The apartment name includes 'Sincheonji'... Residents fall 8 votes short, decide to keep the name

Ubang Sincheonji Town, Duho-dong, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongbuk [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Shin-won] The 'Woobang Sincheonji Town' in Pohang, Gyeongbuk, which had planned to change its name due to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus (Sincheonji), the cause of the surge in COVID-19 cases, has decided to keep its name.

According to Pohang City on the 23rd, the residents' representative meeting of Woobang Sincheonji Town in Duho-dong, Buk-gu, which had been promoting the 'apartment name change' since the end of February, was canceled.

This apartment complex, consisting of 1,510 households, held a vote among residents on changing the apartment name as negative images of Sincheonji spread due to the COVID-19 outbreak. According to the Act on Ownership and Management of Collective Buildings, 80% approval is required, but the vote results showed 1,200 households in favor, 304 opposed, and 6 abstained, failing to meet the requirement of approval from at least 1,208 households.

Accordingly, Woobang Sincheonji Town in Pohang will retain its name.

The residents' representative meeting stated, "Although many households support changing the complex name, the legal requirements must be met and the opinions of opposing households must also be respected, so the proposal to change the complex name has been rejected."

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