Pyeongtaek to Establish Exclusive Online Communication Channel for USFK

[Suwon Ilbo=Jang Kyung-hee] Pyeongtaek City (Mayor Jung Jang-seon) held a final task force meeting of related departments on the 26th at the International Conference Room of the Pungseong International Exchange Center for the ‘establishment of an exclusive online communication channel for the USFK (foreigners).’

As the need for establishing an ‘exclusive online communication channel for the USFK (foreigners)’ to provide various life convenience information and conduct efficient city promotion to USFK (foreigners) comprising nearly 10% of the city's population has emerged, the city has organized a task force team involving seven departments and institutions, including the Korea-U.S. Cooperation Division, Communication and Public Relations Office, and International Exchange Foundation, since December 2018, and has been deliberating on the direction of the communication channel.

Through five task force meetings thus far, the city has focused discussion on ▲determining the name of the communication channel ▲selecting online media preferred by foreigners ▲planning high-utility content composition ▲methods of linking and utilizing the USFK's own networks, and other matters.

At this fifth and final meeting, in order to select a department to serve as the control tower, each department's operational advantages and disadvantages were intensively analyzed, and experts from online media operators were invited for consultations and question-and-answer sessions regarding the establishment and operation of the communication channel.

Going forward, the city plans to comprehensively review matters discussed through the task force meeting, determine the control tower department for the project through a final report, and expeditiously implement personnel recruitment and budget planning to accelerate the project with the goal of establishing the communication channel in the first half of next year.