- Strengthening fire prevention and suppression capabilities…Pinpoint safety measures at high-risk facilities for casualties such as construction sites - Focusing efforts on strengthening fire safety order and compliance, expanding fire safety infrastructure
Pyeongtaek City and KT officials take a commemorative photo at the signing ceremony. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City signed a joint research agreement with KT on the 16th to actively respond to smart tourism and promote next-generation smart tourism. Through joint research based on AI/DX with KT, the city will establish a database for developing tourism items and providing services tailored to tourists' needs, and promote next-generation smart tourism…
Pyeongtaek Mayor Jeong Jang-seon (third from right in back row, red tie) discusses with experts at the meeting. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City conducted on-site consulting and meetings with external experts on the 17th to develop mid- to long-term strategies for the 'Young Culture Street Project' (cultural urban space creation project at the U.S. military base and Pyeongtaek Station areas). Expert consulting aims to create differentiated 'culture'…
- Securing attractive tourism content including development of 2 specialty streets - Operating experience products linked with province-owned marine facilities and intensive promotion
Pyeongtaek Mayor Jeong Jang-seon (far left) speaks at a non-face-to-face meeting. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City held a non-face-to-face meeting on the 16th following an in-person meeting on January 19th to hear opinions from stakeholders regarding the designation of fishing-prohibited areas in Jinwi and Anseoncheon. The meeting heard from fishing-related associations opposing the designation, individual fishing enthusiasts, fishing supply store operators, as well as fishing industry groups supporting it, village heads near streams, environmental…
- Section 1 around reservoir to be developed as Five-Color Theme Park this year - Section 2 around original forest area to be developed as walking trail and sports park by 2024
- Pyeongtaek City holds declaration ceremony and briefing for western region New Frontier - Developing Pyeongtaek Port as a world-class international port with central government and Gyeonggi Province - Fostering cutting-edge new industries for future growth and creating smart green cities with carbon neutrality foundation - Expanding eco-friendly tourism infrastructure and citizen happiness infrastructure for improved quality of life
- Selected as 'Excellent' for success in final evaluation of 2020 Gyeonggi Province AI demonstration project
Pyeongtaek City Hall exterior. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 8th that it has prepared a 'comprehensive plan for the 2021 Lunar New Year holiday' from the 11th to 14th and will concentrate administrative efforts on quarantine systems and citizen safety. The city operates a comprehensive situation room composed of 10 fields including overall task force, disaster, medical care and quarantine, traffic, ancestral shrine visit plans, and cleaning task force during the holiday period. Maintains close cooperation with related institutions in…
Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon (center, yellow tie) welcomes the Supreme Court's decision. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] On the 4th, Pyeongtaek City expressed welcome to the Supreme Court's decision of "dismissal" in the lawsuit to cancel the jurisdiction decision on the Pyeongtaek-Dangjin New Landfill filed by the South Chungcheong Province Governor (and 2 others: Dangjin and Asan Cities) (Supreme Court Case No. 2015Su528). The Supreme Court Special Division 1 ruled on the jurisdiction decision for the Pyeongtaek-Dangjin Port New Landfill over the past 5 years and 8 months
- Contributions to Korea-U.S. cooperation and friendly exchange
General view of Pyeongtaek City Hall. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City will implement a 'visiting service' targeting vulnerable groups until the 28th of this month for the second distribution of Gyeonggi-do Basic Disaster Income. Targets are 50,975 people including low-income elderly receiving basic pensions, disability pension recipients, low-income single-parent families, and basic livelihood security recipients, specifically those for whom online application is difficult and who have mobility difficulties. The city plans to have them receive disaster basic income before and after the Lunar New Year holiday
- 'Administrative order enforcing COVID-19 testing (health screening) for corporate dormitories and daily wage workers' issued - Of 10,240 target individuals, 7,054 tested...4 confirmed cases, remainder under testing
Pyeongtaek Mayor Jeong Jang-seon (left) presents an honorary citizen plaque to Kim In-guk, director of the Pyeongtaek SOFA Citizens Support Center. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Seo Dong-young Reporter] Pyeongtaek City presented an honorary citizen plaque to Kim In-guk, director of the Pyeongtaek SOFA Citizens Support Center, on the 28th at City Hall. The Pyeongtaek SOFA Citizens Support Center, a Foreign Ministry affiliate that opened in 2016, provides rapid initial response to incidents and accidents involving U.S. Forces in Korea in Pyeongtaek, customized citizen support, and development of civil-military relations between U.S. Forces in Korea and citizens…
- Intensive support for 15 items including ornamental flowers, apples, ginseng, and Chinese chives through selective customized agricultural policy projects - 347.1 billion won provided since 2004, strengthening competitiveness of region-specialized items and new income crops - Plan to conduct public recruitment for 2022 selective customized agricultural policy projects in the latter half of this year
- Activated emergency level 1 of Disaster and Safety Response Headquarters, checked response situations by each city and county. Urged active response
A view of the safety analysis room at Pyeongtaek City Agricultural Technology Center where Pyeongtaek City provides residual pesticide analysis services for agricultural product producers. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 27th that it will implement residual pesticide analysis services for agricultural product producers starting this year. In order to strengthen the safety of local agricultural products and supply safe agricultural products to citizens, the city established a safety analysis room at Pyeongtaek City Agricultural Technology Center last year and is now enabling full-scale services…
Kim Jin-sung, Director of Environment of Pyeongtaek City, announces fine dust levels. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City YouTube capture) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Fine dust concentration in Pyeongtaek City showed a 23.9% decrease compared to last year, marking the highest reduction rate in the province. This is a better figure than the national reduction rate of 17.4% and Gyeonggi Province's reduction rate of 17.7%. Pyeongtaek City announced '2020 Fine Dust Reduction Performance' with such content through a press briefing on the 26th
A view of Pyeongtaek Municipal Memorial Park. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 26th that it will operate visits to Pyeongtaek Municipal Memorial Park through an advance reservation system during the Lunar New Year holiday to prevent COVID-19 infection. The visitation period is 9 days from February 6th to 14th, and the reservation application period is 5 days from February 1st to 5th. Telephone reservations are only available on designated application days for desired visit dates. Reservations accommodate up to 4 people including the applicant. 50 people per hour…
Vaccinations conducted at regional vaccination centers and contracted medical institutions for preventive inoculations
T/F meeting scene. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City, based on its special characteristics as a U.S. Forces Korea station area, is working to create cultural urban spaces in front of U.S. military bases and at Pyeongtaek Station. The city held the '2nd T/F meeting for 5-year Plan Establishment for Creating a Young Culture Street' at Pyeongtaek City Hall on the 21st. City officials from the U.S.-Korea International Exchange Division, Culture and Arts Division, Tourism Division, Urban Regeneration Division, Sports Promotion Division, Food Policy Division, and Housing Division, and those from Pyeongtaek Station area improvement…
Pyeongtaek City Hall exterior. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City released its stance on the 20th regarding some controversy over the '9 billion won Expressway No. 1 Wind Forest Road Creation Project' conducted by Pyeongtaek Green City Project Office. Some are objecting, arguing that 'bidder eligibility for the project is limited to landscape construction companies, forest business corporations (urban forest creation), forestry cooperatives (regional cooperatives)·forestry cooperative central association, excluding landscape planting work which accounts for 80% of construction work.' The city stated that Pyeongtaek…
- 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
Pyeongtaek City Hall exterior. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young Reporter] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 18th that it is providing facility improvement funds for food manufacturing and processing businesses and food service businesses among sanitation facilities struggling due to prolonged COVID-19, as well as operating funds for exemplary restaurants and hygiene-graded businesses. The loan limit for food manufacturing and processing business production facility improvement funds is within 500 million won (20% self-funding), and facility improvement funds for food service businesses such as general and rest restaurants and bakeries…
Text message example. (Photo = Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily = Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek Vehicle Registration Office announced on the 15th that it will implement 'mobile electronic notice (SMS) service for fines on mandatory insurance non-subscription for automobiles and construction machinery' from January this year. The mobile electronic notice (SMS) service is a service where public institutions transmit notification messages to the mobile phones of automobile owners registered with the three telecom companies through linkage with credit information companies. The notification content includes notice of expiration of regular inspection periods, mandatory in…
Mayor Jeong Jang-seon (center) takes a commemorative photo with Jeong-dong Jeomchon residents in Pyeongtaek City. (Photo = Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily = Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek Mayor Jeong Jang-seon received a plaque of appreciation from Jeong-dong Jeomchon residents on the 13th. The residents, including the chairman of the Jeomchon Urban Regeneration Residents Council and other community members, presented the plaque of appreciation to Mayor Jeong Jang-seon for his dedicated efforts in original downtown regeneration and successfully leading the Urban Regeneration New Deal competition project. Mayor Jeong Jang-seon said, "Residents…
Mayor Jung Jang-seon participating in the campaign. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon participated in the 'Anticipating Local Autonomy' message challenge at his office on the 13th and said, "Pyeongtaek City will actively participate in local decentralization that creates an abundant life for citizens." The 'Anticipating Local Autonomy' challenge, with the full revision of the Local Autonomy Act and the Local Police Act passing the National Assembly on December 9 last year, marks the beginning of the 'Local Autonomy 2.0 era,' aimed at realizing resident-centered local autonomy and decentralization…
Pyeongtaek City Hall exterior view. (Photo = Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily = Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City continues to place in various external evaluations. Pyeongtaek City announced on the 13th that from July 2018 to the present, it has achieved 79 awards (17 in 2018, 26 in 2019, 36 in 2020) in evaluations by central ministries and Gyeonggi Province and other external organizations, securing 4.86 billion won in incentives. Among these, 61 are award achievements from credible central ministries and Gyeonggi Province. City, environment,…
Pyeongtaek City Hall exterior view. (Photo = Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily = Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 13th that it exceeded its local tax collection target last year. According to the city, local taxes collected from January to December last year totaled 1.2245 trillion won. This represents 110% of the original local tax collection target of 1.1174 trillion won. The breakdown of local taxes includes 614.8 billion won in provincial tax collection and 609.7 billion won in city tax collection. In the case of provincial taxes, large-scale construction in Deokdeok New City…
- Announced various policy plans from different sectors at New Year press briefing - Smart city construction, strengthening international city status, environment
