Boseong-gun Ranks 2nd Nationwide in Life Satisfaction in 'National Assembly Future Research Institute' Survey

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Yong-chul] The National Assembly Future Institute unveiled the "Korea Happiness Map" at the "6th National Quality of Life Measurement Forum" conducted by Statistics Korea on the 25th of last month.

On the 15th, Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it ranked 2nd nationwide in the "Life Satisfaction" category on the Korea Happiness Map surveyed by the National Assembly Future Institute targeting local governments across the country.

The Happiness Map was created based on eight area indicators: life satisfaction, health, safety, environment, economy, education, relationships and social participation, and leisure.

Boseong-gun is the only local government in Jeollanam-do to be ranked within the top 10 in the life satisfaction category. It also received an A grade in the happiness index, placing it in the top 20% nationwide. It ranked 2nd nationwide in the environment category as well.

Boseong-gun scored highly in the fields of environment, health, leisure, and safety. In particular, Boseong-gun is known as a healthy city with the highest number of centenarians nationwide and is a green city cultivating the largest area of the divine gift "green tea" in the country.

It is also a clean area boasting the lowest concentration of sulfur dioxide in the air nationwide, and ranked 4th nationwide in sleep quality measurement conducted by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.

The 7th term of Boseong-gun’s civilian administration has adopted the slogan "Hopeful Boseong full of dreams and happiness," and is creating an urban forest of 10 million trees through the Boseong 600 project for clean air quality and a pleasant living environment. To improve the lacking economic indicators, it has secured over 400 billion won in public offering projects to revitalize the local economy.

County Governor Kim Cheol-woo said, "We will make further efforts to ensure that public opinion is reflected in county administration and that the lives of residents can improve, and we will do our best to make life in Boseong the most satisfying life."

Meanwhile, Boseong-gun is continuously requesting that Beolgyo Station be included as a stop in the basic plan for the electrification project of the Gyeongjeon Line currently being promoted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to build transportation infrastructure.

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