TC Activities The Culture City of East Asia (CCEA) 2025 Anseong Closing Ceremony
2025-10-12
Anseong, October 12, 2025 – Anseong City successfully hosted the closing ceremony of the Culture City of East Asia (CCEA) 2025 – Anseong on October 12 at Anseong Machum Hall. The Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS), as a key partner of CCEA was invited to attend both the reception and the closing ceremony.
The ceremony featured a rich lineup of performances, including Korea’s traditional Namsadang Baudeogi Pungmulnori, cultural showcases by representatives from Macao and Kamakura, and a drone show with 1,000 drones lighting up the night sky. Thousands of Anseong residents and visitors gathered to celebrate the culmination of this year-long cultural event.
Since 2014, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea have each designated a city annually as a Culture City of East Asia (CCEA), following an agreement reached at the 4th Trilateral Culture Ministers’ Meeting (TCMM) in 2012. For 2025, Anseong was selected as Culture City of East Asia alongside Huzhou and Macao in China, and Kamakura in Japan.

▲Group Photo

▲Korean Traditional Performance
TCS Event
Documents
- 15th Trilateral Cultural Ministers' Meeting Kyoto Declaration_JP
- Joint Statement of the 16th Trilateral Cultural Content Industry Forum
- 14th Trilateral Cultural Ministers' Meeting Jeonju Declaration_JP
- Joint Statement of the 15th Trilateral Cultural Content Industry Forum
- 13th Trilateral Cultural Ministers' Meeting Qufu Declaration_JP
- Joint Statement of the 14th Trilateral Cultural Content Industry Forum
- 12th Trilateral Cultural Ministers' Meeting Kitakyushu Declaration_JP
- Joint Statement of the 13th Trilateral Cultural Content Industry Forum

