Yongin City Releases Promotional Videos Featuring Joa Yong and EBS Pingu

[Suwon Ilbo=Choi Ki-ho Reporter] The story of Yongin Special City's character 'Joa Yong' meeting EBS character 'Pingu' will be unveiled on YouTube.

The city announced on the 14th that it will simultaneously release promotional videos featuring the two popular characters on YouTube channels 'Joa Yong TV' and 'Giant Peng TV' on the 15th to promote the city's urban regeneration projects.

The city planned the character-based promotional video to help residents easily and familiarly understand the urban regeneration project content being conducted in the Singal Street area.

In the video, Joa Yong and Pingu naturally interact with citizens and enjoy various spots at the Singal Street Festival held on the 27th of last month in the area around 58 Singal-dong, enjoying the festival grounds.

The two characters displayed their unique cheerful and charming appeal while experiencing a digital bulletin board at the Singal-dong Administrative Welfare Center and an artificial intelligence-powered circular resource recovery robot.

The video can be found on Yongin City's YouTube channel 'Joa Yong TV (https://youtube.com/TheYongin)' and EBS YouTube channel 'Giant Peng TV' (https://youtube.com/@giantpengtv).

A city official stated, "It is meaningful to present content that can promote Yongin City's urban regeneration projects through the meeting between Joa Yong, who receives overwhelming love from Yongin citizens, and Pingu, who has gained nationwide popularity," and added, "We will continue to make efforts to promote city administration in a more familiar and effective manner through various character collaborations."