Production of the Seongbuk-gu Policy Newsletter

COVID-19, Stories of Overcoming Together in Seongbuk... Statistical Analysis of Demand Forecasts for the New Dongbuk Line... Easy-to-Understand Statistics on Seongbuk-gu Public Libraries, Job Status, and Fire Incidents

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) has produced the Seongbuk-gu policy newsletter Policy Magazine vol.5 titled "2020 Q1, Happy Seongbuk Policy Story through Communication."

The Policy Magazine is a district newsletter that provides useful information to enhance residents' understanding and participation in policies by explaining Seongbuk-gu’s current policies closely related to residents’ daily lives, welfare, culture, safety, and various statistical data in an easy and interesting way. Since its first issue on August 31, 2018, it has reached its fifth edition.

Policy Magazine vol.5 can be easily accessed through the 'Policy Magazine' menu on the top left of the Seongbuk-gu Office website and is composed of △ Keyword Seongbuk △ Data in Daily Life △ Seongbuk in Statistics △ Policy Focus △ Seongbuk Living Information.

In Keyword Seongbuk, under the theme "COVID-19, Overcoming Together with Seongbuk," it covers the outbreak and current situation of COVID-19, voluntary public-private quarantine activities for infectious disease prevention and spread control, the pause campaign for social distancing, donations and the good rent movement from various sectors, community participation, and resident support policies, illustrating the process of overcoming COVID-19 together with residents.

Especially in Data in Daily Life and Seongbuk in Statistics, it provides an in-depth analysis of the causes and status of fires in 2019, demand (station area) forecasts due to the new Dongbuk Line, and analyzes policies closely related to residents’ daily lives such as public library status and job situation in an easy-to-understand statistical manner, suggesting future directions to enhance residents’ understanding and participation in policies.

In Policy Focus, it presents the progress and future direction of the Jangwi Traditional Market residential area-linked urban regeneration project, which was selected in February this year as Seoul’s ‘Traditional Market-linked Urban Regeneration Pilot Project.’

Additionally, it introduces the Seongbuk History and Culture Center, where residents can experience Seongbuk’s historical culture, information on confirmed COVID-19 cases, Seongbuk-gu disaster text message service application, Seongbuk Love Gift Certificates promoting good consumption to revitalize the local economy, youth employment and start-up support status such as the Seongbuk Job Cafe, statistics on population, households, education, culture, location information of various facilities and centers through the public data (statistics) platform website, and guidance on using the Seongbuk Village Archive website, the first autonomous district archive established in 2020 to view Seongbuk’s history at a glance.

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, said, “We will continue to provide data on policy implementation status and various living indicator statistics, which were previously difficult to access, in an easy-to-understand manner so that residents can comfortably approach them. We will strive to increase residents’ understanding of district policies and enhance pride in the district through active participation.”

The Seongbuk-gu Policy Magazine is available on the Seongbuk-gu Office website.

For more details, please contact the Planning and Budget Division of Seongbuk-gu Office.

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