Yongin Mayor Baek Goon-ki Welcomes New Year with 1,500 Citizens at Seokseongsan Peak

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon] “To all 1.08 million Yongin residents, Happy New Year.”

Yongin Mayor Baek Goon-ki greeted the Gyeongja year with some 1,500 citizens at the summit of Seokseongsan Peak (471.5 meters above sea level) on the 1st.

Mayor Baek and the citizens watched the sunrise while praying for health and happiness, and hung wish cards on strings connecting between trees to express their aspirations for achievement. Mayor Baek himself carefully hung a wish card inscribed with the heartfelt desire to ‘realize an eco-friendly ecological city and an economically self-sufficient city,’ pledging a strong start to the new year.

At the gathering, Mayor Baek said, “The Gyeongja year of abundance and hope has begun,” and added, “Although surrounding circumstances are not easy, we will seize the golden opportunity that our city has been given to create a high-quality Yongin city.”

After the sunrise viewing, Mayor Baek shared tteokguk (rice cake soup) with citizens near the helipad and at Tonghwasa Temple on the summit, exchanging good wishes. The tteokguk was prepared by the Yongin Alpine Federation. Following the sunrise event, Mayor Baek began his first official duties of 2020 by paying respects at the Monument to Fallen Soldiers in Central Park in Gimryangdong.