Hwaseong City Wins Excellence Award at '2014 Korea Blog Awards'

Hwaseong City's blog 'Hwasaham' (blog.hscity.net, Let's Share Love for Hwaseong City) won the Excellence Award in the Basic Local Government category at the '2014 Korea Blog Awards' hosted by the Korea Blog Industry Association under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

With this year's award, the city has received its fourth honor since its first award in 2010. The 'Korea Blog Awards' is the most prestigious award in which SNS users and professionals including bloggers participate together, established in 2009 to secure competitiveness in online public relations for public institutions and companies and to provide continuous motivation for improvement.

Hwaseong City's blog 'Hwasaham' was highly evaluated for citizen participation and content excellence in the assessment of content quality, activity, and communication. It was selected as an outstanding basic municipal government through rigorous screening involving expert and citizen online voting and content satisfaction evaluation.

In particular, the blog is divided into six categories—the city's future, memories, issues, tourism, living information, and welfare—rapidly delivering diverse news about the city and serving as a venue for information exchange and empathy with citizens, with approximately 1,500 visitors per day on average and steadily increasing users.

Yun Sang-bae, spokesperson for Hwaseong City, stated, "Through four consecutive years of receiving the Excellence Award for basic municipal governments, Hwaseong City's blog 'Hwasaham' will provide genuine information and encourage citizen participation, moving away from one-way public relations to two-way communication to actively encourage citizen participation and use it as a venue for information exchange and empathy with citizens."

Hwaseong City's blog 'Hwasaham' was launched in April 2010 and receives approximately 1,500 visitors per day on average. It posts new and interesting information daily in various fields including issues, living information, travel and food, and welfare, receiving positive responses from citizens.