Paldal-gu Hwaseo 1-dong Selected as Dongmal Happy Village

Hwaseo 1-dong in Paldal-gu announced on the 13th that the Dongmal Happy Village was selected on the 10th as an advanced sharing-practice model village for mutual prosperity designated by the Gyeonggi Province Saemaul Association and Gyeonggi Province, and held a plaque presentation ceremony at the residents' center.

About 40 residents attended the plaque presentation ceremony, including Han In-seok, chairman of Hwaseo 1-dong's Village Development Council, leaders of Saemaul organizations, and members of the heads of households cooperative council. The event was followed by a 2013 village development initiative briefing by Won Jeung-yeon, head of Hwaseo 1-dong, and a "New Saemaul Village Development Education" session organized by the Suwon City Saemaul Association.

Seo Geon-gi, secretary general of the Suwon City Saemaul Association, said "The New Saemaul movement is itself an exemplary case of the village development projects being promoted in Hwaseo 1-dong" and "In the future, it will be competitive enough to participate in the New Saemaul competition held by the central government."