- Operates 'comprehensive holiday situation room' from 11th-14th...establishes immediate response system - Concentrates administrative efforts on quarantine measures and fields closely related to residents' lives to create safe and comfortable Lunar New Year - Promotes 10 field-specific measures including COVID-19 response, civil service processing, traffic transportation, livelihood stabilization, emergency medical care
Forest book café inside Barasan Natural Recreation Forest. (Photo=Uiwang City) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City installed 'forest book cafés' at four locations including the forest experience learning center, lodging building, and camping areas A and B of Barasan Natural Recreation Forest and provided approximately 750 books on the 6th. The forest book café at Barasan Natural Recreation Forest is a space where people meet, communicate, and heal through books as a medium in nature. At the forest experience learning center deck connected to walking trails…
Jo Seok-hwan, Chairman of Suwon City Council (second from left) visited Bada-ui Byeol, a social welfare facility. (Photo=Suwon City Council) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young] Chairman Jo Seok-hwan of Suwon City Council on the 5th visited medical institutions and social welfare facilities with Planning and Economy Committee Chairman Yang Jin-ha, Urban Environment Committee Chairman Lee Hyeon-gu, and Welfare and Safety Committee Chairman Lee Mi-kyung to encourage related personnel ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Chairman Jo Seok-hwan visited two screening clinics at Ajou University Hospital and Dong-Suwon Hospital and two social welfare facilities including Peacemaker of Mother and Bada-ui Byeol…
- Established 'Yongin City bicycle usage activation plan'
- Shared key business plans and related opinions for promoting public procurement of social economy by each institution
- Job creation for large-scale professional retirees from baby boomer generation and customized consulting support - Customized R&D and export channel consulting support reflecting participating companies' needs - Monthly consulting support of 4 or more times in online and offline formats for small and medium-sized enterprises
Yu Cheon-ho, Ganghwa County Governor presents special membership fee of 5 million won. (Photo=Ganghwa County) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young] County Governor Yu Cheon-ho on the 5th delivered 5 million won in 2021 special Red Cross membership fees to the Incheon Branch of the Korean Red Cross. The delivery ceremony was attended by County Governor Yu Cheon-ho, Kim Chang-nam, Chairman of the Korean Red Cross Incheon Branch, Hong Hui-ja, Standing Committee Member of the Red Cross Incheon Branch, Song Mi-young, Chairwoman of the Volunteer Association Ganghwa County Council, and Kim Jung-hee, General Affairs of the Volunteer Association Incheon Council. Red Cross membership fees…
Lee Beom-seon, Mayor of Jangan-gu (second from right) presents certification plaque to Kim Ok-jin, Representative of Ildiz Café. (Photo=Jangan-gu) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young] Jangan-gu, Suwon City designated 'Ildiz Café (Representative Kim Ok-jin)' located in Jowon-dong as the first 'Environmental Dream Milk Carton Factory,' a model business for recycling milk cartons, and attached a certification plaque on the 4th. The Environmental Dream Milk Carton Factory is a business promoted to expand milk carton recycling. Within the jurisdiction…
A meeting on measures for underground cabling of transmission towers in Naeson-dong is underway. (Photo = Uiwang City) [Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Seo Dong-young] On the 3rd, Uiwang City held a meeting with Korea Electric Power Corporation's Gyeonggi Branch and the Naeson-da District Redevelopment Association to discuss measures for underground cabling of transmission towers between Donganyang Substation and the Naeson-da District area. The underground cabling project for transmission towers between Donganyang Substation and Naeson-da District involves underground cabling of 154kV transmission towers and transmission lines that will remain after the completion of the Donganyang Substation indoor conversion project scheduled for completion in 2022. Total project section…
- From 8th to 31st of next month, targeting irrational regulations (laws and systems)…2 themes, 5 sectors
Cho Seok-hwan, chairman of Suwon City Council (second from right), is taking a commemorative photo with outstanding volunteers from the Suwon Senior Volunteer Association. (Photo=Suwon City Council) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Cho Seok-hwan, chairman of Suwon City Council, awarded commendations to three outstanding volunteers from the Suwon Senior Volunteer Association on the 4th at 'Eunjung Nae Restaurant' located in Omok-cheon-dong, Gwonseon-gu. The Suwon Senior Volunteer Association is a volunteer organization founded in 2015 by seven people. Currently, about 40 members provide services twice a month to about 40 elderly living alone in 20 dongs in the city
- Through RFA commentary, "We believe the law will be enforced while thoroughly adhering to human rights obligations" - Lee Jae-myung, Gyeonggi-do Governor, welcomes "the UN Secretary-General's expression of confidence" through official statement
- From the 5th, reduction (refund) application reception at district offices where the relevant buildings are located
Suwon City officials are participating in the '2021 Multicultural-related Organizations Online Communication Meeting.' (Photo=Suwon City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City held an online '2021 Multicultural-related Organizations Communication Meeting' on the 4th and discussed support measures for multicultural families and foreign residents. The meeting was attended by Kim Mi-suk, director of the city's Multicultural Policy Division, and officials from eight organizations including Suwon City Foreign Resident Welfare Center, Multicultural Family Support Center, and Global Youth Dream Center. The city
General view of Ganghwa County Office. (Photo=Ganghwa County) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Ganghwa County announced that it distributed KF94 masks, 5 masks per person, to county residents three to four days before the Lunar New Year holiday period to prevent COVID-19 inflow into the region. The county has set the period until the 14th as special quarantine measures for the holiday in line with government's special quarantine plans, focusing efforts on reinforced daily quarantine management including refraining from visiting hometowns and relatives and prohibiting private gatherings of five or more people. Additionally, during the Lunar New Year holiday
General view of Osan City Hall. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 4th that it will implement a water pipe improvement project support business with a budget of 105 million won this year for households experiencing inconveniences in tap water use due to aging pipes. The support targets are old houses of 20 years or more with internal water supply pipes constructed with non-corrosion-resistant materials such as galvanized steel pipes causing rust water, single-family and multi-unit dwellings and apartment complexes with a total floor area of 130㎡ or less. The support amount per household
Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon (center, yellow tie) welcomes the Supreme Court's decision. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] On the 4th, Pyeongtaek City expressed welcome to the Supreme Court's decision of "dismissal" in the lawsuit to cancel the jurisdiction decision on the Pyeongtaek-Dangjin New Landfill filed by the South Chungcheong Province Governor (and 2 others: Dangjin and Asan Cities) (Supreme Court Case No. 2015Su528). The Supreme Court Special Division 1 ruled on the jurisdiction decision for the Pyeongtaek-Dangjin Port New Landfill over the past 5 years and 8 months
- Amending the Public Officials Ethics Act to expand the application of the real estate blank trust system to those subject to asset registration obligations (civil officials of grade 4 or higher) - Proposing the need to expand application of stock blank trust system similarly to real estate for those subject to asset registration obligations
- Number of e-book loans in 2020 nearly doubled compared to 2019 - Student curriculum-related support materials ranked high in loans, comprising 50% of all student users
Screen showing authenticated access through Osan City's Ansimcall Access Management System. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Since the 2nd, Osan City has operated the 'Ansimcall Access Management System' at 40 locations including Osan City Hall and six administrative welfare centers. The Ansimcall Access Management System assigns a six-digit number starting with 14 (140000), and when calling this number, the access time is automatically recorded and authenticated. The facility numbers can be confirmed through banners and information boards within each facility
Snow forecast from 7 p.m. on the 3rd…holding response situation report meeting and preparing with pre-spread of de-icing agents
Kwak Sang-wook, mayor of Osan City (center), announces the provision of emergency disaster relief funds. (Photo=Osan City YouTube capture) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City will selectively provide a total of 4.8 billion won in emergency disaster relief funds. Mayor Kwak Sang-wook held a press conference at City Hall on the 3rd with Jang In-su, chairman of Osan City Council, announcing the selective provision of emergency disaster relief funds before and after the Lunar New Year. Mayor Kwak said "small merchants, traditional market alley merchants experiencing income decline and daily workers losing jobs, etc. vulnerable groups
Kim Sang-don, Mayor of Uiwang City (second from right), etc. are showing the agreement. (Photo=Uiwang City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City signed a business agreement for the 'Smart Memory Connection Classroom' with Uiwang Senior Club (Director Shin Seung-hee), Areum Chae Senior Welfare Center (Director Park Seung-woo), and Sarangchae Senior Welfare Center (Director Kim Yoo-hyun) at City Hall on the 2nd. The Smart Memory Connection Classroom is where smart managers who have completed smartphone and SNS utilization education through the senior job creation project conducted by the Senior Club teach in each class
- Before and after the Lunar New Year holiday, the transportation industry, special-form workers and freelancers, etc.
- Mayor Baek Kun-gi to self-quarantine until the 13th after contact with confirmed case
- Supporting installation of fine dust shelters, smart air showers, window-attached ventilation systems, etc.
- Focused investigation on fraudulent subscriptions and illegal resales to protect housing-demanding non-homeowners - Mystery shopping investigation on price-fixing collusion and unqualified/unregistered brokerage activities that disrupt real estate transaction order - Planned real estate investigation including illegal permits in land transaction permit areas to eliminate speculation
- Prevention of resident-proposed project abandonment through deliberative processes including expert preliminary consultation, civil-public budget coordination meeting, roundtable discussions - Anyone can participate through Gyeonggi-do Resident Participation Budget website
- 2021 MICE discovery, attracting, confirmed attraction/hosting and step-by-step advancement in stages and enhanced competitiveness - Regional specialized MICE public recruitment, strengthened expert consulting, pre-visit inspection of venues added to review - Discovery and promotion of hidden distinctive event venues in Gyeonggi-do to utilize MICE resources
- Evaluation of 243 local governments nationwide, scoring 97.2 points
