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Civic Culture of Korean Regional Societies, Daegu and Gwangju Yoo, Tae-Gun The purpose of this study is to compare the characteristics of civic culture of the two Korean regional societies, Daegu and Gwangju. Considering social participation, political participation, generalized reciprocity and trust as fundamental components of civic culture, it compares the status and demographic distributions of these four components of civic culture between the two regional societies, based on the data analysis of the two surveys conducted there in 2016. In adition, it analyzes whether social participation and political participation encourage generalized reciprocity and trust. The results of the data analysis are as follows. Civic culture in Daegu and Gwangju share many similarities, with some differences. To be compared, social participation is higher in Daegu, political participation is higher in Gwangju, generalized reciprocity is higher in Daegu, and there is no difference in the level of trust between the two regions. On the other hand, among the demographic groups, the level of social participation and generalized reciprocity in Daegu and Gwangju in common are generally high in men, middle-aged or high socio-economic status groups, and the level of trust is increasingly higher in lower-educated people, while the level of political participation is different among the demographic groups of the two regions. Finally, the types of participation which promote generalized reciprocity or trust were analyzed as being the expressive associations, voting participation, moderate protest and attributive associations.