From the 5th, online application for first encounter voucher and infant allowance will begin through Bokjiro and Government24 website. The first encounter voucher and infant allowance were introduced to ensure happy time for parents and children at home without worrying about career breaks and income loss, and to strengthen social responsibility for parenting by reducing the economic burden. From 2022, 2 million KRW for the first encounter voucher will be provided for all born children as credit card points. Children born this year are eligible for the payment, and children who are given a re
The declaration of accommodationby short-term foreign residents is the system introduced to minimize social and economic damage and secure public safety by providing data to the accommodation providers in the case that short-term foreign residents stay at accommodations when infectious diseases or terrorist warnings are issued. The system was put in place due to the need to quickly identify the location of foreigners entering the country as the spread of coronavirus infection emerged as a serious problem in Korea in December 2019. On December 10, 2020, the Immigration Control Act was revised
The Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency said it had decided to expand foreign driver's license classes from 17 police stations to 27 police stations from 2022 in order to prevent the recent increase in unlicensed driving of foreigners and support the acquisition of licenses. According to the Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency, the number of unlicensed foreigners driving is on the rise to 400 in 2018, 530 in 2019, 632 in 2020, and 528 in 2021. In addition, an unlicensed foreign worker, who drove the employer's vehicle and to take foreign employess to and from the workplace, caused a traffic accident, killi
Suwon City will launch a "Snow Cleaning Campaign in front of My House, My Store" until March 15 next year in preparation for possible road freezing when it snows. The "Snow Cleaning Campaign in front of My House, My Store" is to encourage citizens to clean up the snow accumulated in front of their homes and stores when it snows. According to the Suwon City Building Manager's Ordinance on Snow and Ice Removal Responsibility, building owners, managers, and occupants must clear snow and ice from sidewalks adjacent to the building so that citizens can walk safely after snow stops. Suwon City prod
From January 3 next year, when using the electronic certificate certification system for COVID-19 vaccination, the quarantine pass application facility can be used only when the sound of "I am vaccinated" is checked. If you are an unvaccinated person or present an electronic certificate of which expiration date has expired, you will hear a "ding-dong." Currently, there is a voice announcing that "14 days have passed since the vaccination was completed," but, in future, only when the expiration date remains, there is a voice saying "I am a completed vaccination." According to the Central Disea
On December 28, the government held the 32nd Foreign Power Policy Committee presided over by Koo Yoon-chul, head of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, and announced that it decided to introduce and operate foreign manpower in 2022. In particular, the government will push for measures to increase the use of foreign workers in industries suffering from manpower shortages next year. The number of foreign workers introduced next year is 59,000, an increase of 7,000 from 52,000 this year. The number of foreign workers introduced has maintained 56,000 since 2017 until 2020, and it was s
Hwaseong City has set out to build an art museum representing Korea. On the 24th, the city held a "Embarkation report on a feasibility study and basic plan establishment service for the construction of the Hwaseong Museum of Art" at the Dongtan branch and discussed the outline, schedule, and method of implementing the construction project. Hwaseong Museum of Art is scheduled to be built by 2025 on a total area of 8,122㎡ of public 7 sites in Dongtan 2 New Town. The city included ▲ feasibility analysis ▲ derivation of similar cases and application plans ▲ establishment of basic concepts and pla
Uijeongbu City (Chairman Ahn Byung-yong) Volunteer Center (Chairman Lee Yong-gul) held the 19th Uijeongbu City Volunteer Grand Festival on December 2 at Uijeongbu Island Castle, attended by Uijeongbu Mayor Ahn Byung-yong, provincial councilors, related organizations, and volunteers. The Volunteer Grand Festival is an event to commemorate Volunteer Day (December 5) and encourage the hard work of volunteers who made efforts throughout the year, and is held every year to share the noble value of volunteering with present volunteers. The event awarded certificates to volunteers who achieved 10,000
Suwon City held a meeting of the 4th Suwon City Youth Safety Net Implementation Committee in 2021 and discussed ways to support youth in crisis. The meeting, held at the Suwon Youth Foundation in Paldal-gu at 2 p.m. on the 9th, was organized to provide customized support services and promote healthy growth of youth in crisis by seeking case management and institutional linkage. The Suwon Youth Safety Net Execution Committee, composed of officials from related organizations such as Suwon City Education and Youth Division Kim Eun-joo and Suwon City Youth Counseling and Welfare Center, deliberat
Ansan City (mayor Yoon Hwa-seop) received proceeds of 535,500 won from the Bazaar event from the Municipal Gojan Daycare Center on the 13th. The Municipal Gojan Daycare Center, located in Danwon-gu, has been practicing continuous sharing by donating profits from bazaar selling stationery, clothing, and toys brought by its students for three years. The donations donated on this day will be used for neighbors in need through the Gyeonggi Social Welfare Community Chest. An official from the daycare center said, "I was proud and grateful that children could participate in sharing activities to he
Earlier in June, the province evaluated the number of SNS followers, content production ability, and interest in Gyeonggi tourism, and selected 20 foreigners from 18 countries in Korea. To introduce the charm of Gyeonggi-do viewed by foreigners, they experienced major tourism contents such as Gyeonggi Sea, clean valleys, tourist theme alleys in every corner, subway trips, and Gyeonggi Dulle-gil, and posted more than 300 reviews and promotional contents on personal SNS to inform the beauty of Gyeonggi-do around the world. At the disbandment ceremony, commendations and prize money were delivere
Seongnam City Cultural Family Support Center (Center Director Park Seo-young) held a total of six sessions of "visiting multicultural understanding education" and "multicultural education" focusing on food culture for first-year students in the Department of Food Industry and Dining every Monday from November 15 to November 29th. This training was conducted at the request of Eulji University to enhance students' understanding of multicultural society and to strengthen their global capabilities by indirectly learning other countries' cultures through marriage immigrants that can be met within
Uijeongbu-si Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center (Center Director Yoon Yang-sik) held an agreement ceremony with Olga Best "SKIN STUDY" (Director Sun Yoon-hee) on the 22nd. Through the agreement, the two organizations promised to establish an institutional linkage system and cooperate with each other to maintain a healthy community through human and material resources and information exchanges as well as business development and cooperation reflecting regional conditions and characteristics. In addition, he donated ampoules and mask packs worth 20 million won and said, "I h
Hwaseong City Citizen Ombudsman conducted promotional activities in Hwaseong Namyang Market and Sagang Market on the 22nd. The move is aimed at visiting areas where the floating population is concentrated, promoting only citizens' ombudsman, and approaching them first so that all citizens can easily use the system. Citizen ombudsman is an independent institution that solves problems between citizens and administrative agencies from a neutral standpoint and plays a role in protecting citizens' rights and interests and enhancing administrative transparency and reliability by handling complaints
Elementary, middle, and high school students in Anyang will be safer to and from school. Choi Dae-ho, the Mayor of Anyang, and Jeon Sung-hwa, the Director of Anyang Gwacheon Office of Education, signed a business agreement on the 10th to spread the use of "smart safety return service" by school students in the situation room of City Hall. The smart safety return service is a system that runs an app on a smartphone in case of an emergency on the way to school or at night to receive help from the city hall's smart city integration center and police. In 2014, the city applied smart technology an