- targeting small and medium enterprises in 27 cities and counties in the province...total 3.6 billion won investment including 1.4 billion won in provincial funds and 2.2 billion won in city and county funds - newly established support for website production expansion and 3D video production to match non-face-to-face marketing trends
- supporting insufficient manpower for real estate transaction illegal activity prevention and guidance work in front-line cities and counties - real estate transaction order assistants, following demand survey, recruiting 23 people in first half of year in 11 cities and counties including Suwon
- conducting guidance and inspection on country-of-origin labeling for 3,885 establishments including traditional markets, wholesale and retail sales facilities, and restaurants, and promoting proper labeling system implementation - referred 1 case of false labeling to prosecutors, imposed 1.792 million won in administrative fines for 7 unlabeled cases
- also conducting online non-face-to-face inspections using 129 'Gyeonggi Province country-of-origin labeling monitors' - province urges sellers to implement proper country-of-origin labeling and urges consumers to check country-of-origin labeling when purchasing
- activating disaster safety response headquarters emergency level 1 due to snow forecast across the province on 17th-18th - province holding heavy snow response strategy meeting with 31 cities and counties on 17th afternoon and checking preparedness
- Gyeonggi Province implementing 'pet insurance subscription support project' together with Namyangju, Gwacheon, and Seongnam - residents of relevant cities and counties can be automatically enrolled without additional procedures upon compliance with internal chip registration requirements - covers treatment costs for pet injuries and liability compensation caused by pets
- to reduce illegal waste dumping by foreigners and encourage smooth waste disposal - parallel notation in English, Chinese, etc., including volume-based bag names, disposal times, items, penalty regulations - currently applied in 25 cities and counties or scheduled for application
- multiple factors at play including rises in housing standard prices and new building prices, large building construction in site development districts - highest property tax assessment is Seongnam (189.2 billion won), highest increase rate is Gwacheon (43.9%)
- Gyeonggi Province selected 2 locations each in 27 cities and counties including Suwon and 1 location in Hanam - diverse spaces including 21 parks, 15 road spaces, 12 public open spaces, 7 river spaces
- Gyeonggi Research Institute published report containing public transportation congestion management content - ensures implementation with 3 mandatory items and 3 recommended items to secure public transportation safety
- conducting total 4 discussion meetings in 4 regions across the province by the 22nd to prevent environmental sanitation workers' injuries - discussing shared cases of top-down introduction in cities and counties and ways to improve environmental sanitation workers' working conditions
concluded business agreements with Ministry of Environment, Seoul City, Korea Environment Corporation, and Mutual Cooperation Association separated disposal of fluorescent lights collection box from waste LED lighting → city collection → transport to recycling company, processing expected to reduce LED lighting waste previously discarded as ordinary household waste
official completion of application at 3 p.m. on the 9th through homepage, available after receiving text confirmation message
cluster infection occurred at Life Spring Church...as of 4th, 7 confirmed cases Mayor Yim Tae-young 'the church is Korean Presbyterian Church, not Shincheonji' appealed to uncontacted believers and families at Life Spring Church 'please be sure to contact Suwon public health centers'
held successive discussion meetings on 27th with senior general hospital directors and provincial medical organizations and groups regarding community spread to devise countermeasures and requested cooperation
9,930 worship attendees at Gwacheon Shincheonji Church service on 16th...'must not miss the golden time'
deployed approximately 40 people including epidemiological investigators and public officials on morning of 25th with police cooperation
Korea Racing Association temporarily suspended operations at all 36 business locations nationwide Shincheonji headquarters in Gwacheon...To prevent community spread of COVID-19
A forest fire helicopter jointly purchased and operated from this month by Uiwang along with Gwacheon, Anyang, and Gunpo. (Photo=Uiwang City) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City designates the period until May 15th as spring forest fire prevention period and will establish and operate a forest fire prevention countermeasure headquarters. The headquarters will organize and operate emergency non-full-time personnel during this period and select 30 forest fire specialists for the wildfire prevention team to actively apply the mechanized wildfire suppression system that won the grand prize in the 'National Forest Fire Prevention Idea Competition' at wildfire…
General view of Gyeonggi Province building. (Photo=Gyeonggi Province) [Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 14th that it plans to conduct comprehensive audits of Gwangju and Gwacheon cities for 9 days from the 18th to 28th. This audit is a comprehensive institutional operation audit conducted on overall affairs of cities and counties according to the '2019 audit plan' and will conduct comprehensive inspections on ▲budget waste related to various policies ▲passive administration ▲indolent work handling practices ▲illegal and improper administrative actions, etc. In particular…
'2018 Gyeonggi Province Content Industry Statistical Survey' results… Based on 2017, total sales of 23.6754 trillion won. Total of 126,126 content industry workers in the province… 10,000 more than previous year
composed '3rd New City Task Force' on 6th...strengthening collaboration with 21 departments, Gyeonggi Province Office of Education, and Gyeonggi Development Corporation
Ministry of Land expected to announce on 15th 4 large-scale housing sites as 'public housing districts': Namyangju (Wangsuk 1, 2), Hanam (Gyosan), Gwacheon (Gwacheon) Gyeonggi Province and Gyeonggi Development Corporation participating as 'joint business operators'…historic 'locally-participated new city' development in…
road expansion to Anyang Pangyo Road and tunnel opening shortening travel time between Seongnam Pangyo, Anyang and Gwacheon cities
Governor Nam Kyung-pil of Gyeonggi Province instructed on 19th-20th to maintain emergency response posture to prevent loss of life from heavy snow and ensure smooth traffic flow. Following the governor's instructions, Gyeonggi Province held 'emergency countermeasure meeting for related agencies to cope with heavy snow, cold wave, and rough seas' at 3 p.m. on 19th at the Province Disaster Situation Room chaired by Kim Jung-hun, Director of Safety Management, with attendance of city and county disaster directors. In this meeting, the province regarding facilities within the province at risk of collapse due to heavy snow, 27 dilapidated houses…
Seongnam and Hwaseong cities facing significant repercussions as they decided to refuse nationally-delegated duties to local governments in response to the local finance reorganization legislative notice. Mayor Lee Jae-myung of Seongnam and Mayor Chae In-seok of Hwaseong announced a joint statement on 12th and announced 'We have resolved to refuse state-delegated duties if the central government pushes forward with local finance reorganization.' The two mayors stated in the statement 'Although local governments handle 40% of national affairs, local revenue accounts for only 20%, resulting in 'two-tenths autonomy,'…
six Buddhist organizations in Gyeonggi opposed to local finance reorganization held press conference at National Assembly on 4th in opposition to the Ministry of Administration and Safety's amendment to local finance law enforcement decree and demanded 'the ministry should suspend policy implementation until a reasonable alternative emerges from the National Assembly.' Mayor Yim Tae-young of Suwon, Mayor Lee Jae-myung of Seongnam, Mayor Choi Sung of Goyang, and Mayor Chae In-seok of Hwaseong attended the press conference, and Mayor Jung Chan-min of Yongin and Mayor Shin Gye-yong of Gwacheon participated as co-signatories of the joint statement. Mayor Choi and Mayor Chae…
six cities in Gyeonggi region including Suwon, Goyang, Seongnam, Yongin, Hwaseong, and Gwacheon announced joint statement on 2nd opposing the Ministry of Administration and Safety's legislative notice on local finance reorganization system. The six cities are 'non-subsidized' local governments with revenues exceeding fiscal demand and thus do not receive local allocation tax. The heads of these organizations stated in the statement 'the local finance and tax division chief of the Ministry of Administration and Safety said in some reports that 'there are slight differences in positions among non-subsidized organizations but opinions have mostly converged' and…
Residents of six Gyeonggi Province cities facing significant budget cuts due to the government's local finance reform demanded the withdrawal of the system overhaul at Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul at 3 p.m. on the 11th. The citizen action groups of Suwon, Seongnam, Hwaseong, Yongin, Goyang, and Gwacheon held a 'Citizens' Cultural Festival to Prevent Local Finance Deterioration and Protect Local Autonomy' at Gwanghwamun Plaza, demanding that the government 'immediately halt attempts to restructure the local finance system and devise fundamental measures to expand local finances.' The cultural festival was attended by
Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young and Hwaseong Mayor Chae In-seok undertake 24-hour fasts
