Officials from Myanmar and 4 Other Nations Visit Songjuk-dong Safety Village in Suwon

Songjuk-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon (District Chief Yoo In-hyung) announced on the 19th that approximately 20 disaster prevention officials from five countries—Myanmar, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and the Philippines—visited the area on the 13th to learn advanced urban disaster prevention capabilities.

The visit was arranged as part of an educational program jointly planned by the National Civil Defense and Disaster Safety Education Institute and UN ISDR (International Strategy for Disaster Reduction), designed to contribute to disaster mitigation in participating countries by sharing methods for strengthening advanced urban disaster prevention capabilities.

Officials in charge of disaster prevention from developing countries toured the Songjuk-dong Safety Village implementation site and benchmarked best practices.

Jo Young-yeon, chairman of the Songjuk-dong Residents' Autonomous Council, said, "We welcome the visit of disaster prevention officials from developing countries," and added, "We will push forward with the Safety Village project even more successfully to create a welfare hub village where people of all ages can live with peace of mind."