- Establishing 'standard cost criteria for culling service by livestock type and processing method' to be provided to municipalities and counties - Recommending inclusion of provincial companies in selection of landfill restoration contractors - Verifying compliance with euthanasia principles including mandatory deployment of livestock quarantine officers
- Capital Region Tourism Promotion Council (Gyeonggi, Seoul, Incheon, Gangwon, Chungbuk) pursuing joint tourism promotion projects - Five cities/provinces each sharing 50 million won in project costs, implementing rotational projects, 2021 led by Gyeonggi-do - Planned to focus on developing high-value emerging markets in preparation for tourism recovery in second half, integrated promotion of capital region
Online meeting of the Innovation Education Local Government Council. [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] The Innovation Education Local Government Council (Chairman Gwak Sang-wook, Mayor of Osan City), a local government organization for regional educational innovation, held its 2021 Innovation Education Local Government Council working meeting online on the 19th. The Innovation Education Local Government Council was founded in 2018. Local governments implementing innovative education gather to hold education-related policy briefings, regional forums, and education…
- Government and Democratic Party, decision and announcement on lifting military facility protection zone restrictions at party-government coordination meeting on 14th - 10,073,293㎡ area of military facility protection zone lifted in 4 border cities/counties in province - Lee Jae-myung: "The defining issue of our times is fairness, and special sacrifices must be met with special compensation"
- Hong Young-pyo, chairman of the Very Good Local Government Committee, Kim Jung-seok, president of Gangwon Domin Ilbo, and Lee Jae-eun, director of Goyang City Policy Research Institute appointed
- Budget increased by 2 billion won compared to previous year...expanding freshwater capacity and operational period of forest fire extinguishing helicopters - Implementing 'golden time system' with goal of firefighting helicopters arriving at site within 30 minutes of fire outbreak - 208 cases occurred, the most nationwide, but damage minimized at 0.25ha per case
- Achieved excellent results including athlete Woo Hyung-won's ascension to Hanla Jangsa, raising city image
- Airing on JTBC...famous idol and expert travel 155 miles introducing various attractions including Pyeongwha-nuri Trail - Providing opportunity for younger generation to reflect on values of peace and reunification through DMZ travel
Exterior view of Pyeongtaek City Hall. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] On the 7th, Pyeongtaek City held a media briefing to announce performance results and future plans for revitalizing secondary financial institutions in the region, which are facing difficulties due to prolonged economic downturn and COVID-19. In Pyeongtaek, there are 43 primary financial institutions including NH Nonghyup, KB Kookmin, and Shinhan Bank, and 71 secondary financial institutions including regional agricultural cooperatives, credit unions, savings banks, and fisheries cooperatives. The city…
Osan City COVID-19 overcoming video capture. [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young Reporter] Osan City announced on the 3rd that it has begun non-contact online exchanges with domestic and international sister cities in line with the post-COVID era. With physical movement limited among countries worldwide due to COVID-19, the city produced a video containing wishes to overcome COVID-19 and messages of support and delivered it to domestic and international sister cities. As part of non-contact exchanges, the project promoted by the city reflects the weariness of the prolonged COVID-19 domestically…
Suwon City Hall exterior. (Photo=Suwon Daily News) [Suwon Daily News=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City was selected as an 'Outstanding Institution for 2020 Gender Impact Assessment' and will receive commendation from the Minister of Gender Equality and Family. The selection of outstanding institutions for gender impact assessment, overseen by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, honors institutions and individuals who have contributed to revitalizing the gender impact assessment system. Targeting previous year's comprehensive gender impact assessment results, evaluations include ▲analysis and assessment performance ▲degree of policy and institutional improvement ▲analysis and assessment education ▲institutionalization level, etc. This year, 226…
Jecheon-Yeongwol East-West Expressway location map. (Source=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young Reporter] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 28th that it actively welcomes, together with 530,000 residents, the passage of the Jecheon~Yeongwol East-West Expressway construction project (29.0km) through the Ministry of Strategy and Finance's preliminary feasibility study. The East-West Expressway project is a 250km long road connecting Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi-do and Samcheok City, Gangwon-do, with ▲2008 Seopyeongtaek Junction~Chungbuk Eumseong section ▲2013 Eumseong~Chungju section ▲2015 Chungju~Jecheon section, etc.
Yeom Tae-young, chairman of the Korean Mayors and Governors Association.(Photo=Suwon City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] The Korean Mayors and Governors Association (hereinafter referred to as the National Association), with Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young as chairman, expressed concern on the 20th regarding the pattern of regional infections centered on Seoul spreading nationwide, and appealed for active public participation to prevent large-scale secondary waves. The National Association began spreading from Love First Church and the August 15 Liberation Day rally at Gwanghwamun on the 15th
- Completed construction on 2㏊...citizen tree-planting event to be promoted depending on COVID-19 situation
- Provincial Special Investigation Team caught a group on the 19th in Gimpo loading balloons, helium gas canisters, and Bible books onto a vehicle - Unified into police investigation in coordination with Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency... Transferred all crackdown data in referral format - Province announces strengthened crackdowns on anti-North leaflet distribution activities... "Strong response including arrest at scene if distribution act is detected"
- Issued statement on 8th...explained multiple meanings of Hantan River and pledged "to develop Korea's representative attractions"
Korean Mayors and Governors Association issues emergency statement on 20th, urges government to unify qualification standards and support scale and expedite assistance
Suwon City-Sokcho City-Korean Residents Association of Suwon in Gangwon Business Agreement...reforestation on 3㏊ area
Helping other cities during crises...Gangneung typhoon damage in October last year, Goseong wildfire in April, etc.
Operating city and district collaborative tracking mobile unit...measures including license plate impoundment and towing
Selected as outstanding metropolitan autonomous entity with Busan and others Visited on-site with leaders of administrative and community divisions among 31 cities/counties in province Identified 73 at-risk children and connected them with welfare services
Visited Jeolla Province on the 4th...held site visits as well as discussions
- 16 basic local government heads announced government determination resolution Requesting composition of nationwide cooperative body for law enactment promotion
Malaria cases from January to end of September this year (275 cases) decreased by 20 compared to the same period last year (295 cases)
Delivered 1,180 bags of 10kg rice...procured by saving monthly salary
'Q2 Suwon City Integrated Defense Council' urging to committee members
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…
Governor Nam Kyeong-pil of Gyeonggi Province will sign a mutual prosperity agreement with Jeollanam-do following Gangwon-do and Jeju-do. According to Gyeonggi Province on the 3rd, Jeollanam-do Governor Lee Nak-yon and Jeollanam-do National Assembly Speaker Myeong Hyun-gwan will visit Pangyo Techno Valley Startup Campus on the 9th to sign the 'Gyeonggi Province-Jeollanam-do Mutual Prosperity Cooperation' agreement with Gyeonggi Province Governor Nam Kyeong-pil and Gyeonggi Province National Assembly Speaker Yun Hwa-seop. The agreement includes ▲Promotion of establishment of solar power plants for regional coexistence and sharing, ▲Accommodation of university students from areas near Jeollanam-do nuclear power plants in Ttabок dormitories…
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…
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...
