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Hadong in Yeongtong-gu, parts of Suji and Giheung-gu in Yongin to be confirmed in October after gathering opinions from city and provincial councils
Hadong in Yeongtong-gu, parts of Suji and Giheung-gu in Yongin to be confirmed in October after gathering opinions from city and provincial councils
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 2nd that it will expand installation of air quality measurement stations to effectively address air pollution issues. To this end, the province plans to expand the currently installed 58 measurement stations to 70 locations by 2010 and has suggested to the Ministry of Environment and others to provide partial budget support from the national treasury. The province will install stations in 3 locations including Suwon, Yongin, and Gwangju this year, in 3 locations including Goyang, Anseong, and Pyeongtaek next year, and after 2008 will expand to non-urban areas such as Gapyeong and Yeoncheon…
Seoul City 'refuses to accept traffic congestion expected'; Province states 'late rejection of traffic union vote decision is not acceptable'
Hwaseong Paltan Elementary School and Others Undertake 'Scrap Land Greening Project'
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…
Composition of dedicated private education task force by November … Reception of group applications for 30-40 people
Gyeonggi Regional Public Corporation, accepts complaints and objections until 13th… Compensation from May onwards… Total compensation amount likely to exceed 4 trillion won
Gyeonggi Province Local Government Officials Training Institute (Director Choi Moon-yong) announced on the 1st that it will conduct Korean language training for 20 officials from Guangdong Province, China for 4 weeks from the 3rd through the 30th. This training is based on the training agreement signed between Gyeonggi Province and China's Guangdong Province in October last year, and while the province provides Korean language education, it will also hold special lectures on administrative services and innovation, agricultural policy, and Korea's local autonomy. Additionally, the province will conduct…
East Suwon Tax Office handles Jangan-gu, Paldal-gu, Yeongtong-gu; Suwon Tax Office handles Gwonseon-gu, Osan, Hwaseong City
Participation by government agencies, NGOs, and residents from the 29th to 31st
Hwaseong City Dongtan-myeon Yeongcheon-ri and others—compensation negotiations beginning June
16 types of information including bloodline, producer, and breeding method put in barcode for distribution
Environmental disputes in Gyeonggi region last year saw a significant decrease compared to the previous year. According to the province on the 1st, the number of environmental dispute complaints filed last year due to noise and vibrations from reconstruction sites and apartment floors reached 22 cases, more than halving from 55 cases the previous year and also 10 cases fewer than in 2003. The reduction in dispute cases is attributed to the province encouraging negotiations prior to dispute filings and persuading unnecessary complainants…
Province's Land and Underground Facilities Compensation Likely to Exceed 3.7 Trillion Won - Pangyo New City Level Predicted as Land Prices Rise with Supply Prices
Gyeonggi Province, payment of childbirth incentives by municipal and county governments, etc.
Gyeonggi Province to break ground in June, construction to be completed in second half of next year
Gyeonggi-do announced on the 26th that it levied 6.7 million license tax cases totaling 9.97 billion won as regular payment this year. This is an increase of 930 million won from last year's levy of 9.07 billion won, accounting for 0.2% of the province's total local tax collection target. The main reason for the increase is that Yongin City, which was previously subject to tax rates as an 'other city,' now applies the tax rates of general districts with populations of 500,000 or more starting this year, resulting in a 300 million won increase. Additionally, new businesses moving into large shopping complexes and industrial complexes…
Research report on 'Gwanggyo Mountain green space preservation measures' warns overlapping regulations may trigger resident backlash
On the 19th, Gyeonggi Province stated that while the patent holder of germ-free pigs is separate, there are no legal issues in using it for research, and reiterated it will proceed with building the 'Hwang Woo-suk Bio Organ Research Center' without disruption. A provincial official said on that day that Professor Kim Yun-beom (76) of the University of Chicago Medical School, who first in the world created germ-free pigs and provided them to Professor Hwang Woo-suk's team, recently requested Seoul National University to prohibit the use of germ-free pigs, but after confirming with Seoul National University Professor Lee Byung-cheon, the germ-free pigs currently held by Seoul National University
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 13th that it has assigned 419 newly appointed firefighters to fire stations across the province. The new firefighters will be assigned to each fire station and then undergo a separate 10-week firefighting education and training program at the Fire Academy in Yongin covering fire suppression, emergency first aid, rescue and emergency medical services, and other skills. A firefighting official stated, "To prepare for increasing firefighting demand, we are raising the proportion of special recruitment to secure specialized personnel in firefighting-related fields such as IT, communications, and electrical systems…
Green area ratio of 45.5%…providing pleasant residential environment Establishing metropolitan transportation network connecting North Suwon to Yongin Sanghyeon Biotech center and other advanced research complexes to move in next year
24,000 units of apartments and detached houses to be supplied in first half of next year Commercial and entertainment district, advanced R&D center, administrative town to be established
As the 2005 Science paper fabrication scandal involving Seoul National University Professor Hwang Woo-suk spreads, concerns are growing that xenotransplantation research being pursued by Gyeonggi Province may face setbacks. According to the province on the 2nd, the province has attracted the 'Hwang Woo-suk Bioorganism Research Center' to Gwangyo Techno Valley in Uiui-dong, Suwon as a joint government-provincial investment to conduct xenotransplantation research with Professor Hwang involving transplanting organs from germ-free pigs to humans, and is preparing Gyeonggi Province Livestock Hygiene Research Institute livestock test farm in Namsa-myeon, Yongin City for...
Advanced R&D complex, metropolitan commercial and entertainment district, etc. to be completed December 2010