Gwangmyeong City Announces 'Top 10 News Stories of 2025'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Yu Je-sung] Gwangmyeong City announced the selection of the 'Top 10 News Stories of Gwangmyeong City 2025' on the 30th.

The selected news stories include △expansion of free used home appliance collection service and 100% recycling of large household waste △expansion of Gwangmyeong Love Currency deposit limit to 1 million won per month △payment of 100,000 won emergency relief funds to all citizens △ranked 1st nationwide in regional resilience cities selected by Hankyoreh △creation of Gwangmyeong-dong (traditional market) underground public parking lot △enactment of Korea's first 'integrated care support ordinance' and implementation of integrated care support projects △rapid disaster response and examples of overcoming disasters together with citizens △achievement of the highest nationwide wage income growth rate among cities and counties △creation of city hall lawn plaza where citizens can rest and enjoy △breakthrough of 15,000 people in the 1.5°C Climate Clinic, etc.

This year's selection of Gwangmyeong City's Top 10 News Stories was conducted through an online citizen survey with a total of 8,893 participants.

The city selected 73 preliminary candidates by reviewing citation coverage rate and internal assessment from among approximately 2,300 press releases distributed throughout the year, and determined 17 final candidates through departmental opinion collection and further review.

Subsequently, through an online survey conducted from the 24th to the 28th with 8,893 citizen participants, 10 news stories of Gwangmyeong City that citizens most noticed over the year were finally selected.

Mayor Park Seung-won stated, "The fact that the Top 10 News Stories directly chosen by citizens align with the policy direction that Gwangmyeong City has focused on this year—such as livelihood recovery, carbon neutrality, care, and safety—demonstrates that these policies have created substantial changes and gained citizen support," and added, "Going forward, we will continue policies selected together with citizens without wavering, and build a sustainable city where everyone lives well and happily."

Meanwhile, news stories that did not make the Top 10 but were finalists include △expansion of living-area health management facilities such as Cheolsan Health Living Support Center and Food Culture Education Center △expansion of generation-tailored space welfare such as Love-You Playground, Youth Art Creative Space, and Smart Senior Center △creation of Anyang Stream citizen participation garden △operation of public bicycles 'Gwangmyeong-i' △enactment of Korea's first 'Basic Society Ordinance' △multi-generational 'Festival Gwangmyeong' △projects building community assets such as local brand development and activation of regional enterprises and fair trade, etc.