Osan's Osaekhak Market Receives Minister's Award from Ministry of SMEs and Startups

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Osan's Osaekhak Market has been selected as a specialized excellent market at the '2021 National Excellent Market Exhibition' and received the Minister's Award from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.

According to Osan City on the 7th, the commendation for excellence in specialized markets at the 2021 National Excellent Market Exhibition is an award presented to traditional markets and individuals who participated in the 2020 specialized market promotion project. Osaekhak Market actively promoted the cultural and tourism-type market development project from 2019 to 2020 and achieved the highest evaluation grade of Grade S.

Osaekhak Market has taken various initiatives to respond to COVID-19 at traditional markets and diversify distribution channels, including ▲operating 'evening commute delivery service' targeting public institutions in Osan City, ▲operating 'neighborhood market shopping service' for online traditional market shopping, ▲operating Naver and YouTube live commerce, and ▲operating 'Ya-maek Festival,' a drive-through craft beer festival. These initiatives have received positive evaluations.

Cheon Jeong-moo, chairman of the Osaekhak Market merchants' association, said, "To overcome the downturn caused by COVID-19, the merchants' association members and related organizations united to rapidly develop online distribution services and operate new types of events, which yielded significant results."

Osan Mayor Gwak Sang-wook stated, "Through the cultural and tourism-type market development project at Osaekhak Market, foot traffic has significantly increased and the market has successfully specialized as a younger market. Going forward, we will continue to promote various specialized projects and policies to revitalize traditional markets and alleyway commercial areas."