SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly will push for the establishment of regulations to guarantee longer “playtime” by adjusting the break times of kindergartens and elementary schools. Kim Kyung-hee, a member of the Assembly Committee on Education announced on Thursday that the assembly will propose an ordinance at the council’s interim [...]
SUWON, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province announced the ‘Plant in the Forest’ project as part of its efforts to reduce fine dust. The province plans to work with companies to plant trees around factories and plants in the region to cleanse the atmosphere. Starting this year, the province will invite all factories in [...]
SUWON, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean border province will push to apply for the inclusion of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the list of the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage, officials said Sunday. The government of Gyeonggi Province, which borders with North Korea, said it plans to present an application for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province plans to install closed-circuit television cameras in all middle and high schools in the region by the end of 2021 to protect students from school violence and other criminal offenses. Gyeonggi Province is South Korea’s most populous region and is home to 1,106 middle and high schools. [...]
SUWON, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — People will be able to circumnavigate Gyeonggi Province, the province that surrounds Seoul, on foot or by bicycle in 2020, the provincial government said Wednesday. To that end, the province said it will create a 700-kilometer outer ring walking trail by linking various disconnected trails. At present, the province [...]
SUWON, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education plans to break past practices in the design of schoolyards at public schools to establish a new standard of design that will maximize the use of space for a variety of sports activities. The office announced on Monday the so-called ‘innovation project for [...]
SUWON, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — According to projections, agricultural areas can expect pest population reductions of up to 5 to 30 percent this spring, depending on the type of insect. An agricultural research institute for Gyeonggi Province issued a prediction on January 31 that this year’s populations of cicadas (30 percent), beetles (20 percent), [...]
SUWON, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite raising the prospect of conducting cloud seeding experiments to create artificial rain more than a year ago, Gyeonggi Province has not carried out a single test and will most likely close out the year without making good on its word. According to the provincial office on December 15, [...]
UIJEONGBU, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gyeonggi Provincial Government announced today it will host the Pangyo Autonomous Motor Show 2017, the world’s very first motor show dedicated to autonomous cars. According to the government, the Pangyo Autonomous Motor Show (PAMS), which will be held from November 16 to 18 at Pangyo Zero City in Seongnam, [...]
UIJEONGBU, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Local governments in Gyeonggi Province are reaping the rewards from transforming deserted places into cultural attractions. According officials from the province and the city of Pocheon on October 20, deserted facilities that were revamped into cultural spaces include abandoned coal mines turned into a Cave Theme Park and Art [...]