• Sister City Agreement : June 25, 1999
• Name of the City : Boseong gun, Jeonnam province
• Mayor : Chul-woo Kim
• Location : Jeonnam Boseong-gun Boseong-eup Songjae-ro 165 (Boseong-eup Boseong-ri 807-2) Boseong County Office
• Size : 663.59km²
• Population : 39,592 people
• Governing Areas : 2 eup 10 myeon 316 ri
• Major Cultural Events : Cherry Blossom Festival (Apr.), Boseong Dahyang(Tea Scent) Grand Festival (Oct.),Seopyeonje Boseong Sori Festival (Oct.),Beolgyo Cockle Festival (Oct.), Boseong Green Tea Plantation Light Festival (Dec.)
• Regional Characteristics
  • From the ancient times, it is a righteous place that produced many patriots and forerunners. Home of arts with classical and national music, and original birth place for green tea
  • Thousand year long Daewonsa Temple and a historic site of Dr. Seo Jae-Pil, a sea water hot spring mixed with bedrock seawater and Boseong green tea, Beolgyo, which was a stage for the novel, “Taebaek Mountain”.
• Primary Specialties
  • Boseong Green Tea, Beolgyo Kkomak (cockle), Olbyeo Ungchi Rice, Boseong Green Tea Pork, etc.
  • Hemp, brass tableware, straw mat with dragon print, and other craftwork
  • Green tea powdered Bibim noodles, green tea powdered rice cake, food, mud snail soup, and other eateries
• Website : http://www.boseong.go.kr/english
  http://www.boseong.go.kr/japan
  http://www.boseong.go.kr/china
• Exchange Journal

  Exchange Journal (3 years)

  2009.4.25	Attend Mt. Triangle Ui-ryeong Marathon Competition honoring 4.19 Participants : Director of Boseong Culture Council, 16 employee staffs
  2009.5.7.~5.8.	35th Boseong Dahyangje
  2009.6.9.	Begin direct purchasing of Boseong’s specialty produce (potatoes)
  2009.11.7.	Attend the Boseong Sound Festival
  2010.1.21.~1.22.	Exchange of administrative support seminar
  2010.4.30.~5.1.	36th Boseong Dahyangje
  2010.6.17.	Begin direct purchasing of Boseong’s specialty produce (potatoes)
  2010.9.16.~9.17.	Direct Marketplace in celebrating Thanksgiving Day
  2010.10.16. ~ 10.17.	13th Boseong Seopyeonje Sound Festival
  2013.4.18.	Attending Gangbuk-gu 4.19 National Democratic Revolution Festival Opening Ceremony
  2013.5.14.~5.15.	Attending 38th Boseong Green Tea Festival Opening Ceremony
  2013.10.14.	Carrying out “Visiting Tea Culture Class” Education linked to Korea Tea Museum
  2013.10.18.~10.19.	Attending 16th Boseong Sori Festival Seopyeonje
  2014.6.19.	Conducted direct trade of Boseong potatoes
  2014.10.24.	Attended theSeopyeonje Boseong Sori Festival
  2015.4.18.	Attended the opening ceremony of the 419 Festival
  2015.7.1.	Promotional direct trade with Boseong-gun agricultural specialty products (a new crop of Boseong potatoes)
  2015.9.22.~9.23.	Held the agricultural specialty product market with sister cities for Chuseok
  2015.10.17.	Attended the celebration of the 18thSeopyeonje Boseong Sori Festival
  2016.4.18.	Attended the opening ceremony of the 「419 Festival」
  2016.6.22.	Promoted the agricultural specialty product (a new crop of potatoes) of the sister city Boseong-gun
  2016.9.1.~9.2.	Attended the「2016 Direct Market for Chuseok」 in Gangbuk-gu Office Plaza
  2016.10.15.	Attended the celebration of 「The 19thSeopyeonje Boseong Sori Festival」 in the sister city Boseong-gun
  2017.4.18.	Attended the opening ceremony of April 19 Revolution Public Cultural Festival
  2017.6.22.	Attended Sister City Boseong-gun Specialty Crop (Potato) Direct Marketplace
  2017.9.21.~9.22.	Attended Chuseok Sister City Direct Marketplace
  2017.12.21.~12.22.	Visited the 15th Boseong Green Tea Field Light Festival
  2018.4.18.	Attended the opening ceremony of the April 19 Revolution Public Cultural Festival
  2018.5.5.	Visited the 44th Boseong Tea Flavor Festival
  2018.6.20.	Attended the Sister City Boseong-gun Specialty Crop (potatoes) Direct Marketplace
  2018.9.13.	Attended the 2018 Chuseok Sister City Direct Marketplace (Gangbuk-gu Office Plaza)
  2019.4.18.	Attended the opening ceremony of the 2019 April 19 Revolution Public Cultural Festival
  2019.5.1.~5.2.	Visited the 45th Boseong-gun Residents’ Day
  2019. 6. 12.	Promoted and purchased newly harvested potatoes, a local specialty of Boseong-gun.
  2020. 6. 18.	Promoted and purchased newly harvested potatoes, a local specialty of Boseong-gun.
  2021. 6. 3.	Promoted and purchased newly harvested potatoes, a local specialty of Boseong-gun.
  2022. 1. 11.	Promotion of Boseong Lunar New Year Gift Set on the website
  2022. 6. 8.	Delivered 1,000 reusable ice packs to mulberry farm in Beolgyo-eup, Boseong-gun (with Cleaning and Administration Department)
  2022. 6. 13.	Promotion and Purchase of Newly Harvested Potato from Boseong: Boseong-gun Specialty
  2022. 8. 26.	Promoting the Boseong-gun Chuseok Specialty Product Sales on the Official Website
  2022. 10. 13.	Sending the Declaration of Support Letter, Endorsing the Establishment of 'National Maritime Fisheries Museum' in Boseong-gun
  2023. 4. 18.	Participating in the Opening Ceremony of 「the April 19th Revolution National Cultural Festival」
  2023. 4. 28. ~ 4. 29.	Attending 「the 11th Boseong World Tea EXPO」
  2023. 6. 12.	Promotion and Purchase of Newly Harvested Potato from Boseong: Boseong-gun Specialty
  2023. 7. 26. ~ 7. 28.	Inviting the Youth in Boseong-gun and Gangbuk-gu to the Youth Exchange Camp
  2023. 9. 21. ~ 9. 22.	Attending 「the 2023 Chuseok Farmers' Market」
  2024.6.11.	Promoted and purchased newly harvested potatoes, a local specialty of Boseong-gun

Boseong Other Links

• Culture and Tourism of Boseong : https://www.boseong.go.kr/english