Suwon City provided emergency relief supplies including 300 pairs of boots and 2,000 bottles of water to Cheonan, Asan, and Yesang County in South Chungcheong Province on the 7th, which were affected by heavy downpours. Suwon City's Director of Self-Governing Administration Wang Chul-ho and Lee Yong-young, Executive Director of Suwon City Volunteer Center, Im…
First discussion session for establishing Pyeongtaek City's Pyeongtaek-type local culture promotion implementation plan. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City has begun establishing a 5-year plan for local culture promotion. The city held the first discussion session to establish the Pyeongtaek-type local culture promotion implementation plan at the city hall conference room on the 6th. Assemblywoman Kim Dong-sook, CEO Lee Sang-gyun of the Pyeongtaek City Cultural Foundation, Vice Director Shin Tae-sik of the Pyeongtaek Cultural Center, Chairman Lee Yong-sik of the Pyeongtaek Arts Association, Vice Director Choi Seung-ho of the Gyeonggi Folk Art Association Pyeongtaek branch, and Hwang Young-soon…
Osan Areumdaro Day promotional material. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City will hold 'Osan Areumdaro Brand Day' from the 8th through October 10 at Osan Areumdaro (formerly Culture Street). This event was prepared to promote shopping districts being newly established as 'Osan Areumdaro' and to publicize new BI. According to the accumulated amount of receipts from purchases at participating stores in Osan Areumdaro (formerly Culture Street)…
- Conducting specific audits to discover omitted tax sources through collaboration with tax-specialized citizen auditors - Selected 4 vulnerable areas with high probability of omitted provincial taxes as audit targets
- Visited damage sites from concentrated downpours in Icheon and Gapyeong on the 6th - Inspected recovery at Sanyang Reservoir collapse damage area in Icheon and landslide casualties site in Gapyeong, checked restoration status, and consoled affected residents
- Investigated 396 suspected illegal activity sites and detected 92 cases of illegal construction and land use change - Continuous investigation to pursue administrative enforcement against habitual violators and strengthen response through collaboration with related agencies
- Evacuated 1,466 residents from Yeoncheon and Paju areas and provided emergency relief kits, rapid recovery at damage sites - Pre-evacuated 129 residents from vulnerable landslide areas and areas of concern for casualties such as Anyang and Gapyeong - Deputy Governor Kim Hee-gyeom urges: "Pay special attention to rivers and rural areas in responding"
- Held 'COVID-19 response 200-day mid-point inspection report meeting' at city hall on the 6th - Mayor Yum Tae-young, disclosed COVID-19 related information on SNS promptly and transparently - Operated temporary accommodation facilities for contacts and Suwon-type safety management system for overseas entrants - "Do not let vigilance slack, thoroughly prepare for massive COVID-19 outbreak"
Ganghwa County Office exterior.(Photo=Ganghwa County) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Ganghwa County announced on the 6th that it has strengthened prevention and monitoring activities to prevent human and material casualties in response to continuing sporadic heavy rainfall and entered emergency duty system. With heavy rainfall expected to continue until the 8th, this weekend, the county formed a task force of the Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters and organized it into two teams for day and night shifts to maintain an alternating work system. Additionally, advance preparations for disaster response and…
Officials from Youngtong-gu are restoring the site where soil was discharged due to heavy rain. (Photo=Youngtong-gu) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon's Youngtong-gu conducted emergency restoration of damage sites caused by heavy rain on the 6th. Due to heavy downpours, soil from the buffer green space in Uui-dong was discharged and flooding occurred in various locations throughout Youngtong-gu, including roads. The district dispatched personnel to the site and is carrying out restoration work. Youngtong-gu Office Director Song Young-wan visited the site to confirm the damage situation while officials
Yulcheon, Jeongcheon, Seryou, Sepyeong, and Hwasan underground passages undergo emergency repairs and are sequentially reopened to traffic
- Use services online without visiting medical institutions - Target: approximately 250,000 elementary school 4th and 5th graders in the province - Provided from August 7th through the 'DentiAI Online' mobile app
Poster for the '2020 Non-residential Housing Residents Housing Improvement Support Project'. [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon Sustainable City Foundation announced on the 6th that it will implement the '2020 Suwon City Non-residential Housing Residents Housing Improvement Support Project' to help citizens living in 'non-residential' housing such as gosiwons and banjiha rooms relocate to public rental housing. The Suwon City Non-residential Housing Residents Housing Improvement Support Project was selected by Suwon City as a local government for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's 'Non-residential Housing Residents Housing Improvement Support Recruitment Project'
Mayor Jung Jang-seon of Pyeongtaek attended a meeting with the Pyeongtaek Regional Marine and Fisheries Administration. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City and the Pyeongtaek Regional Marine and Fisheries Administration held the '2020 Pyeongtaek City-Pyeongtaek Regional Marine and Fisheries Administration Administrative Cooperation Meeting' at Pyeongtaek City Hall on the 5th. At the meeting, Pyeongtaek City presented eight agendas including ▲creation of waterfront facilities in the port drainage channel ▲Gwonkwan Port sunset healing fishing village development project ▲joint promotion of fine dust reduction measures at Pyeongtaek Port ▲development around Pyeongtaek Port international passenger terminal, and Pyeongtaek Port
- Daycare centers that maintain evaluation certification (evaluation system) grade A or 90 points or higher and 70% or higher capacity satisfaction rate
Mayor Kim Sang-don of Uiwang (second from right) is talking with participants of the kimchi sharing event. (Photo=Uiwang City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City Mayor Kim Sang-don attended a kimchi sharing event for low-income residents organized by the Uiwang branch of the Gyeonggi Province Women's Organization Council (Chairwoman Son Moon-jung) on the 4th and encouraged officials. The kimchi sharing event was held at an agricultural corporation company located in Wanggok-dong, Uiwang City. The 150kg of kimchi made this time was distributed to Naesson 1-dong and Naesson 2-dong in Uiwang City
- Targeting violators of vehicle management obligations...planned to send Chinese language notices starting in October
- '2020 Korea Basic Income Expo held online non-face-to-face on September 10-11 - Governor Lee Jae-myung presents future vision on basic income at online opening ceremony - International conference on the following day to include 26 renowned scholars and activists from 10 countries
- 'Internet Guardian' in operation for two months discovers approximately 4,000 cases of movement information
- Conducts survey on online video consultation service (636 companies responded)...even after COVID-19 subsides, "will use Gyeonggi-do Digital Trade Consultation Center"
- Mayor Yeom promised in 2018 multi-child families living in old semi-basement rooms "move to a new house" - '2020 Multi-child Suwon Human Housing' that started in 2018 has been occupied by 16 families so far - Suwon City "Multi-child Suwon Human Housing is a successful 'small betting' project"
- Offers non-face-to-face online lectures...considering the business environment of small business owners who have difficulty being away for long periods, mobile education is also conducted
- Gyeonggi-do Corporation recruiting companies participating in youth enterprise sales support until August 14th - Gyeonggi-do youth enterprises with representative aged 20-39 - Support for store entry and promotion on major domestic online distribution channels such as 'Interpark' and 'WeMakePrice'
Anseong Stream Embankment Bicycle Path Restoration Site (right photo) and Mayor Jung Jang-seon of Pyeongtaek checking the situation (right in left photo). (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 4th that it is fully engaged in checking disaster situations caused by heavy rain and focusing on damage recovery and countermeasures. On that day, Mayor Jung Jang-seon visited the restoration site of the Anseong Stream embankment bicycle path where damage occurred due to heavy rain and the site of dismantling the Tongbok Stream Bridge to confirm the damage recovery situation. Jung Jang-seon
Exterior view of Pyeongtaek City Hall. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 4th that it is seeking management plans for unused developed land that detracts from urban aesthetics within completed development project areas. The city has approximately 5,600 parcels of land developed through various development projects such as land subdivision projects, residential development projects, and urban development projects since 2010, and among them, some neglected unused land has various garbage and weeds that affect urban aesthetics
Exterior view of Youngtong-gu Office. (Photo=Youngtong-gu) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon's Youngtong-gu (Office Director Song Young-wan) announced on the 4th that it will conduct guidance inspections on 207 group dining facilities within the district for the month. Industrial facilities, hospitals, social welfare facilities, and public institutions' group dining facilities are the subject, and to prevent mass food poisoning in summer, inspections of business operators' compliance and worker hygiene management, bacterial confirmation through portable simple bacterial measurement equipment (ATP measurement device), etc. will be conducted. In addition, place of origin
- Meeting demands for forest leisure and recreational activities...expected to complete by October - Development into trekking destination through hosting walking events in connection with azalea festival
Recruitment notice for children's civic debate participants. [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City is recruiting participants for a children and civic debate meeting where children, parents, and child-related figures gather to exchange directions and opinions on creating a child-friendly city by the 12th. The debate meeting provides a venue for directly collecting opinions from children and citizens and communicating with them, and serves as a forum to derive implementation strategies and core tasks for creating a child-friendly city. Participants must be 4th grade or higher in elementary school
- Connection from Sangil Station to Misa Station to Hanam Pungsan Station spanning 4.7km‥takes total of 6 minutes 10 seconds - Opening ceremony at Misa Station at 10 a.m. on the 7th, first train from Hanam Pungsan Station at 5:38 a.m. on the 8th
- Visited Anseong heavy rain damage site and urged 'do your best in victim relief' - Requested reports on SNS of areas at risk, flood information, etc. To be utilized as real-time disaster communication channel - Governor Lee on standby 24 hours at official residence until heavy rain situation concludes
