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Increased burden due to urban environment deterioration from residential complex development
Increased burden due to urban environment deterioration from residential complex development
Expansion of overcrowding surcharge system, partial easing of factory cap system; Capital Region Maintenance Committee approves third plan
Gyeonggi Province selected and announced winners of five categories for the 21st Gyeonggi Women's Award on the 26th. The awardees include ▲Outstanding Mother category Kim Jeom-soon (71, Changjeong-dong, Icheon) ▲Equality category Kim Soon-im (56, Changdong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon) ▲Volunteer Service category Lee Ok-hee (52, Ipseok-ri, Sudong-myeon, Namyangju) ▲Arts category Hong Yeon-hwa (44, Yatap-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam) ▲New Knowledge category Jang Geum-soon (53, Nangyang-dong, Uijeongbu). The province will hold…
Gyeonggi Green Foundation announced on the 24th that it will launch a 'scrap land greening project' that installs flower beds, nature learning centers, and traffic islands on small unused plots in daily life. The scrap land greening project creates small-scale parks by planting various trees and flowers on unused plots left vacant in residential areas, riversides, and roadsides. The foundation plans to implement greening projects on eight selected sites covering approximately 10,000 pyeong through a public contest. Accordingly, starting on the 25th at the riverside of Osan Stream in Opo-eup, Gwangju-si, National Route…
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 10th that it will operate camps for entire families during summer vacation and is recruiting private contractors to run them. Applicants must be non-profit organizations, groups, or schools with principal offices in the southern Gyeonggi region, and can submit business plans and applications by the 19th to the Province's Family and Women Policy Division. The camps will be divided into three zones—Suwon, Seongnam, and Bucheon—and operated twice each over two days and one night during the July-August summer vacation period. …
Suwon City achieved back-to-back championships at the 52nd Gyeonggi Province Sports Festival held in Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province. Over three days from the 2nd to the 4th, Suwon City finished first in nine events including swimming, tennis, and judo at the 52nd Provincial Citizens Sports Festival, earning a combined score of 28,576 points and surpassing Seongnam City (21,631 points) to achieve consecutive titles. Following back-to-back wins at this provincial sports festival and the 2025 provincial sports festival hosted…
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 26th that it will begin passport issuance operations in Bundang-gu, Seongnam City and Ilsandong-gu, Goyang City starting June 1st, expanding the number of passport issuance agencies in the province to four. Passport issuance services for Gyeonggi Province with a population of 10.85 million had been handled at only two locations—the passport civil affairs office at the provincial headquarters and the second government office in Uijeongbu—causing citizens inconvenience as it takes approximately one month from application to issuance. With two additional passport issuance agencies, the Goyang area and…
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 19th that it decided to create flower beds at major social welfare facilities in the province to promote flower consumption and create a bright atmosphere. Accordingly, the province will create flower beds from the 19th through the 2nd of next month at a total of 11 facilities including five child welfare facilities such as Gyeongdong Won in Suwon City, three elderly care facilities such as Jungseong Elderly Home in Seongnam City, and three disability care facilities such as Dongbang Child Rehabilitation Center in Pyeongtaek City. For each facility, the province will plant various flowers including salvias and chrysanthemums within…
Gyeonggi Province to additionally install in Hwaseong and 5 other locations
Hwaseong City Dongtan-myeon Yeongcheon-ri and others—compensation negotiations beginning June
63 locations including Suwon Provincial Government building and Bongdam-Gwacheon road
Gyeonggi Province to additionally install 13 locations including Homaesil and Mangpo-dong by 2009
Bus service expansion·taxi ban lifted·village bus additional deployment
Hwaseong Jangan 1, 2 Complex, etc. developed as 'foreign advanced enterprises', Suwon Gwanggyo Techno Valley fostered as 'R&D cluster'
Health and Welfare Minister Yu Si-min visited the National Health Insurance Service Gyeongin Headquarters in Suwon City on the morning of the 17th and received a briefing on the progress of the first phase pilot project of long-term care insurance for seniors aged 65 and older on basic livelihood support in six cities, counties, and districts including Suwon City. Minister Yu then visited Suwon Municipal Senior Care Facility, toured the facility, met with seniors, and wrote in the guestbook: "Together in the world, I will make a warm Korea." In particular, he stated that 'introducing long-term care insurance is…
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 1st its plan to newly hire approximately 1,000 local government officials at grades 7-9 this year. By job category, the province will recruit approximately 850 officials through open recruitment including 470 in administration, 73 in civil engineering, 63 in information systems, 45 in social welfare, 40 in public health, etc., with 69 grade-7 positions, an increase of 36 from last year's 33, and 29 grade-8 positions in nursing to be filled respectively. Additionally, the province plans to recruit approximately 150 officials in special categories such as environment, cadastral survey, research and guidance at grades 7-9 through special recruitment…
940 people selected for customized recruitment matching job seekers and corporate demand … providing employment opportunities
Research report on 'Gwanggyo Mountain green space preservation measures' warns overlapping regulations may trigger resident backlash
11,527 vehicles daily … impact of economic slowdown leading to avoidance of private vehicle use
Environmental groups point out "indiscriminate marine dumping by government agencies" Suwon City "plans to install recycling drying facility by 2008"
Second among local governments in province … facing risk of 'debt-ridden city' stigma
At the Suwon City Council extraordinary session on the 17th, upon deliberation of the ordinance bill, opening scheduled for April next year … providing global lifestyle and culture experience
Province, 97% of property tax assessments are for business use… difficult to confirm residential use through individual visits
Province to invest 16.7 billion won in Suwon, Seongnam, Yongin by September next year School zone improvements in chronic congestion areas including Tapdong and Dangsucheo Elementary School
80,000 people influx including 6,576 households in Suwon … raising urban issues, proposing development measures for capital region priority to 8 government agencies
Province to improve 55 sites including bypass road construction at Suwon Station
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 18th that the number of reports of damages from forced mobilization during Japanese colonial rule reached a final tally of 19,030 in the first round of intake. The Truth Commission on Forced Mobilization Damages Under Japanese Colonial Rule received reports totaling 19,030 people—16,933 from overseas and 2,097 from domestic—through Gyeonggi Province and 31 cities and counties from February to June. By region, Ansan had the most with 1,296 reports, followed by Bucheon with 1,152, and Suwon and Goyang each with 1,…