1.ConvenientElegant New Address System

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It often isn’t easy to find a destination you only have an address. The residents of Gyeonggi Province will no longer have face this age-old problem because, with the introduction of a new address tem using street nameshouse numbers, one can now reach a given destination easilyconveniently even one has never been there before. This new temexpected to have the effect of saving residents as much as KRW 4.3 trillion annually in traveling expenses.

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The demand for door-to-door delivery services has grown two-fold compared with last year,service operators have been complaining about the old address tem.

With this new address tem, door-to-door delivery service operators can now save KRW 270.3 billion annually in operating costs including on-line transaction delivery, travelingmanpower costs.

Under the new address tem, the response time of 119112 emergency services will be considerably shortened as the exact location of a fire, crime or emergency situation can be identifiedreached much more quickly.

This tem will change the customary behavior of asking directionspassers-bys on the street to the use of maps. It will also be the nation’s starting point for greater future efficiency.

2.Prevention of Floods

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In preparation for the upcoming monsoon season, Gyeonggi Province began working on countermeasures against possible flood damage to major large-scale projects currently underway along the Norththe South Han Rivers.

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Gyeonggi Province held a Flood Disaster Prevention Meeting to protect the Han River Restoration Projects. The meeting was held at Work Section 5 of the Yeoju restoration site on May 27th.

A Gyeonggi Province official said that the purpose of the meeting was to share among the work sections the measures to be taken for the prevention of flood disastersfor safety management of material stocks as well as to discuss emergency rescue operation methods to be applied in the event of water-related accidents.

Gyeonggi Province plans to establish a cooperative tem that can be mobilized immediately when an emergency situation occurs. To this end, Gyeonggi Province will strengthen the safety management of the material storage areasreorganize the forecastingwarning tems within Yeoju County.

Since last year, Gyeonggi Province has been working on the ‘Gangbyeon Salja’ or ‘Living on the Riverside’ project, named after a Korean folk song, in order to revive the culturalnatural environments of the rivers. Gyeonggi Province now plans to establish detailed flooding countermeasures under this project to restore the polluted environment of the rivers for the protection of water-supply sourcesto prevent water-related disasters.

3.Security of Korean Peninsula at Risk. Gyeonggi Province Enters ‘State of Emergency Preparedness’

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The sinking of the Republic of Korea Navy Ship Cheonan calls for close security cooperationonly nationally but internationally as well. Gyeonggi Province held an Integrated Defense Working Committee Meeting to review the security status of the Korean Peninsuladiscuss measures to be taken to help strengthen regional defense.

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With the increase in tensions between NorthSouth Korea following the sinking of the Republic of Korea Navy Ship Cheonan, Gyeonggi Province held an Integrated Defense Working Committee Meeting to review the preparedness of the Province for emergency situations.

The meeting was also attendedrepresentatives of the prosecution, police, National Intelligence Servicemilitary agencies. The main agenda of the meeting was to discuss measures that should be implemented to protect national infrastructure against possible terrorism.

Gyeonggi Province gave a presentation on arranged measures to strengthen its preparedness against possible North Korean terrorism.

The presentationGyeonggi Province was followeda reportthe National Intelligence Service on the security status of the Korean Peninsulaa reportan officerthe Capital Defense Corps on the security measures planned for the upcoming G20 summit. Gyeonggi Province plans to maintain tight security through close cooperation with security agencies to ensure that those who perished for the nation didsacrifice their lives in vain.

4. Don’t Be Let DownDepression, Go to the ‘Village of Hope’

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Korea has the stigma of being the country with the highest suicide rate among OECD nations. In order to reduce the suicide rate in Gyeonggi Province, the Provincial Government d a website specifically designed to prevent suicide. Itthe first website of its kind among autonomous districts in Korea.

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People in the modern age are under continuous stressoverwork.

Stressoverworkharmful to mental healthcan lead to depression or even suicide. The number of depressed individuals seeking treatment at mental health centers has grown recently.

Considering the urgent need for social means to safeguard against depression, Gyeonggi Province launched the ‘Little Princethe Village of Hope’ website through which anyone can self-diagnose depression conveniently at home.

A questionnaire with 19 questions allows the people with depression to diagnose the severity of their depression. Quizzes about suicideconsultation on depression will also help them to overcome their condition.

According to statistics, the total number of people who ted suicide in Korea in 2008 was 12,858, which was twice as many as 10 years agoalso the highest rate among OECD nations.

Gyeonggi Province has previously held seminars on the prevention of suicide especially for womensenior residents,is now actively involved in direct communication with depressed individuals through this suicide-prevention website.

5.Another Korean WaveGyeonggi Farm Produce

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The high quality farm produceprocessed agricultural products of Gyeonggi Province are attracting overseas interest. Gyeonggi Province invited overseas buyers in order to promote sales of its agricultural products.

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Gyeonggi Province held a promotional event for overseas buyers in order to foster sales of Gyeonggi’s agriculturalfood products.

Nine companies8 countries who were invited to this promotional event signed MOUs worth a total value of KRW 7.1 billion to buy food itemsagricultural products produced in Gyeonggi Province.

The invited overseas buyers visited a food-processing company in Pocheonthe AgriculturalFishery Products Distribution Center in Goyang to see the quality of provincial products first hand.

The personnelthe company who invited overseas buyers for this event were hopeful about the outcomesaid that this event gave them opportunities to enter overseas markets.

Gyeonggi Provinceconfident that this event generated meaningful results in developing new overseas markets for the agricultural products of the Province.

6.Gyeonggi Province Plans Green All Project

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In line with the Green Certification System that was introducedthe Korean central government on April 14th, Gyeonggi Province plans to launch the ‘Green All Project’ in order to promotesupport the green industry.

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Gyeonggi Province finalized the ‘Green All Project Plan for the PromotionSupport of Green Industry’

Thisa comprehensive support plan that aims to identify green technology businessesspecialized green companies with superior prospects in Gyeonggi Province tematically promoting the growth of green industryinvestmentthe private sector.

In order to effectively implement the Green All Project, Gyeonggi Province will engage in tematic cooperation with Gyeonggi Techno Park. This will be an on-going project with a continuously expanding scopebudget according to the results.
Gyeonggi Province expects that the Green All Project will encourage the development of eco-friendly industrythe creation of new jobs, which, in turn, will contribute to the improvement of the localnational economy.