Yeosu City Holds "Small but Meaningful" Reduced Ceremony for Citizens' Day Celebration

Over 50 Attendees Representing Various Social Strata, Including Citizens, with Live SNS Broadcast

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] This year’s Yeosu Citizens’ Day ceremony was held on the 15th at Yeosu Culture Hall.

To prevent local COVID-19 infections, the event was significantly scaled down to include only about 50 attendees, representing various sectors of the community, making it a small but meaningful ceremony.

In addition to political representatives, meaningful citizens from the elderly, women, youth, young adults, and disabled groups, as well as participants from the economic sector, agriculture, fisheries, livestock, and small business owners, attended to commemorate this year’s Citizens’ Day.

Instead of allowing broad citizen attendance, the ceremony was broadcast live in real-time via SNS (Facebook Yeosu Story).

This year’s Yeosu Citizen Awards in the education and science category went to Jang Gae-shin, former Yeosu Office of Education Superintendent, who played a major role in selecting Yeosu High School as an autonomous public high school. In the social welfare category, Park Won-gyun, chairman of Yeosu YMCA, who has worked hard for marginalized groups, received the award.

The Proud Yeosu Citizen award was given to Professor Kim Min-cheol of Chosun University, who led the development of Korean sports and made significant contributions to hosting the open water swimming event in Yeosu during the 2019 Gwangju World Aquatics Championships.

Yeosu Mayor Kwon Oh-bong emphasized in his commemorative speech, “By attracting the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the southern coast and southern central region centered on Yeosu, we will establish a leading city brand in the international community for climate change response, and prepare steadily for the 2026 World Islands Expo to open the next 100 years of Yeosu embracing the world.”

He also expressed his aspiration, saying, “We will implement sustainable citizen policies that allow citizens to feel happy changes and take pride in living in Yeosu.”

Meanwhile, Yeosu has traditionally held grand ceremonies and citizen sports festivals every year on October 15th to celebrate Yeosu Citizens’ Day, with about 15,000 invited guests and citizens participating, creating a venue for citizen unity.

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