- From local currency discount partner stores to good shops that promote mutual prosperity with neighbors. Available at various locations - Additional discount benefits at partner stores from 1-10%...Siheung Barajee Market, Saenghwal Ssok. Yongin Deux Ranches Bakery recommended
- 486,000 people aged 11 to 18 with Gyeonggi Province addresses...first showcased this year in Yeoju City - participating municipalities and districts to receive provincial funding up to 30% of project costs. total of 64 billion won planned investment - Province to establish detailed project plans this month. requesting coordination with Ministry of Health and Welfare on new social security system
- First Vice Governor Kim Hee-gyeom ordered: 'Prepare thoroughly to prevent additional damage while promptly implementing damage recovery and restoration'
- Areas heavily impacted by heavy rain...support of 50 million won each for emergency recovery and preemptive preparations in 24 cities and counties - Deputy Governor Kim Hee-gyeom urges: "Mobilize all available resources and work to recover as quickly as possible"
- 'Real Estate Transaction Order Assistants'...20 people hired in the second half by Gyeonggi Province Government and 8 cities including Suwon, 2 additional hires planned - Contributing to establishing fair and transparent real estate transaction order and job creation
- Tracking ambulances with GPS, providing green signals in advance to safely pass through intersections - Severe patients reach general hospitals anywhere in Suwon City within 10 minutes - Fire authorities request installation on fire trucks... local governments flood in with inquiries and support requests…
- Gyeonggi Urban Market and Commerce Promotion Foundation, Gyeonggi Environmental Energy Promotion Foundation, Gyeonggi Provincial Social Service Agency, etc. - Announcement released collectively for procedural speed and uniformity of selection plans - Targeting 17 cities and counties in northern Gyeonggi, border areas, natural conservation zones, etc.
- 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
Jo Myeong-ja, Chair of the Military-afflicted Districts Council and Speaker of the Suwon City Council (center), is submitting opinions on noise damage compensation laws for military airfields to the Ministry of Defense on the 29th. (Photo=Suwon City Council) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] The National Federation of Local Councils for Joint Response to Military Airfield Damage (Chair Jo Myeong-ja, Speaker of Suwon City Council, hereinafter Military-afflicted Districts Council) submitted opinions on 'Enforcement Decree/Rules (Draft) of the Act on Noise Prevention and Damage Compensation for Military Airfields and Military Shooting Ranges' to the Ministry of Defense on the afternoon of the 29th. Last year…
Complex cultural space for coexistence of people and animals...Built in two zones (A and B) on a 165,000 square meter site in Sanggeo-dong, Yeoju City. Pet culture center, protection facility, camping ground, memorial hall, management facility to be established...Construction to begin in the first half of this year. 'Wildlife Ecological Observatory' to be built in Pyeongtaek, 'Wildlife Rescue Management Center' in Yeoncheon
Gyeonggi Province evaluated 2019 local tax delinquency collection and tax delinquency management team operations; supports 300 million won in project funding to 9 cities and counties including Yongin
Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon (left) met with Minister of Environment Jo Myung-rae on the 13th. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Local government heads from the 'Fine Dust Joint Response Council' including Pyeongtaek City visited the office of the Minister of Environment at the Government Complex in Sejong on the 13th and met with Minister Jo Myung-rae to request active cooperation and support on fine dust issues. Attending were Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon, Yeoju Mayor Lee Hang-jin, Dangjin Mayor Kim Hong-jang, and Seosan Mayor Maeng Jung-ho. Established in December last year, the 'Gyeonggi…
On the 10th, Pyeongtaek City Hall held 'Business Agreement Ceremony for Joint Fine Dust Response between Gyeonggi and South Chungcheong'
On the 22nd, 'Local Government Council for Energy Policy Transition' holds meeting at the National Assembly and proposes improvement of legal infrastructure
'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
Gyeonggi Provincial Government building exterior(Photo=Gyeonggi Province) [Suwon Daily=Park Noh-hoon] The '2019 Basic Income Public Deliberation Sympathy Concert' will be held at 2 p.m. on the 31st in Conference Room 1 of the Gyeonggi Provincial Government New Building with approximately 200 attendees including provincial residents, heads of basic local governments, provincial councilors, and relevant experts. This Sympathy Concert was prepared to share the results and significance of the public deliberation conducted for the first time in Gyeonggi Province and to expand public sympathy regarding basic income, the agenda of the public deliberation. The Sympathy Concert
Contains content of '8 types of regulations' for solving national issues such as balanced national development, military, and water
The areas under the most severe regulations in Gyeonggi Province are seven cities and counties in eastern Gyeonggi including Gwangju, Yangpyeong, Gapyeong, Yeoju, Icheon, Namyangju, and Yongin. The seven cities and counties designated as the Paldang Special Countermeasure Area in 1990 have an area of 2,097㎢, accounting for 21% of the total provincial area and approximately 3.5 times the area of Seoul. In this region, installation of factories, aquaculture farms, lodging facilities, restaurants, livestock facilities, and wastewater discharge facilities of certain scales or larger is prohibited. Gyeonggi Province has been imposing regional regulations in this manner…
Uijeongbu 1-dong (Head Kim Tae-wan) installed a vine tunnel steel structure at the entrance of the community center on the 23rd. As a special policy project for 2017 planned since last year, it took the first step in providing residents with a cool and enjoyable sight during the hot summer. The project involves erecting a tunnel steel structure in the entrance section of the building (20m length × 3m width), planting vining plants such as bottle gourds, loofah gourds, and bitter melon to provide a healing space for residents, and for daycare centers in the district…
Gyeonggi Province Governor Nam Kyung-pil said that relocation of the capital could be a fundamental measure for rationalizing Seoul metropolitan area regulations. Governor Nam, presiding over a "Dialogue Among National Assembly Members, Mayors, and County Heads in the Eastern Region" at Pangyo Startup Campus at 10 a.m. on the 29th, said "I believe the fundamental solution to Seoul metropolitan area regulations is capital relocation." Governor Nam further stated "If we don't devise a win-win strategy between the Seoul metropolitan area and non-metropolitan areas, rationalization of Seoul metropolitan area regulations will remain merely a slogan"…
Nine cities and counties where Gangwon Province and Gyeonggi Province's administrative boundaries meet have reached a joint agreement on mutual communication and sustainable exchange and cooperation. On the 7th, Gangwon and Gyeonggi provinces held a 'Gangwon-Gyeonggi Win-Win Cooperation Forum' with participating cities and counties at Chuncheon KT&G Sangsang Madang. The forum was attended by nine local governments: Chuncheon, Wonju, Hoengseong, and Cheorwon from Gangwon Province and Yeoju, Yangpyeong, Pocheon, Gapyeong, and Yeoncheon from Gyeonggi Province, which share borders. Choe Moon-soon, Gangwon Province governor, Nam Gyeong-pil, Gyeonggi Province governor, and Kim Si-sung from Gangwon Province...
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 10th that it will recruit 326 ninth-grade social welfare staff. This includes 255 general positions, 20 for persons with disabilities, 19 for low-income individuals, and 32 part-time positions. Part-time positions involve working 20 hours per week and 4 hours per day, with the ability to select work hours according to job characteristics and individual needs. By city and county: Suwon 25, Goyang 30, Seongnam 11, Yongin 17, Bucheon 12, Ansan 17, Namyangju 18, Anyang 9, Hwaseong 25,
Ninety-six point 657 kilometers of unreasonably designated road frontage zones in 18 cities and counties within Gyeonggi Province will be lifted. Gyeonggi Province announced on the 1st that "as part of its regulatory rationalization policy, it will promote the lifting of unreasonable road frontage zones totaling 96.657 kilometers in 18 cities and counties within the province, including Suwon and Uijeongbu." Road frontage zones are designated within a certain distance from road boundaries to prevent damage to road structure or danger. Previously, road frontage zones have not reflected changes in surrounding circumstances since their establishment...
Gyeonggi-do announced on the 23rd that it conducted special crackdowns on environmental pollution from June 6 to 17 targeting 15 food and beverage manufacturers and 5 wastewater treatment operators in the province, identified 4 operators, and issued administrative penalties including improvement orders. Company D, a milk processing operator in Suwon, was caught discharging wastewater with returned milk and similar materials while exceeding the daily permitted amount of 1,800 tons by 200 tons, and Company K, a beverage manufacturer in Yeoju, was…
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 12th that it will provide subsidies covering up to 100% of the early scrapping costs for old diesel vehicles. The province plans to invest 23.4 billion won this year to encourage early scrapping of approximately 19,000 old diesel vehicles manufactured before the end of June 2002 that emit high levels of pollutants. Eligible vehicles for early scrapping subsidies are those manufactured before the end of June 2002 and must not have previously received subsidies for emissions reduction device installation or low-emission engine modification costs...
Concludes 7-day, 10-day visit to U.S.… Abundant results from local diplomacy including successful reciprocal visit from Virginia governor
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 3rd that it will provide emergency support of 1.4 billion won in drought response funds to 8 cities and counties. The relevant cities and counties are Icheon, Yeoju, Pocheon, Paju, Yeoncheon, Gapyeong, Gimpo, and Yangpyeong, which are regions with low water storage rates or where drought damage to upland crops is anticipated. As of the end of last month, the average precipitation in the province was 484 millimeters, only 72% of the normal precipitation (667 millimeters), and the water storage rate of agricultural reservoirs was also 47%, falling short of the normal storage rate (78%). Drought response funds are allocated to alternative water source development and simple...
Gyeonggi Province operates cultural heritage care classes during school breaks
Establishment of Gyeonggi Safety Office, training of 100,000 safety volunteers, construction of Gyeonggi Safety Theme Park, introduction of safety reporting system
GTX 19 railway lines, Godeok Industrial Complex infrastructure development, DMZ tourism resource activation, etc. reflected
