SEOUL, July 24 (AJP) - The government will bring 200 citizens together this weekend to debate whether a Hangeul signboard should hang at Gwanghwamun Gate alongside the existing Chinese character one.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will hold the first "Forum for Everyone" on the question from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on July 26 at Yonsei University's Baekyang-nuri hall in Seoul, the ministries said Thursday.
Forum for Everyone is a new cross-ministerial format designed to feed citizens' views directly into policymaking. The 200 participants, selected through advance recruitment, will weigh the signboard question from historical, cultural, and other angles and work toward practical policy directions.
The day will move through expert presentations, small-group discussions, and a plenary session where participants exchange views and draw up a collective final position. The forum will be livestreamed on KTV's YouTube channel, with on-site participants voting in real time by mobile phone.
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