1. No More Crime against Children! Large-Scale Expansion of ‘Anshim Allimie’ (Schoolchildren Position Notification) Service for Primary School Children

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The crime rate in Gyeonggi Province has ped significantly since Gyeonggi Province began implementing its one-district, one-police-station policy last year. In order to further strengthen public safety, Gyeonggi Province also announced that it will launch a remote schoolchild-locatingparent-notifying service, the ‘Anshim Allimie ” service, for 53,000 primary school children. Parents can now see their children off to school in the morning with greatly reduced worries.

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The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education announced that it will provide the ‘Anshim Allimie’service initially for 53,000 primary school children. These children will be the students of ed primary schools that have higher percentages of parents receiving Guaranteed Basic Living Benefitsin lower income brackets,of schools in areaschildren face greater exposure to danger commuting tofrom school.

The ‘Anshim Allimie’ servicea child-locating service that sends SMS messages to parents notifying them of the location of their children using terminals carriedthe childrenrelay stations installed in schools.

The ‘Anshim Allimie’servicealso available for other children their parents wish to use the service at their own cost.

The ‘Anshim Allimie` serviceexpected to alleviate social concerns over crimes against childrencontribute to the effective guidance of children through improved communication between schoolsparents.

2.Gyeonggi Province will Lead the Smart Phone Market

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With the smart phonemobile markets growing rapidly, we are entering an age of ‘information in the palm of one’s hand.’ Gyeonggi Province announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement for the development of the mobile contents industry with Samsung ElectronicsSK Telecom,will take part in the joint development of smart phone applications.

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Gyeonggi Province signed a ‘Cooperation Agreement for the Development of the Mobile Contents Industry’ with Samsung ElectronicsSK Telecom,began working on the development of various OS-based smart phone applications for the convenience of the residents of Gyeonggi Province.

The residents of Gyeonggi Province will have access to various applications that provide useful information on, for example, mountain trailstourism, as well as existing applications such as the Gyeonggi LibraryGyeonggi Bus information applications.

These high quality applications for Gyeonggi Province can be downloaded‘Samsung Apps’SK Telecom’s ‘T-store’

In addition to the provision of applications, Gyeonggi Provincealso expected to contribute to the creation of jobsthe promotion of the provincial economy through the cultivation of application developers.

3.Gyeonggi Province Supports Overseas Employment

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In order to help young job seekers, Gyeonggi Province decided to provide active support for overseas employment candidates in cooperation with 5 universities in the province.

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Gyeonggi Province began its move toward helping young job seekers find jobs overseas.

As part of its youth employment support, Gyeonggi Province signed an agreement with the Human Resources Development Service of Korea (HRDK)5 universities in Gyeonggi Province to assist university students in their search for overseas employment in conjunction with HRDK’s Global Human Resources Cultivation Program.

Gyeonggi Province, the Human Resources Development Service of Korea5 universities in the province agreed to closely cooperate with each otherundertake their share of support.

There has been a growing interest in overseas employment since the Asian Financial Crisis of 1998,9,174 individuals are known to have left the country to find jobs overseas up to 2009.

This agreementpart of Gyeonggi Province’s efforts to provide young job seekers with employment supportis expected to become a milestone in boosting overseas employment.

After the assessment of the outcome of the program, Gyeonggi Province plans to invite participationmore universities in the future.

4. Pocheon MagkolliNow Protected as a Registered Trade Mark

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Magkolli, whichoften translated as ‘Korean rice wine,’gaining popularity overseas as well as domestically. Some brands of magkolli are now protectedregistered trademarks.

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With its mildsweet taste, the traditional Korean rice wine, magkolli,favoredmany overseas drinkers as well asKoreans. Gyeonggi Province has been providing active support to raise the brand value of magkolli promote its export.

Last November, a Japanese company registered Pocheon Magkolli as a trademark with the Japanese Patent Office. This triggered controversy in Korea regarding the protection of trademarks of area-specific brands.

The Pocheon Magkolli Producers Cooperative, which consists of nine magkolli producers in the Pocheon area, filed an application with the Korean Patent Office for registration of a ‘Group Trademark Indicative of a Geographic Name’ for Pocheon magkolli.

Registration of Pocheon Magkolli as an indicative geographic name willonly protect the names of Pocheon Magkolli brands butalso expected to upgrade the value of its trademark as well.

5.Farm-Experience Education Planner, a Popular Job for Women

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Gyeonggi Province began an employment support service for women who wish to pursue a career maintaining their domestic responsibilities. The servicefor employment as a farm-experience education planner specializing in the planningoperation of farm-experience programs. Will this become a popular new job for women? Many are interested to find out.

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Mrs. Suh Seok-hwaworking as a farm-experience education planner at a farmhouse in Hwaseong City.

She connects those who want to have farm experiences to farmhousesprovides them with attentive care to ensure that they are comfortable experiencing farm life.

Farm-experience education plannersMrs. Suh are busy working at places such as the experiential farmsexperiential youths camps.

The planner may work any time she choosesis paid approximately KRW 100,000 for each planned case.

There are currently 20 farm-experience education planners actively working in Gyeonggi Province,a further 24 women completed training this year.

The training of farm-experience education plannersthe first such initiative of its kind in Korea,itexpected to become a new job model that connects farms with cities contributing to rural household income.

6. Title: Youths with Autism Became Assistant Librarians

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A pilot program for a job provision project was launched to help young people with autism attending special schools in Gyeonggi Province to find employment with public libraries. The Gyeongin (경인) National University of Educationthe first national university to launch this program.

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Kang Won-shik succeeded in securing employment at a public library in Gyeonggi Province as an assistant librarian.

As an individual who has faced many challenges in life due to autism, workthe beginning of a new life.

Having started his work as a regular employee last April, Kang’s job has been to arrange books properly. Since he can remember the original places of the misplaced books, he was noted as being capable of performing the duties of an assistant librarian.

There are 22 autistic individualsKang who trained for assistant librarian work after graduatingspecial schools in Gyeonggi Province.

This program shows that itpossible for people with autism to successfully adapt to society. However, continuous public interesteffortnecessary in order to help them work as assistant librarians at the 2,150 libraries in Gyeonggi Province.

7.Innocent Transformation of Waste, Gyeonggi Province Recycled Articles Contest

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Waste becomes trash when disposed of, but it can be transformed into wonderful articles through recycling. Gyeonggi Province will open the Recycled Articles Contest in order to promote the importance of recycling.

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This fruit basket won the gold prize during the last Recycled Articles Contest. It was delicately made with plastic slooksa brand new product.

A chest of drawers madenewspapera lamp madeused briquettes have added artistic value to their usefulness.

A CD case madea recycled electric fana clothes hangersmarble game reborn as a toy for children reveal the brilliance of their creators.

Gyeonggi Provinceholding the 6th Recycled Articles Contest. Anyone living in Gyeonggi Province can participate in the contest.

You just simply have to send in your application to the office responsible for resource recycling in your local city or district.

This recycled articles contest will foster awareness among the public that waste can be transformed into a valuable resource,itexpected to lead the recycling culture.