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Presidential Office Launches New Website to Better Communicate with Public


The new presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul on May 9, 2022. (Yonhap)

The new presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul on May 9, 2022. (Yonhap)

SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire)The presidential office launched a new website Thursday to facilitate better communication with the public.

The site, “People’s Suggestions,” will replace the “People’s Petitions” page used by the previous presidential office of Moon Jae-in.

“It is a communication channel reflecting President Yoon Suk-yeol’s commitment to becoming a president who communicates directly with the people,” Kang Seung-kyoo, senior presidential secretary for civil society, told a press briefing.

The new site is made up of four sections — a civil complaint and suggestion page, a petition page, a section for proposing videos, and a phone directory.

An additional page for overseas citizens is expected to be added next month.

The presidential office said it will operate the site under the four principles of non-disclosure of civil complaints, which is mandated by law; use of real names only; limiting comments that serve the interests of particular groups or organizations; and guaranteeing a response before the legally mandated deadline.

Under the previous administration, only petitions that collected 200,000 or more signatures were eligible for a response from the government, resulting in a 0.026 percent response rate, a presidential official said.

The presidential office also plans to set up a public-private panel to select the best suggestions and put them to an online vote, with the winning entry to be considered for implementation by the government.

(Yonhap)

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