Category: Society
- Welfare Policy
Escalator opens at Exit 2 of Unseo Station, easing stair burden for AREX passengers
Incheon's Yeongjong-gu District (Mayor Son Hwa-jeong) said on the 19th that it has finished installing escalators at Exit 2 of Unseo Station on the Airport Railroad Express (AREX) line and has put the facility into full operation. Rail pas…
- Economic Policy & Trends
Yeongjong-gu to repay former Jung-gu’s 18.1 billion won temporary loan upfront, urges Jemulpo-gu to join debt-sharing review
Yeongjong-gu District (Mayor Son Hwa-jeong) in Incheon has decided to repay in full, ahead of time, a temporary loan of 18.1 billion won taken out when the area was part of the former Jung-gu District. The Incheon Metropolitan Government h…
- Mental Health
Yeonsu-gu wins health minister’s commendation for integrated addiction rehabilitation support
Yeonsu-gu District (Mayor Lee Jae-ho) in Incheon has received official government recognition for providing seamless support to people with addiction disorders, from initial counseling through to their return to society. The district said …
- Welfare Policy
Korea Hansen Welfare Association Provides Free Mobile Dermatology Care on Ijakdo Island
Ongjin-gun County (Governor Jang Jeong-min) teamed up with the Gyeonggi-Incheon branch of the Korea Hansen Welfare Association to run a free mobile dermatology clinic for island residents on Ijakdo Island in Jawol-myeon from the 15th to th…
- Welfare Policy
Ongjin Welfare Foundation Holds Workshop for Social Welfare Facility Managers
The Ongjin Welfare Foundation (Chairperson Jang Jeong-min) held the "2026 Ongjin-gun County Social Welfare Facility Managers Workshop" over two days, from the 15th to the 16th. The event took place at the Orakai Songdo Park Hotel in Songdo…
- History Lives
[History Lives On – Silla Series] Episode 5: King Jijeung’s Reforms – The Birth of “Silla”
Episode 5: King Jijeung's Reforms - The Birth of "Silla" A name is the oldest brand there is. The word "Silla" (新羅) was chosen in a court debate in the year 503, when Europe's new Germanic kingdoms were still deciding what kind of states…
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- 100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 18, 1926 – A Monday in Seoul, Two Weeks After the Colonial Headquarters Opened and “Arirang” Packed the Theaters
It is Monday evening in Seoul, October 18, 1926. The week's work is done for the first day, and the lamps are coming on. Two weeks earlier, the colonial government had celebrated its vast new headquarters in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace. …
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- Three Kingdoms 365
[Day 146] The Emptied City
A month had passed since Kongming (孔明) took his seat upon the cushion at Xinye (新野); it was early autumn. In the seventh month of the autumn of Jian'an 13 (208 CE), the great army of Cao Cao (曹操) in the north at last began to move so…
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- History Lives
[History Lives On – Silla Series] Episode 4: In Goguryeo
Episode 4: In Goguryeo's Shadow - Kings Silseong and Nulji What happens when a boy raised as a hostage in a rival court grows up to wear a crown? In the early fifth century, Silla was a modest kingdom in the southeast of the Korean peninsu…
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- 100 Years Ago Today
[100 Years Ago Today] October 17, 1926 – A Sunday in Seoul: Arirang Enters Its Third Week, the New Colonial Headquarters Two Weeks Old, and Wuchang Fallen a Week Earlier
Sunday, October 17, 1926 · Evening Edition · 10:10 PM KST (1:10 PM UTC) 10:10 - As the clock smiles, reflect on a century of history As you wind down your day, picture Seoul on the evening of Sunday, October 17, 1926. Two weeks earlier, on…
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