Most Celebrated News by Hanam Residents This Year? Line 3 Extension and Sindeokhung Station Location Adjustment

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Hanam City conducted a seven-day online vote from December 10th to 16th to select the "Top 10 News of Hanam City for 2025" among citizens.

The selection process ensured objectivity by first narrowing down 20 candidates based on recommended keywords from the press corps, and then having citizens each cast three votes to determine the final rankings.

A total of 3,261 citizens participated in the vote, demonstrating high interest in city administration news.

The top news selected by citizens was "Approval of Seoul Metro Line 3 Extension to Hanam...Success in Reflecting Resident Opinions through Sindeokhung Station Location Adjustment," which received 1,201 votes.

Citizens highly evaluated the reduction of travel time from Gyoasan to Seoul's Gangnam to 40 minutes and the improvement in accessibility to both the old downtown area and new residential districts through the station location adjustment.

Second and third places went to "Yonsei Hanam Hospital Groundbreaking...Hanam City Enters Comprehensive Hospital Era in 2027" (1,069 votes) and "Swift, On-site, Communicative Administration Worked...National First Presidential Commendation for Civic Service for Two Consecutive Years" (777 votes), respectively.

This result reflects residents' long-held wishes for university hospital attraction and satisfaction with improvements in administrative service quality, such as the one-stop civil service system.

Additionally, "Hanam City Establishes Water Quality Pollution Source Management Plans Related to K-Star World Project" (726 votes), "Camp Colburn Leads 'Greenbelt Policy Relaxation' and Gyoasan Secures 'Industrial Output'...Removes Corporate Attraction Shackles" (676 votes), "Pushing for Opening of Hanam Office of Education, National First, in First Half of Next Year...Hanholm Middle School Opening 'Without Issues'" (458 votes), and "World Watches, Citizens Enjoy...Successful K-pop Challenge and Music Festival" (451 votes) followed.

Other top 10 news included "2025 Hanam Job Fair Attracts Over 2,300 People On-site...Up 227% from Previous Year" (446 votes), "Hanam City Considers '5-Star Hotel Attraction' as First Case of Prior Consultation System for Urban Planning Changes" (425 votes), and "Gamil Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Project Resolves Conflict with LH" (419 votes).

Mayor Lee Hyun-jae stated, "Based on this voting result, citizens showed high interest in news closely related to urban development and daily life, including expanded metropolitan transit networks, medical infrastructure construction, and regulatory improvements for corporate attraction," and added, "We will carefully analyze the top 10 news selected through citizen participation and support, and will continue to implement policies that residents can feel in their daily lives."