Hwaseong City East Branch Office Employees Start New Year in Traditional Hanbok

Employees of the Hwaseong City East Branch Office's Civil Affairs Department, which provides citizens with a comfortable experience through the Happy Civil Affairs Service initiative, started their first day of work in the Year of the Tiger with traditional hanbok and bright smiles.

The civil affairs staff at the East Branch Office, dressed in hanbok, presented rose flowers to customers on their first day of the new year and greeted them with the message "Happy New Year and may you receive many blessings."

A large banner reading "We will become even more courteous this year" caught visitors' eyes, displayed alongside a group photo of all staff members with warm smiles.

Jo Mi-ok, Head of the Citizen Volunteer Services Division, said, "Citizens who visited the civil affairs department were delighted and gave us much praise," and added, "In the Year of the Tiger, we will continue to greet citizens with warm smiles and practice courteous service through swift, accurate, and fair civil affairs processing."

Meanwhile, the East Branch Office's Civil Affairs Department also provided garaetteok (sliced rice cakes), traditional confectionery, and traditional tea to citizens who visited at the end of last year, along with the greeting "Thank you for your hard work throughout the year."