Emergency Response Meeting Held for Apartment Fire in Sinjeong-dong, Yangcheon-gu

[Seoul District News] Dongdaemun-gu Residents' Autonomy Association Donates Encouragement Funds to Overcome COVID-19... Seodaemun-gu Creates Nature Learning Centers and Small Forests at 7 Elementary, Middle, and High Schools Including Myeongji Elementary... Nowon-gu Hosts 'Nam June Paik Print Exhibition' at Gyeongchun Line Forest Gallery from August 20 to September 5

Yangcheon-gu Holds Emergency Countermeasure Meeting Regarding Apartment Fire in Sinjeong-dong

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yangcheon-gu held an emergency countermeasure meeting and on-site meeting on the morning of the 18th regarding the apartment fire that occurred the previous evening in Sinjeong-dong.

At the meeting, Yangcheon-gu comprehensively discussed measures to minimize inconvenience to residents caused by the fire, including relief activities such as mobilizing water trucks, restoring electricity, providing bottled water to each household, installing portable toilets, and support measures for disaster victims.

Yoo Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu (center), and Park Yong-beom, President of the Residents' Autonomy Association Federation (first on the left), are posing for a commemorative photo after the ceremony for delivering encouragement funds to overcome the COVID-19 crisis.

Dongdaemun-gu Residents' Autonomy Chairpersons Association Donates Encouragement Funds to Overcome COVID-19

The Residents' Autonomy Chairpersons Association of Dongdaemun-gu (Chairman Park Yong-beom), led by Dongdaemun-gu Mayor Yoo Deok-yeol, donated 2.6 million won in encouragement funds representing the hearts of the 14 neighborhood residents' autonomy committees to support Dongdaemun-gu employees who are working hard to overcome COVID-19.

Chairman Park Yong-beom and other executives visited Dongdaemun-gu Office on the morning of the 18th to send encouragement to about 1,300 Dongdaemun-gu employees engaged in epidemiological investigations, screening clinic duties, and quarantine activities, expressing hope that COVID-19 will stabilize as soon as possible.

Yoo Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, stated, “I will convey the support and encouragement from the residents' autonomy committees well to the employees,” and added, “We will do our utmost to end COVID-19.”

Seodaemun-gu Creates Nature Learning Centers and Small Forests at Seven Elementary, Middle, and High Schools Including Myeongji Elementary

Seodaemun-gu (Mayor Moon Seok-jin) recently completed the 'Eco School Creation Project' at Myeongji Elementary School, providing a nature-friendly educational environment.

This project involves creating various green spaces such as nature learning centers and small forests in idle spaces within schools, including around playgrounds and rooftops.

The district removed a long-unused animal pen on one side of Myeongji Elementary School’s playground and installed a 350㎡ deck road. Additionally, to allow children to learn about nature in a pleasant outdoor space, they planted 11 large trees such as zelkova, flowering peach, nandina, and white horse chestnut, 1,400 small trees, and 3,900 herbaceous plants and flowering grasses.

Since 2017 until this month, the district has invested over 800 million won to carry out this project at seven elementary, middle, and high schools including Myeongji Elementary, Gajaeul Elementary, Gajaeul Middle, and Inchang High School.

Moon Seok-jin, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu, said, “We will continue to create nature-friendly green spaces within schools so that children and youth in the city can be closer to nature.”

Nowon-gu to Host ‘Nam June Paik Print Exhibition’ at Gyeongchun Line Forest Gallery from August 20 to September 5

Nowon-gu (Mayor Oh Seung-rok) will hold the ‘Nam June Paik Print Exhibition’ at the Gyeongchun Line Forest Gallery from August 20 to September 5.

Nam June Paik, a world-renowned media artist from Korea, pioneered the new genre of ‘video art’ by using mass media such as television and video as artistic media.

This exhibition will spotlight a lesser-known aspect of Nam June Paik’s artistic world by showcasing his ‘print works’ rather than the familiar ‘video art’ pieces.

At the ‘Nam June Paik Print Exhibition,’ visitors can view a total of 23 works from two series of Nam June Paik’s print artworks. Even in the static ‘print’ format rather than ‘video,’ these works fully reveal Nam June Paik’s originality and the source of his artistic world.

First, ‘Son Nam Song (孫南頌),’ created to commemorate the 1988 Olympics, is a series of prints vividly recreating the marathon victories of Sohn Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The series powerfully captures the athletes’ vigorous runs bridging half a century to the cheers of the 1988 Olympics with vivid colors, allowing viewers to experience both the artistic thrill of sports and a modern reenactment of a historic event.

The other series, ‘The Flowers of Hwado are as Tenacious as the Mugunghwa,’ consists of 11 prints produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Nam June Paik’s alma mater, Gyeonggi High School. This print series features major figures from modern Korean history, including poet Jeong Ji-yong’s ‘Nostalgia,’ offering a deeper understanding of Nam June Paik as a pioneering avant-garde artist ahead of his time.

The exhibition venue, the ‘Gyeongchun Line Forest Gallery,’ is located within Hwarangdae Railroad Park and was created to allow residents to easily enjoy high-quality cultural arts in a frequently visited area. Although it opened only in May and has a short operating period, it has enhanced the prestige of the local landmark and attracted visitors through distinctive exhibitions such as ‘Reinterpretation of Films’ and ‘Asia’s 탈 Exhibition.’

The gallery operates on weekdays (Tuesday to Friday) from 2 PM to 8 PM, and on weekends (Saturday to Sunday) from 12 PM to 8 PM. It is closed on Mondays and public holidays.

Admission to the exhibition is free, and visitors must make a reservation in advance due to social distancing measures. Entry is limited to a maximum of six people per group to ensure a comfortable and safe viewing environment.

For more details about reservations and exhibition viewing, please visit the Nowon Cultural Foundation website.

Oh Seung-rok, Mayor of Nowon-gu, said, “Just like the ‘Korean Modern and Contemporary Masterpieces Exhibition’ held in 2019, we are making great efforts to allow Nowon residents to appreciate high-quality artworks in our area,” adding, “Using the opportunity of hosting Nam June Paik’s works at the Gyeongchun Line Forest Gallery, we plan to continuously present excellent content such as world masterpiece exhibitions to our residents.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.