Gyeonggi Province Launches 'Jubking' Program from June 13 to Clean Up Historic Routes While Walking

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province will operate the June ‘Jubking’ program starting June 13, which involves walking the historic and cultural exploration route Gyeonggi Odeulkil while cleaning up the environment.

The ‘Jubking’ program, operated annually by the province and the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, is a portmanteau of ‘to pick up’ (jubda) and ‘walking’, referring to environmental cleanup activities where participants pick up trash while walking the Gyeonggi Odeulkil.

This year, after taking breaks during winter and spring, the province operated ‘Jubking Days’ once a month starting in April, but for June the period has been extended from the 13th to the 30th.

Individuals or groups wishing to participate can register their desired date (same-day participation is also possible) through the Gyeonggi Odeulkil website (ggcr.kr), and can freely conduct ‘Jubking’ activities anywhere along the Gyeonggi Odeulkil.

The province plans to hold an event giving mobile ice cream exchange vouchers to the first 50 participants who submit an ‘activity report’ after registering. Participants can also receive 2 hours of volunteer service credits.

An official from Gyeonggi Province said, “We will expand the scale of the Jubking program in June and assess the results, with plans to develop it into a leading eco-friendly exploration program by linking it to corporate social contribution activities in the future,” and added, “We hope many residents of Gyeonggi Province will participate in activities that preserve history and culture while walking the Gyeonggi Odeulkil and protecting the environment.”

Meanwhile, the Gyeonggi Odeulkil is a historic and cultural exploration route created to allow visitors to experience history and culture through walking, based on the Yuktaero (Six Great Roads) from Doro-go (Road Investigation) written by Shin Gyeong-jun, a practical scholar of the Joseon Dynasty.

Since its initiation in 2013, five routes have been completed: Samnam-gil (Gwacheon~Pyeongtaek·99.6km), Uiju-gil (Goyang~Paju·56.4km), Yeongnam-gil (Seongnam~Icheon·116km), Pyeonghae-gil (Guri~Yangpyeong·125km), and Gyeonghheung-gil (Uijeongbu~Pocheon·89.2km). The province plans to open Ganghwa-gil, the last of the six routes of the Gyeonggi Odeulkil, in September.