About 20% of actual performance ticket purchase prices to be refunded via prepaid regional currency cards Gyeonggi Province's first among public institutions… Including regional currencies from 28 cities and counties in the province
Public project application deadline on the 1st...applications received in Ansan, Yongin, Seongnam, Bucheon
Governor Lee Jae-myung Governor Lee Jae-myung of Gyeonggi Province announced his final position to SBS and the production team of 'Wanting to Know That' and signaled legal action. Governor Lee's side stated in a position released via SNS on the 3rd, "SBS and the 'Wanting to Know That' production director produced the broadcast without properly grasping facts that could have been easily confirmed," and argued, "The essential issue is whether the contents presented as the basis for organized crime involvement in the broadcast are 'facts'." Furthermore, "S
Gyeonggi Province Mayor-County Commissioner Meeting Gyeonggi Province and 31 cities and counties have agreed to establish a standing policy coordination body that can discuss major policy formulation and implementation measures and seek conflict resolution methods. Governor Lee Jae-myung of Gyeonggi Province and mayors and county commissioners from within the province held the first mayor-county commissioner meeting of the 7th elected term at Good Morning House on the 24th and adopted a governance resolution containing contents including 'establishment and operation of a policy cooperation committee.' The meeting was attended by 30 mayors and county commissioners, excluding Seongnam City.
Gyeonggi Province Government building exterior. The conflict between Gyeonggi Province and Seongnam City over Seongnam City's three major free welfare policies, which had dragged on for over 2 years and 6 months, came to a temporary conclusion with the launch of the 7th elected term of Gyeonggi Province. Gyeonggi Province announced that Governor Lee Jae-myung instructed the Legal Affairs Division on the 2nd to withdraw Gyeonggi Province's lawsuit filed with the Supreme Court regarding 'the free public postpartum care facility establishment and operation project, free school uniforms support project, and youth dividends payment project among Seongnam City's 2016 budget proposal.' This was his first work directive after taking office. Lee
The restriction on operation of aged diesel vehicles, previously implemented only in Seoul, will be expanded from July to aged diesel vehicles registered in 17 cities within Gyeonggi Province including Suwon and Goyang, and vehicle owners should be cautious. Authority for approval of urban regeneration activation plans will be delegated from governors to mayors in major cities with populations of 500,000 or more, accelerating the pace of urban regeneration projects. We introduce major administrative systems and policies in Gyeonggi Province that will change from July. ※ Policies applicable only to Gyeonggi Province are marked with (Gyeonggi) next to the title ▲
Suwon City ranked 2nd in the 'Group I' category as of the end of September 2017 in the current year's administrative fine collection performance evaluation conducted by Gyeonggi Province for 31 cities and counties. Suwon City's administrative fine collection rate as of the end of September was 69.25%, a difference of 0.38%p from Yongin City which ranked 1st (69.63%). As of the end of September, Suwon City's administrative fine imposed amount was 17.1 billion 315 million won, and the collection amount was 11.8 billion 4.471 million won. The collection rate increased by 7.2%p compared to the same period last year
Anyang City urban regeneration activation area Gyeonggi Province recently conducted a review of urban regeneration strategy plans submitted by Seongnam and Anyang cities and granted final approval on the 26th. Accordingly, the number of urban regeneration project target areas within Gyeonggi Province increased from 5 in Bucheon and 7 in Pyeongtaek to a total of 36, including 17 in Seongnam and 7 in Anyang. The 'Urban Regeneration Strategy Plan' is an urban planning project aimed at revitalizing old downtown areas facing difficulties due to narrow roads and aged buildings, which began in 2013
The preliminary vote count for Gyeonggi Province in the 19th presidential election held on the 9th was 77.1%, provisionally tallied. This figure is 0.1 percentage points lower than the national average vote rate of 77.2%, with Gyeonggi Province's various election vote rates falling below national averages for decades. The Central Election Commission's provisional vote rate as of 8 p.m. that day shows 7,916,780 voters out of a total of 10,262,309 eligible voters in Gyeonggi Province voted, recording a 77.1% vote rate…
Seongnam Mayor Lee Jae-myung, who declared his presidential candidacy, announced eight animal protection pledges on the 20th, saying "Animals are not objects but living beings, and their lives deserve to be respected." Mayor Lee opened his remarks, saying, "Recalling our 'Happiness,' which has become Seongnam City's cute mascot, I would appreciate it if you could carefully review these policies established with sincerity." Mayor Lee said, "'Happiness' was dramatically rescued just before being slaughtered at an edible dog farming facility, following a report from a neighboring resident,"
Promotional image of Mayor Lee Jae-myung's public healthcare pledge. Seongnam Mayor Lee Jae-myung, a Democratic Party presidential primary candidate, announced public healthcare policy on the 17th, stating that the public nature of South Korean medicine should be further strengthened. At the construction site of Seongnam City Public Medical Center that day, Mayor Lee stated, "We have painfully felt the importance of public healthcare through experiencing the MERS crisis." Mayor Lee said, "No matter what prefix is attached, healthcare privatization is when hospitals treat patients for profit…
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…
Forum participants take commemorative photo at 'legislative discussion forum on special exceptions for major cities with population over 1 million.' On the 25th, a 'legislative discussion forum on special exceptions for major cities with population over 1 million' was held at the National Assembly Members' Hall. The forum was hosted by Suwon-area National Assembly members and co-hosted by 6 cities promoting special metropolitan status including Suwon, Goyang, Seongnam, Yongin in Gyeonggi Province, Changwon in South Gyeongsangnam-do, and Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province, and was held in Conference Room 1 of the National Assembly Members' Hall. The forum held Sim Dae-
Seongnam City, Suwon City, and Hwaseong City filed a constitutional complaint with the Constitutional Court on the 27th regarding whether a part of the government's revised enforcement decree on the Local Finance Act is unconstitutional. The heads of these three municipal governments cited Article 117, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution, which stipulates that regulations on autonomy can be established within the scope of laws, as the specific reason for the petition, arguing "autonomous financial authority is formed and limited by laws enacted by the National Assembly," and "this enforcement decree revision is unconstitutional." Additionally, "fiscal"
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,'…
Four Buddhist organization heads belonging to the Democratic Party released a statement regarding the Ministry of Interior and Safety's plan to hold a 'organizational leaders' vision forum' led by the director of the Local Government Administration Training Institute on the 6th, appealing to Democratic Party local government heads not to participate in the forum. Yeon Tae-young, Mayor of Suwon, along with Choi Sung, Mayor of Goyang, Lee Jae-myung, Mayor of Seongnam, and Chae In-seok, Mayor of Hwaseong, released a statement on the 4th stating, "The local finance reorganization plan contains deceptive content attributing responsibility for local financial deterioration to the 6 Buddhist-affiliated local governments…
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
The National Association of Metropolitan Mayors (chairman Lee Seok-woo, Namyangju Mayor) held its 4th regular meeting in Ansan City on the 9th and voted on 7 proposals including expansion of local finances. The proposal on 'opposition to local finance reform and expansion of local finances' suggested by Seongnam City was amended and voted as 'expansion of local finances' proposal based on modification opinions from other member municipal heads. In addition, the 'Amendment to School Health Act Enforcement Decree' proposed by Goyang City, which includes adding radiation equipment manufacturers to the regulatory target, among others
Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young and Hwaseong Mayor Chae In-seok undertake 24-hour fasts
Six Gyeonggi Province local government heads (Suwon, Yongin, Hwaseong, Gwacheon, Seongnam, Goyang) began relay one-person protests starting the 31st, demanding withdrawal of the government's local finance restructuring plan. Gwacheon Mayor Shin Gye-yong held a one-person protest in front of the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul and in front of the Government Complex from around 2 p.m. that day. If the Ministry of Interior Affairs' local finance restructuring plan proceeds as originally drafted, Gwacheon is projected to experience a financial decrease of over 40 billion won due to reduced allocations of municipal and county adjustment grants. June
Abolition of special adjustment grant provision and conversion of corporate local income tax to joint taxation
Gyeonggi Governor Nam Kyung-pil expressed his position that the government's local finance restructuring initiative 'does not align with the current administration's state governance policy and there are concerns about short-term gains at the expense of long-term interests.' While six local governments in Gyeonggi Province including Suwon, Seongnam, Yongin, Goyang, Hwaseong, and Gwacheon have been opposing the government's local finance restructuring, the province had not previously stated an official position. At the Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly's 310th extraordinary session plenary meeting on the 11th, Governor Nam stated that 'regarding the government's local finance system improvement plan including adjustment grants,
Six local government heads of Suwon, Yongin, Seongnam, Goyang, Hwaseong, and Gwacheon, opposing the government's local finance reform, visited the National Assembly on the 11th to urge the halt of reform initiatives. Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young, Yongin Mayor Chung Chin-min, Seongnam Mayor Lee Jae-myung, Goyang Mayor Choi Sung, Hwaseong Mayor Chae In-seok, and Gwacheon Mayor Shin Gye-yong held a joint press conference at the National Assembly Press Hall in Yeouido, Seoul that day, stating 'if the implementation plan is carried out, all six cities will face budget cuts of over 800 billion won…'
At the "Gyeonggi Province-Jeollanam-do Mutual Prosperity Cooperation Agreement Ceremony" held at the Seongnam Startup Campus on the morning of the 9th, Gyeonggi Province Governor Nam Kyeong-pil and Jeollanam-do Governor Lee Nak-yon are taking a commemorative photo with officials from both organizations. Gyeonggi Province and Jeollanam-do signed a mutual prosperity agreement on the 9th to cooperate in 9 areas including education, business, agriculture, and youth exchange. The mutual prosperity agreement with a metropolitan local government is the 3rd since Nam's inauguration as Gyeonggi Province Governor. In April 2015, Governor Nam signed an agreement with Choi Moon-soon, Governor of Gangwon-do, and in August of that year with…
Candidate Park Won-seok (Justice Party, Suwon District) announced policy pledges on the 30th consisting of student safety, women's safety, family safety, and safety education. Candidate Park's first safety-related policy pledge is to establish an 'eco-friendly school improvement grant' within the education finance transfer payments that the central government provides to local governments to local autonomous entities, enabling students to learn in safe school environments. According to Park's candidate's confirmation with the Gyeonggi Province Office of Education, as of last year, Suwon has 388 kindergartens and elementary, middle, and high schools…
Candidate Park Won-seok (Justice Party, Suwon-jeong, photo) announced on the 24th that his first pledge, "Zero resident inconvenience, Park Won-seok's small promise for Yeongdong," will push forward with opening a passport civil affairs office in Yeongdong. According to candidate Park, there are currently 2 passport civil affairs offices in Suwon near Gyeonggi-do Provincial Government and World Cup Stadium, but on days when passport issuance applications are congested, even on weekdays not just after holidays, people must wait over an hour at the passport service counter. The reason is that Suwon's demand for passport issuance is…
The Gyeonggi Province Mayors and Governors Council held its 7th regular meeting in the 6th popular election term at Seongnam City Hall on the 18th and discussed pending issues and improvement measures. The meeting, attended by 25 city mayors and governors, presented 10 agenda items including 'regularization of province-city/county discussion forums.' To promote mutual cooperation between Gyeonggi Province and cities/counties this year, the director of Gyeonggi Province's Autonomous Administration Bureau attended and engaged in communication on pending issues together. Additionally, Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency Commissioner Jeong Yong-seon attended…
Hwaseong City's resident registration population surpassed 600,000, outpacing Anyang City. According to '경기도 인구 및 세대현황' data as of the 11th, as of the end of last month, Hwaseong City's resident registration population was 3.1 million 233 for males and 2.9 million 979 for females, totaling 6 million 1,212 residents. This is the first time Hwaseong City's resident registration population has exceeded 600,000. It increased by 4,687 residents in one month from 5.96 million 525 in December last year. During the same period, Anyang City's resident registration population
