpose room, a practice room and club rooms. [ 2 ]
- Anyone interested in the youth centre may enter, with applications accepted until October 11 on the Jinju youth online platform. [ 2 ]
- Entries are to reflect the name’s identity, broad appeal and originality so young people can easily remember it. [ 2 ]
- The city will award one top prize of 300,000 won, one second prize of 200,000 won and two encouragement prizes of 100,000 won each, announcing results this month. [ 2 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- Whether the two reports describe the same naming contest in identical terms. Document 1’s headline is about the Jinju youth centre naming contest, but its article text concerns a National Assembly hearing on a Supreme Court matter and gives no further detail on the contest, so only the headline can be used.
- The winning name and the exact date the results will be announced. Yonhap says only that results will be released this month, and no other document provides a date or the outcome.