Tacoma officials and Tacoma Community College (TCC) leaders will attend the Aug. 21 opening ceremony of the World Masters Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, as Tacoma and Daegu explore a potential Friendship City relationship.
The Daegu Metropolitan City invited the Tacoma delegation as part of efforts to strengthen ties between the two communities. The delegation is also scheduled to meet with Daegu leaders, including the mayor, deputy mayor and director of the Foreign Affairs and Trade Division.
The visit follows an Aug. 15 trip by TCC leaders and the Washington-Tacoma Korean American Association to recognize TCC’s partnership with Suseong University in Daegu and discuss future collaboration.
TCC and Suseong University signed a Memorandum of Agreement in December 2025. Potential areas of cooperation include student exchanges, workforce development, English-language programs, faculty collaboration and nursing.
Tacoma has longstanding ties with South Korea, including a sister-city relationship with Gunsan dating to 1979.
“With South Korea as a key U.S. ally, and with Daegu as South Korea’s fourth largest city, partnerships like this can create new opportunities for economic and academic advancement in our community,” said Jun Yi of the Washington-Tacoma Korean American Association.
More than 200 students from around the world attend TCC each year.
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