Gyeonggi-do Operates SNS Press Corps for Foreign Residents in the Province

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province is operating an SNS reporter group mainly composed of foreign residents living in the province.

The province announced on the 23rd that it decided to operate the first 'Gyeonggi Foreign SNS Reporter Group' and recruited participants among foreign residents in the province who can speak Korean last month. After the first document screening and the second interview screening, 24 final successful candidates were selected, including 9 Chinese speakers, 10 Vietnamese speakers, and 5 Russian speakers.

This reporter group was introduced to provide foreign residents in the province with opportunities to participate in provincial administration as members of the local community.

The selected reporters will undergo training and will be active until the end of this year based on SNS platforms such as Facebook, WeChat, and Instagram. Composed of various professions such as foreign workers, international students, medical coordinators, instructors, and interpreters/translators, they plan to produce diverse content from their own perspectives.

Specifically, they will discover various content such as major domestic foreigner-related policies, changing systems, counseling and support information, provincial administration news, local festivals and events, and real-time local news (traffic, disasters, weather conditions, etc.), write articles, and promote them in Chinese, Vietnamese, and Russian using blogs and SNS.

Hong Dong-gi, head of the Foreign Policy Division of the province, said, "The SNS reporter group will serve as a bridge closely connecting Korean society and foreign residents," and added, "We hope they will carry out many activities for the stable settlement support and communication of foreign residents in the future."

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