Cheongju City, the capital of Chungcheongbuk-do (North Chungcheong Province), has been designated as an East Asian Cultural City 2015 candidate.
Under the East Asian Cultural City project, which launched this year, each of the three nations involved  Korea, China and Japan  chooses one city to represent the nation and to carry out cultural exchange projects between the three selected cities. The three countries will announce the city officially selected as the East Asian Cultural City 2015 at this years Korea-China-Japan Cultural Ministers Meeting, which will take place at the end of this year. This years East Asian Cultural City 2014 members are Gwangju in Korea, Quanzhou in Fujian, in China, and Japans Yokohama.

http://theinsidekorea.com/2014/09/cheongju-chosen-candidate-east-asian-cultural-city-2015/