- 15 committee members and 25 advisors participate… divided into 3 divisions to devise future 100-year development strategy - Planning group to comprehensively review 226 tasks including 114 campaign pledges and 112 citizen-proposed policies by 20th next month - Mayor Park Seung-won: 'Will build foundation for Gwangmyeong's 100-year growth through livelihood, solidarity, and peace'
- Senior civil servants donate 5 million won and relief supplies worth 30 million won - Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun participates in recovery work with 100 volunteers at flood-damaged farms
- Citizen welfare services created through sister city agreements, offered free and discounted at various locations - Just need ID…enjoying special travel benefits across 8 cities nationwide
- Donations totaling 1.035 billion won including 775 million won in cash and 260 million won in relief supplies - Mayor Choi Dae-ho: 'Donations are the string connecting hearts…respect and gratitude to all donors'
- Delivers 10 million won to the National Disaster Relief Association to support forest fire recovery - 'Sharing the pain and difficulties experienced by the local community and seeking substantive and sustainable support measures'
- Relief supplies from various sectors planned to be delivered to Sancheong and Hadong counties in South Gyeongsang Province and Uiseong County in North Gyeongsang Province
- Groundbreaking ceremony held on the 24th…creating a 3-story 521-space parking tower…connecting road with 4 lanes each direction - Mayor Lee Gwon-jae: 'Expected to resolve parking inconvenience for commuters from Seoul and Gyeonggi using Line 1 subway'
- Public-private cooperation governance for socially isolated households 'Together ON Hope ON Project' receives positive reviews
- Osan City Exchange Association and visits to 5 local governments including sister cities
- Serious traffic congestion in Osan city due to delays in Segyo 2 district residential development project - Requests early construction of Gyeongbu railroad crossing road and early opening of western bypass road
- Korea Special Metropolitan Cities Mayors Association holds first extraordinary meeting of 2022 - Discusses publicity measures for special law enactment for special metropolitan cities and reports basic research results
- Hanyang University Department of Civil and Environmental Systems Engineering and Burin Co., Ltd. research institute 'Evaluation of heat wave vulnerability in Korea considering socioeconomic factors' - Comparing green space, number of hospital beds and doctors by local government…Seongnam, Goyang, Namyangju and others follow
- Making rounds of nationwide roads until October to draw attention of unspecified many through vehicle exterior image
- Reflected on the significance of Gyeongsangnam-do agreement through SNS on the 17th
- May 17-18 'Research Institutes of Cities and Provinces 2020 Research Results Presentation and Post-Corona Policy Discussion Forum' held online - Followed by first day 'Regional Policy in Post-Corona Era' and second day 'Research Institutes of Cities and Provinces 2020 Research Results Presentation.' After Gyeonggi Research Institute, Gyeongsangnam-do Research Institute also draws attention to disaster relief funds (disaster basic income)
- Visit urban regeneration project sites in Yeonmu-dong, Haenggung-dong, and Maesan-dong on the 18th-19th
Pyeongtaek City Hall exterior.(Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 10th that the city hall workplace sports team's sailing team (Director Kim Tae-jung) participated in the '14th Admiral Yi Sun-shin Cup International Yacht Championship' and achieved the feat of winning four consecutive championships. From the 4th to the 8th, at Donam Yacht Racecourse in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsangnam-do, with 40 yachts and approximately 300 athletes from 12 countries including the United States and China participating, this championship was held as a spectator-free event to prevent COVID-19. At the championship
- Inspecting and taking safety measures for signage, banners, construction sites, shade structures, commercial space stockpiles, street trees, etc.
- Provides supplies worth 99 million won to approximately 30 locations and assists recovery through volunteer work including rice trucks - Voluntary participation by Suwon City and various government agencies and private organizations
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
Korean Mayors and Governors Association issues emergency statement on 20th, urges government to unify qualification standards and support scale and expedite assistance
Emphasized at special lecture at '2020 Gyeongsangnam-do Social Innovation International Forum' on the 10th
Participated as panelist in Korea Sustainable Development Conference discussion
Forum participants take commemorative photo at 'legislative discussion forum on special exceptions for major cities with population over 1 million.' On the 25th, a 'legislative discussion forum on special exceptions for major cities with population over 1 million' was held at the National Assembly Members' Hall. The forum was hosted by Suwon-area National Assembly members and co-hosted by 6 cities promoting special metropolitan status including Suwon, Goyang, Seongnam, Yongin in Gyeonggi Province, Changwon in South Gyeongsangnam-do, and Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province, and was held in Conference Room 1 of the National Assembly Members' Hall. The forum held Sim Dae-
Hwaseo 1-dong Saemaul Library (Chairman Um Mi-hwa) in Paldal-gu participated as Gyeonggi Province representative in a panel discussion on 2013 Reading Culture Movement Course at the Saemaul Movement National Training Center on the 16th and gave a case presentation. At the panel discussion, in addition to Hwaseo 1-dong Saemaul Library, Georyu Book-loving Saemaul Library in Goseong-gun, South Gyeongsangnam-do, Samcheong Saemaul Library in Chilgok-gun, North Gyeongsangbuk-do, and Yeonsan 4-dong Saemaul Library in Yeonje-gu, Busan each presented case studies on operating rural and urban small libraries, and Hwaseo 1-dong Saemaul Library presented children's reading culture
Suwon City was selected as the best local government for the second consecutive year at the '2012 National Basic Local Governments Manifesto Excellence Competition' hosted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters. This competition, the fifth of its kind this year, was held under the theme 'COME AND MEET NEXT Democracy 3.0' for two days from June 27 to 28 at Changwon University in South Gyeongsangnam-do. This competition received submissions through a public recruitment of excellence cases for basic local government leaders from May 21 to 25, with 9
Education Superintendent Kim Sang-gon rules out color-based arguments
Evaluation panel on-site inspection underway… Gwanggyo excluded from advantaged areas
'Pushing specific regions' controversy… attention on results later this month
