Osan City's 'Kkasani, Kkao, Sudali' Character Advances to Finals of National Character Award

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Osan City's representative characters 'Kkasani, Kkao, Sudali' have advanced to the finals of the '4th National Character Award.'

The '4th National Character Award,' hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by the Korean Creative Content Agency, is a public contest held to discover regional and public characters and promote them to the general public.

A total of 101 characters from regional and public sectors were submitted to the preliminary round of the '4th National Character Award,' and only 20 characters advanced to the finals. 'Kkasani, Kkao, Sudali' ranked 4th in public voting (4,007 votes) and advanced to the finals where 10 regional characters are competing.

The finals will run until September 6, and the winners will be announced in the third week of September following evaluation through expert review (50%), public voting (40%), and general public written assessment (10%).

Meanwhile, 'Kkasani' and 'Kkao,' personified versions of the crow, Osan City's city bird since 2016, and 'Sudali,' created based on the otter, the symbol of the ecological Osan Stream in 2019, have been used as representative symbols of Osan City to date.

Additionally, this year, the city broke away from the existing 2D format and revised and improved the characters into a 3D form, presenting a new look of 'Kkasani, Kkao, Sudali.'

A city official said, "Since this is our third entry into the National Character Award and our first advancement to the finals, we ask for the participation and support of many people so that we can continue to achieve good results."