Haenam-gun Receives Dasan Mokmin Award Hosted by Ministry of the Interior and Safety

Implementing Integrity, Public Service, and People-Centered Governance Spirit in Local Autonomy Field

Haenam County received the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award at the 12th Dasan Mokmin Awards ceremony. (Photo by Haenam County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do (Myeong Hyun-gwan) announced on the 19th that it received the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award at the 12th Dasan Mokmin Award ceremony held at the Government Sejong Convention Center in Sejong City.

The Dasan Mokmin Award, hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, is given to basic local governments that best embody the spirit of Mokmin?self-discipline (律己), public service (奉公), and love for the people (愛民)?as written by Dasan Jeong Yak-yong, in the field of local autonomy.

Because the award is selected through fair and objective evaluation via citizen networks and only one local government is chosen per city, county, or district, it is recognized for its high credibility and is known as the most coveted award among local governments.

Haenam-gun, which received the main award, will be granted a special allocation tax of 100 million KRW from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety along with a prize of 10 million KRW. This is the first time in nine years since the 3rd award that a local government in Jeollanam-do has won.

Haenam-gun was highly evaluated in the self-discipline category assessing integrity, showing remarkable changes in clean administration and innovation into an organization free from corruption and malfeasance since the launch of the 7th local government.

In the integrity evaluation conducted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, Haenam-gun achieved a grade 2 rating for two consecutive years from 2018 to 2019, and the detailed item scores steadily increased, receiving perfect scores of 10 in both internal and external evaluations for items such as bribery, entertainment, and provision of conveniences, demonstrating remarkable integrity achievements.

Since the inauguration of Mayor Myeong Hyun-gwan in the 7th local government, Haenam-gun has pledged to operate the county administration based on the three principles of fairness, openness, and equity, and publicly declared that corrupt acts such as personnel solicitations and bribery by public officials will be severely punished.

Additionally, ‘integrity and innovation’ within the public office have been prioritized as the top policy task, actively promoting monthly civil complaint satisfaction surveys, integrity broadcasts within the office for senior officials, departmental rotating education, and one integrity policy per department.

In particular, Haenam-gun received the highest grade (SA) for two consecutive years from 2019 to 2020 in the evaluation of the fulfillment of pledges and information disclosure of local government heads nationwide during the 7th local government, hosted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters. Out of 65 detailed pledges, 33 have been completed, showing a pledge completion rate of over 50%, which is significantly higher than the national average of 34% and Jeollanam-do’s 28%, establishing Haenam-gun as the most exemplary local government in pledge fulfillment during the 7th local government.

Mayor Myeong Hyun-gwan of Haenam-gun said, “With the launch of the 7th local government, 70,000 Haenam residents and over 1,000 public officials have shared joys and hardships to achieve the precious result of winning the Dasan Mokmin Award Ministerial Prize,” and added, “We will not be complacent and will do our best to improve the quality of life for residents and develop the county administration based on the philosophy of Dasan.”

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