Yongsan-gu's 'Useful to Know' Youth Encyclopedia Receives Positive Response

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Yongsan-gu (Mayor Seongjanghyun) is operating a lifestyle-oriented educational program called "Useful Knowledge for Youth (Alssuljab)," which is receiving positive responses from local youth.

From July to September, the district ran the Alssuljab program featuring ▲ Challengers! Today's House (July-August) ▲ One Meal Table Project (July-September) ▲ Living Alone in Seoul (September).

This month, two new courses, "Zero Life Starting Today" and "Movement to Protect Myself," will be newly launched.

Starting on the 4th, Zero Life is a challenge-type education program designed to help participants develop the habit of reducing waste output to protect the environment.

It will be held on the 5th, 8th, and 12th from 7 PM to 9 PM, and participant recruitment ended on the 30th of last month.

"Movement to Protect Myself" teaches single-person household participants, who are prone to isolation due to prolonged social distancing, how to maintain physical and mental stability through activities such as writing emotion diaries, stretching, and self-defense techniques. It will be held three times every Wednesday from the 13th to the 27th, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, and participant recruitment is open until the 7th.

The education is conducted non-face-to-face via the video conferencing program Zoom. Any youth aged 39 or younger residing (or planning to reside) in Yongsan can participate, with a capacity of 45 people. Applications can be submitted through the mobile link included in the Yongsan Youth Jium Instagram post. The program is free of charge.

At the end of last year, the district opened Yongsan Youth Jium (17 Seobinggo-ro, Yongsan-gu) as a youth community space and operates various projects. In addition to Alssuljab, this month it will introduce Jium Forest and Photopia. For more details, please check the Yongsan Youth Jium Instagram.

Seongjanghyun, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, "We are operating the Alssuljab course so that young single-person households, who have little social experience and are not accustomed to managing a household, can take root in Yongsan," adding, "They will be able to gain practical wisdom for daily life that is hard to learn at school."

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