Korea Convenience Store Industry Association - Daejeon Metropolitan City Sign 'Child Abuse Prevention Leading City' MOU

At 2 p.m. on the 16th, the Convenience Store Industry Association announced that it had signed a business agreement for a 'Child Abuse Prevention Leading City' with seven organizations, including Daejeon Metropolitan City. The photo shows the business agreement ceremony. (Photo by Korea Convenience Store Industry Association)

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] The Korea Convenience Store Industry Association signed a business agreement on the 16th with Daejeon Metropolitan City, Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency, Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education, TJB Daejeon Broadcasting, Daejeon Pharmaceutical Association, and the Child Protection Agency to establish a ‘Child Abuse Prevention Leading City.’

This business agreement was made following a request from Daejeon Metropolitan City for the participation of the Convenience Store Industry Association and its member companies in a project aimed at eradicating child abuse. It was realized through the active participation of five member companies (GS25, CU, 7-Eleven, Ministop, and C Space).

Approximately 1,000 member convenience stores located in Daejeon participating in the ‘Child Abuse Prevention Leading City’ will be responsible for conducting child abuse prevention campaigns, reporting cases of abused children to the local police precinct, and handing over the abused children to the police.

Daejeon Metropolitan City will provide overall administrative support related to child abuse, while participating institutions including the Office of Education will be responsible for child abuse-related education, monitoring, abuse reporting and on-site investigation, and media publicity campaigns.

At the signing ceremony held at Daejeon City Hall, only representatives from the eight agreement institutions attended due to strengthened social distancing measures, including Korea Convenience Store Industry Association Chairman Kyungho Choi, Daejeon Mayor Huh Tae-jung, Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Seol Dong-ho, and Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency Chief Lee Gyu-moon.

Korea Convenience Store Industry Association Chairman Kyungho Choi said, “We consider it meaningful that the convenience store industry is participating alongside various institutions in Daejeon Metropolitan City’s initiative to create a ‘Child Abuse Zero City’ to eradicate child abuse,” and emphasized, “It is essential to spread social awareness that child abuse is a serious crime, not corporal punishment for discipline.”

Chairman Choi also stated, “The convenience store industry will actively perform its role and functions to contribute to the eradication of child abuse by preventing and protecting children, who are our future, from abuse.”

The Korea Convenience Store Industry Association has signed business agreements with three metropolitan local governments for citizen safety and protection: with Seoul City since 2014 for the ‘Women’s Safety Keeper House,’ with Incheon Metropolitan City in 2018 for the ‘Women and Children Safety Keeper House,’ and now with Daejeon Metropolitan City through this latest agreement.

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