- Each organization plans to actively promote advance affiliation with public delivery app and to members - '배달특급' service launched in December last year expanding to 28 Gyeonggi-do cities and counties this year
- High-risk group facilities including elderly nursing hospitals and facilities, etc. 24 locations, 1,448 people
Osan City Daeboreum (Lantern Festival) exhibition hall. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City is promoting non-face-to-face events to prevent COVID-19 spread while providing citizens with an opportunity to recall the significance of the Daeboreum seasonal celebration to mark the 2021 New Year's Daeboreum on the 26th. The first full moon of the year and the lunar calendar January 15th when the full moon rises is Daeboreum, traditionally an important day like Lunar New Year when people enjoy various folk games and seasonal customs...
- Business agreement concluded with two locations including The Shops Osan Central and Osan City Zai 2nd apartment complexes
Mayor Kwak Sang-wook of Osan speaks at a city administration briefing. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 19th that it successfully concluded the '2021 Sinchuk Year City Administration Briefing.' The city administration briefing, directly presided over by Mayor Kwak Sang-wook, was conducted with minimum attendance while observing social distancing and quarantine rules in light of continuing COVID-19 spread. It was broadcast live through Osan City's YouTube channel. 'The city comes alive…
Kickoff briefing for urban ecology map held at Osan City Hall on the 18th. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 19th that it will produce an 'Osan City Urban Ecology Map' containing biotopes (biological habitats) and distributions of ecosystem-disrupting wild plants across its 42.73㎢ area. On the 18th, the city held a project kickoff briefing at City Hall situation room attended by approximately 25 people including advisory committee members, environmental NGOs, urban and agriculture-livestock division heads, and contractor representatives. Since last year…
Environment Minister Han Jung-ae (center) inspects a PET bottle collection site in Osan City. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City Environmental Services announced on the 18th that Environment Minister Han Jung-ae visited Geumam Village 7 Complex and sorting and recycling company RM Osan Plant to inspect the entire process from transparent PET bottle separate disposal to sorting and recycling. Minister Han, together with Osan City officials, confirmed the timely waste processing system during the Lunar New Year holiday and stated "Osan City's active administration
Osan Mayor Kwak Sang-wook explains the current state of municipal administration to residents at a briefing session in Jung-ang-dong. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan Mayor Kwak Sang-wook held a briefing session on the 17th, starting with Jung-ang-dong, to share major accomplishments of the 7th elected term and present the 2021 municipal administration goals and vision. This briefing session, held for three days from the 17th to 19th, strictly adheres to social distancing and quarantine guidelines in consideration of the continued spread of COVID-19…
Osan City Hall exterior. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City disclosed on the 16th the target recipients and schedule for COVID-19 vaccinations beginning this month. The vaccination order begins with residents and staff under 65 years old at nursing hospitals and nursing facilities in the city, followed by high-risk medical facility workers (tertiary general hospitals, general hospitals, hospitals, etc. healthcare workers), first-responders to COVID-19 (119 ambulance personnel, epidemiological investigators, quarantine officials, etc.), and hospitals treating COVID-19 patients…
- Targeting 9,500 people including small business owners in COVID-19 affected sectors, special employment workers, and transportation workers
- Composition of executive leadership in latter half of seventh popular election period - Opinion expressed to jointly address current issues of 31 cities and counties in Gyeonggi-do and Seoul
- By city and county, Suwon had 743,924 applicants, with Hwaseong accounting for 64.9% by ratio - As of 11 p.m. on February 7, 7.559 million provincial residents applied...56.3% of the province's total population of 13.438 million - Credit and debit card applicants totaled 5.785 million, more than the 1.626 million applicants for Gyeonggi regional currency
Kwak Sang-wook, Mayor of Osan City. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young] Mayor Kwak Sang-wook of Osan City designated the period from the 11th to 14th of the Lunar New Year holiday as a special preparedness period and instructed on the 8th to establish an emergency medical response situation room within the health center and maintain full readiness to respond to emergency situations. Mayor Kwak stated, "To prepare for emergency patients and mass patient outbreaks during the Lunar New Year holiday, emergency medical care systems and infectious disease…
Cover of '2021 Changing Policies and Systems' created by Osan City. [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 7th that it published a booklet titled '2021 Changing Policies and Systems' containing changed systems and measures to create a better daily life for the new year 2021. The booklet contains a total of 100 policies that are closely related to citizens' lives and useful among changing systems and measures by Osan City departments and central government sectors. Major content included this year includes health and welfare…
General view of Osan City Hall. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 4th that it will implement a water pipe improvement project support business with a budget of 105 million won this year for households experiencing inconveniences in tap water use due to aging pipes. The support targets are old houses of 20 years or more with internal water supply pipes constructed with non-corrosion-resistant materials such as galvanized steel pipes causing rust water, single-family and multi-unit dwellings and apartment complexes with a total floor area of 130㎡ or less. The support amount per household
Screen showing authenticated access through Osan City's Ansimcall Access Management System. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Since the 2nd, Osan City has operated the 'Ansimcall Access Management System' at 40 locations including Osan City Hall and six administrative welfare centers. The Ansimcall Access Management System assigns a six-digit number starting with 14 (140000), and when calling this number, the access time is automatically recorded and authenticated. The facility numbers can be confirmed through banners and information boards within each facility
Kwak Sang-wook, mayor of Osan City (center), announces the provision of emergency disaster relief funds. (Photo=Osan City YouTube capture) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City will selectively provide a total of 4.8 billion won in emergency disaster relief funds. Mayor Kwak Sang-wook held a press conference at City Hall on the 3rd with Jang In-su, chairman of Osan City Council, announcing the selective provision of emergency disaster relief funds before and after the Lunar New Year. Mayor Kwak said "small merchants, traditional market alley merchants experiencing income decline and daily workers losing jobs, etc. vulnerable groups
- Supporting installation of fine dust shelters, smart air showers, window-attached ventilation systems, etc.
Osan City Community Resident Proposal Contest promotional material. [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 2nd that it is conducting the 'Osan City Community Resident Proposal Contest' to help citizens build safe and happy lives. The recruitment fields for the contest are space creation and community activities in Stage 1 (seed stage) and Stage 2 (growth stage), supporting a total of 100 million won. The space creation project is for resident meetings needing facility improvements in community activity spaces secured by residents themselves, with 2 locations selected for 20 million won each
General view of Osan City Hall. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City's 2021 standard site public notice price rose 9.76% from last year. This follows the decision and notification by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on the 1st regarding 624 standard sites in Osan City and nationwide standard sites that serve as the basis for calculating individual public notice prices. This is similar to the average increase rate in Gyeonggi-do and somewhat lower than the national average increase rate. Nationally, it rose 10.39% from last year, and Gyeonggi-do rose 9.74%
Basic Pension guidance document. [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 27th that it is conducting intensive promotion of the revised basic pension system for 2021 to mark the new year. The target recipients for up to 300,000 won monthly payment, which was applied to the bottom 40% of income in 2020, will be gradually expanded, and this year all basic pension recipients in the bottom 70% of income will become eligible for the maximum payment amount. According to this, those in the bottom 70% of income in 2020 will receive the maximum payment amount of 254,760 won…
Tram route map. (Source=Osan City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] The 'Dongtan Urban Railroad (Tram) Project', an eco-friendly transportation method connecting Suwon City through Osan City and Hwaseong City, is expected to be pursued in earnest following basic plan approval. Osan City signed a memorandum of understanding with Gyeonggi Province and Hwaseong City in February last year and through mutual cooperation and support in implementing related procedures for basic plan formulation, Gyeonggi Province finalized the 'Dongtan Urban Railroad Basic Plan (Draft)' and on the 22nd submitted it to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for the Metropolitan…
Osan City Hall exterior.(Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 25th that it has begun proactive measures including on-site investigations and deployment of dedicated counseling staff to prevent child abuse and enable early detection. While the entire nation is shocked by the recent 'Jeong-in case,' a child abuse incident has occurred at a national and public daycare center in Incheon, and public indignation is mounting over a series of ongoing child abuse cases. In response, Osan City, which is preparing to become a women-friendly city, is making efforts as one pillar of a women-friendly city
- Two sections totaling 34.2km from Mangpo Station~Dongtan Station~Osan Station and Byeongjeom Station~Dongtan Station~vehicle depot, targeting completion by 2027 - Dongtan New City residents to reach Samsung Station in Seoul in average 35 minutes
Osan City Hall exterior. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 24th that it is expanding the scope of initial diagnosis and outpatient treatment cost support in its 2021 mental illness treatment cost support project. The mental illness treatment cost support project has been implemented since 2019 to build a social safety net for mental patients who have not received treatment or have been neglected due to treatment interruption. Starting this year, the scope of initial diagnosis and outpatient treatment cost support is being expanded to include non-covered items…
Kwak Sang-wook, Mayor of Osan City (right), presenting a certificate of commendation to Jo Geun-ho, Chairman of the Osan City Banjangtong Association. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 22nd that it presented the '2020 Commendation for Excellence in Ban-Sanghoe Operations by the Minister of Interior and Safety' to Jo Geun-ho, Chairman of the Osan City Banjangtong Association. Chairman Jo Geun-ho actively promoted regional development and national and local pending issues to residents through banjanghoe operations while serving as a banjangtong (neighborhood head). Also, Osan City…
Osan City employees donating blood. (Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City conducted the 'Civil Servants' Love Blood Donation Campaign' twice on the 7th and 21st. This event was held at the blood donation bus in front of the City Hall main entrance from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and civil servants and Osan residents participated. Lee Yong-seok, Director of the Self-Governance and Administration Division, said, "Over the past year, there have been many difficulties in blood supply due to COVID-19 spread, but Osan City civil servants and citizens…
- "31 cities and counties are reviewing prepayment support with Gyeonggi Province to activate consumption in affected industries" - "Disbursement timing will be determined after careful review of quarantine progress"
Gwak Sang-wook, Mayor of Osan (fourth from left) and Lee Jae-myung, Governor (fifth from left) attending the meeting.(Photo=Osan City) [Suwon Daily=Seo Dong-young Reporter] The Gyeonggi Province Mayors and Governors Council (Chairman Mayor Gwak Sang-wook of Osan) held a meeting with Governor Lee Jae-myung and council executives at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Situation Room on the 19th. Attending the meeting were Governor Lee Jae-myung and Mayor Gwak Sang-wook, along with Jung Ha-young, Mayor of Gimpo (Vice Chairman), Han Dae-hee, Mayor of Gunpo (Vice Chairman), Kim Sung-ki, Governor of Gapyeong (Vice Chairman), Eom Tae-jun, Mayor of Icheon (Auditor
Online meeting of the Innovation Education Local Government Council. [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] The Innovation Education Local Government Council (Chairman Gwak Sang-wook, Mayor of Osan City), a local government organization for regional educational innovation, held its 2021 Innovation Education Local Government Council working meeting online on the 19th. The Innovation Education Local Government Council was founded in 2018. Local governments implementing innovative education gather to hold education-related policy briefings, regional forums, and education…
