Title 1. Life Inconvenience Reporting App for Smart Phones (1121-2)
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Gyeonggi Province introduced a new smart phone application to enable the reporting of public inconveniences experiencedsmart phone s. This reporting tem will accelerate the process for addressing the flawsinefficiencies of public facilities that would otherwise remain unattended for long periods of time.
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1) Bibong-myeon, Hwaseong City
Therea large depression in the middle of a road in Hwaseong City. Drivers are inconveniencedthis hazard since they have to slow downnegotiate around it every time they use this section of road. Therealso a greater risk of traffic accidents. You can now bring mattersthis immediately to the attention of public authoritiestaking a photo of the scenereporting it using a smart phone.
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This smart phone application automatically transmits a report to the Civil Applications Processing System of the local public office. Civil applications received through smart phones are treated as regular applicationswill be processed through regular procedures. This means the applicant will receive a response within at least two working days.
2) Quick Responses to Public Inconveniences
Reported this way, public inconveniences can be remedied much faster. Since smart phones contain the identification of the a GPS function, applicants doneed to input an address or personal identification data or subscribe for a membership.
3) Min Byeong-bum / Assistant Chief, Gyeonggi Province Information Planning Team
“It’s only been a few days since we introduced this application, but we arevery enthusiastic responsesresidents.”
This Life Inconvenience Reporting Application can be downloadedany app mall such as Android Market or App Storeinstalled on any smart phone.
4) Lee Ji-hoon Reporter
The Life Inconvenience Reporting Application service for smart phones will run for a one-month pilot period during November before the serviceexpanded nationwide next month.

Title 2. Visiting Lifelong Education Programs (1121-2)
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Gyeonggi Province offers the Visiting Lifelong Education Programs for mothers of schoolchildren. These women have no less interest in self-development than any other adults, but they simply couldafford to spend the time to study for themselves since their lives are devoted to looking after their children.
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1) Twechon-myeonm, Gwangju City
Women in this village in Gwangju (광주) City are excited to have a lifelong education teacher visiting their community. After sending their children off to school, these women usuallyhousehold chores that neverday after day. Travelling downtown for adult educationalmost impossible. Visiting Lifelong Education on their doorstepsomething they cannot miss.
2) Cho Yong-mi / Gwangju City
“Womenus, who live far awayeverything, find it very hard to have educational opportunities. We are very pleased to have such wonderful education programs in our town.”
3) Visiting Lifelong EducationGyeonggi Women’s Development Center
The Gyeonggi Women’s Development Center operates the Visiting Lifelong Education Programs for women in isolated areas. Programs include parental coaching as well as various career developmenttraining classes conductedadult education specialists.
4) Park Esther / Education Officer, Gyeonggi Women’s Development Center
“This education program was originally conceived with the idea of providing career-interrupted women with educationcareer development opportunities.”
In addition to these visiting education programs, the Gyeonggi Women’s Development Center also operates various online servicesprograms to support employmentbusiness inauguration for women.
5) Gyeonggi Lifelong Education e-School, Home Learn (www.homelearn.go.kr)
The Gyeonggi Women’s Development Centeralso the organizer of the Gyeonggi Lifelong Learning e-School Home Learn program with a wide variety of free educational contents for career-conscious women. There are extensive choices of onlineoffline educational programs for beginners as well as for advanced levels that are available at the Gyeonggi Women’s Development Center. They are quality programs specifically designed to aid women improve their potential for professional careers.
Title 3. Gyeonggi-Gangwon Interprovincial Agreement (1121-1)
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Gyeonggi Province signed an agreement with neighboring Gangwon Province for the success of the 2018 Pyeongchang (평창) Winter Olympicsfor cooperation in mutual economic advancement.
[Report]
1) Gyeonggi-Gangwon Administrative Cooperation MOU / Gyeonggi Provincial Government Complex (November 21st)
Gyeonggi Province agreed to extend a neighborly hand for the successful hosting of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang (평창) County of Gangwon (강원) Province. Both provinces entered the Interprovincial Administrative Cooperation Agreement. According to this agreement, Gyeonggi Province will provide active support for the hosting of the Winter Olympic Gamesthe development of tourism resources, social infrastructurethe DMZ as well as for the promotion of cooperation between SouthNorth Korea.
2) Support for Success of Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
The two provincial governments have already been cooperating in the construction of a railroad networkYeongdong Expressway II for effective linkage with Pyeongchang (평창).
3) [INTERVIEW] Gangwong Provincial Governor Choi Moon-soon
“The cooperative relationship between the two provincesvery important for mutual benefit. This agreement will form an institutional foundation for mutual cooperation on permanent basis.”
4) [INTERVIEW] Gyeonggi Provincial Governor Kim Moon-soo
“We are proving active support because the success of the Pyeongchang (평창) Olympicsvery important for the advancement of Gyeonggi Province,our province will directly benefitthis international sports event.”
5) Development of Tourism Products
Both provinces will also cooperate in the developmentjoint marketing of tourism products that will run in conjunction with the Winter Olympics.
6) Development of DMZ Tourist Resorts
The development of tourism resources through mutual cooperation will also include some areas in the DMZ. These two provinces are gems of tourism in Korea,the interprovincial agreement will have positive effects for the successful hosting of the Pyeongchang (평창) Winter Olympic Games as well as for the local development of both provinces.

Title 4. Gimjang to Share with Disadvantaged Neighbors (1123-1)
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Around the same time as American Thanksgiving, Korean homes also have an annual event. They prepare a large quantity of kimchi (김치) to last through the winter. Koreans have a special name for this annual undertaking; itcalled gimjang (김장). While vegetable prices plummeted recently, causing great concern among farmers, Gyeonggi Province organized a gimjang kimchi-making event in the central quad of the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Complex so as to help disadvantaged neighbors who cannot afford to do their own gimjang (김장) at the same time helping farmers find a market for their products.
[Report]
Volunteers are busy putting generous amounts of the red kimchi (김치) mixture between salted cabbage leaves. Piles of completed kimchi (김치) are growing higher. Boxes of this kimchi (김치) will be donated to people in need,farmers are relieved to be able to sell their cabbagesother ingredient vegetables.
1) Winter-Warming & Love-Sharing Gimjang / Gyeonggi Provincial Government Complex (November 23rd)
The volunteers include members of the Gyeonggi Saemaul (새마을) Women’s Clubits 31 branches throughout the province as well as staff members of the Gyeonggi Election Commission. The name of the occasionthe ‘Winter-Warming & Love-Sharing Gimjang Event’.
2) [INTERVIEW] Kim Sook-hui / Director of the Gyeonggi Saemaul Women’s Club
“We plan to spend KRW 1.2 billion to prepare gimjang (김장) kimchianother KRW 260 million to purchase rice. Both the kimchi (김치)rice will be delivered to single seniors, facilities for disadvantaged individualsmulticultural families as donations under the Winter-warming Movement.”
3) 2,000 Boxes of Kimchi Delivered to Needy Neighbors
The 2,000 boxes of gimjang kimchi (김장 김치) made during today’s event were delivered to 550 single seniors, 150 welfare facilitiesmulticultural families throughout Gyeonggi Province. As the name of the movement suggests, this sharing of food will certainly be a winter-warming gift to many less fortunate neighbors.

Title 5. Heads of Gyeonggi ProvinceSeoul Meets (1124-1)
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The government heads of Gyeonggi ProvinceSeoul City had a meeting in Seoul. These two chiefs of the largest local governments in Korea discussed current affairs concerning the capital region including transportation network matters. It was the first meeting between the two since the inauguration of the new mayor of Seoul in October.
[Report]
1) Gyeonggi ProvinceSeoul Administrative Heads Meeting
Gyeonggi Provincial Governor Kim Moon-Soo (김문수)new Seoul City Mayor Park Won-soon (박원순) met at the JW Marriott Hotel in Seoul on November 24th. This meeting was realized through the invitation of Governor Kim Moon-soothe new Mayor of Seoul. They engaged in discussions about affairs of interest to both regions.
2) Consensus on the Need for a Permanent Cooperative Body
The two local government heads agreed on the need for the establishment of a permanent body to function as a cooperative agent for the advancement of the capital region.
3) Transportation Issues
The discussion points during the meeting were transportation issues such as bus fare increasesthe construction of the GTX Express Railroad. Governor Kim asked Mayor Park to cooperate in the bus fare increase, asserting that itinevitable to rescue bus operatorsfinancial shortfalls.
4) [INTERVIEW] Gyeonggi Provincial Governor Kim Moon-soo
“Seoul City must act together with Gyeonggi ProvinceIncheon (인천) City in this. Itthe only way to lighten the burden imposed on citizensavoid chaotic consequences.”
Seoul City was sympathetic about the financial problems facedbus companies, but expressed the need for time to win the support of citizens.”
5) [INTERVIEW] Seoul City Mayor Park Won-soon
“Governor Kim’s message about the necessity of raising bus fare was clearly received. Itnow up to the citizens of Seoul to understand the situationmake a decision.”
This meeting between the government heads of Gyeonggi ProvinceSeoul City marks the beginning of active communication between the two regions that will hopefully contribute to the improvement of mutual cooperationenhanced quality of life for residents in the capital region.