Songpa Dullegil Walking Festival Held... Gangbuk-gu Conducts Major Cleanup for the New Spring

[Seoul District News] Songpa-gu Prepares In-Person and Online Walking Events and 3-Won Live Broadcast from March 26 to April 3... Dongjak-gu Provides 500,000 KRW Youth Employment Incentive... Gangbuk-gu Conducts Cleaning in Public, Road, and Private Sectors Until March 31

Songpa Dullegil Walking Map

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Songpa-gu (Mayor Park Seong-su), in collaboration with Songpa-gu Sports Council and Songpa-gu Walking Association, is conducting ‘Walk Together 50-ri Waterfront Road - Songpa Dullegil Walk on Air.’

Songpa-gu Mayor Park Seong-su explained the background, saying, “We prepared this walk to help residents, exhausted from COVID-19, regain vitality and to share the various charms of Songpa Dullegil, which was completed after 50 years.”

The walk will take place from March 26 to April 3. Songpa Dullegil is divided into three courses: ▲Tancheon Trail ▲Jangjicheon Trail ▲Seongnaecheon Trail. Each course is about 5 to 6 km long and takes up to 1 hour and 30 minutes on foot. Anyone aged 14 or older who loves Songpa Dullegil can participate.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the event is divided into in-person walks with participant limits and non-face-to-face walks without limits.

First, the in-person walk will be held at 11 a.m. on March 26. Participants must apply in advance from March 14 to 25. On the Songpa-gu website’s ‘Songpa Dullegil Walk on Air’ page, participants can select their desired section.

On the event day, applicants must go to their chosen starting point, present the text message received upon registration, and after completing the walk, take a photo at the destination and upload it to the website’s bulletin board as proof of completion. According to quarantine guidelines, each section is limited to 299 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.

Specially, live broadcasts will be conducted at the three course starting points, enabling a three-way live broadcast so anyone can join.

The non-face-to-face walk allows participants to walk Songpa Dullegil at their convenience during the event period without separate registration. However, two types of participation verification are required. Participants must watch the YouTube live broadcast or recorded video on the event day and leave a supportive comment as proof. Additionally, during the event period, participants must take photos of at least two of the eight cherry blossom scenic spots along Songpa Dullegil and upload them to the website’s verification board.

All in-person participants who submit proof of participation and impressions will receive a mobile souvenir, and non-face-to-face participants will be entered into a draw to receive mobile souvenirs.

Songpa-gu Mayor Park Seong-su said, “The ‘Season 2’ project linking local resources and Songpa Dullegil is actively underway, so Songpa Dullegil will expand further. We will hold more diverse resident participation events using Songpa Dullegil to establish it as a representative walking tourism destination in Seoul.”

Dongjak-gu (Mayor Lee Chang-woo) will provide employment incentives to unemployed youth struggling with job hunting due to the impact of COVID-19.

Last year, the district implemented the ‘Unemployed Youth Employment Incentive Project’ twice, supporting 1,988 young people with employment incentives for job hunting, receiving positive responses.

This year, anticipating continued employment difficulties for youth due to unstable job markets, the district decided to urgently allocate 1.1 billion KRW in contingency funds to support employment incentives.

The target group is unemployed youth aged 19 to 34 residing in Dongjak-gu who graduated within two years of their highest education level. Applications can be submitted online only via the Seoul Youth Portal from the 21st to May 31.

Selected recipients will be chosen through eligibility screening based on ▲age ▲residency ▲employment status ▲highest education level, and starting from the end of April, 500,000 KRW worth of Dongjak Love Gift Certificates will be distributed sequentially per person.

Recipients of the Seoul Youth Allowance can receive overlapping payments, but ▲university (graduate) students and those on leave ▲current military service members ▲current unemployment benefit recipients and candidates ▲those registered as business owners are excluded from applying.

For more details, visit the Dongjak-gu Office website’s announcements or the Seoul Youth Portal.

Dongjak-gu Mayor Lee Chang-woo said, “We hope the employment incentives for unemployed youth will provide a spring of new hope to young people going through difficult times due to COVID-19. We will continue to do our best to prepare various support measures that can practically help youth employment.”

Gangbuk-gu (Mayor Park Gyeom-su) is promoting a spring cleaning campaign until the 31st to welcome the upcoming spring.

The district has designated the period until the 31st as the spring cleaning period and will carry out environmental maintenance divided into three sectors: public, road, and private.

In the public sector, intensive cleaning and management will be conducted on public facilities such as ▲public buildings ▲road facilities and accessories ▲street vendor stalls and shoe repair stands ▲street trees and green areas ▲roadside rainwater drains ▲bus stop facilities.

For roads, cleaning will be conducted on 12 major arterial roads within Gangbuk-gu, including Dobong-ro and Samyang-ro. The operation will involve 13 large cleaning vehicles?4 water spraying trucks, 4 dust suction vehicles, and 5 street surface cleaning vehicles?cleaning three times a day.

Side streets, alleys, and habitual illegal dumping areas will be cleaned by each neighborhood community center together with residents and private organizations.

Additionally, the district has designated the 23rd as ‘Spring Cleaning Day’ for a joint environmental cleanup. The main targets include ▲street trash bins along major arterial roads ▲central lane bus stops and sidewalks ▲household waste and illegal dumping along roadsides.

In the private sector, the district is promoting the ‘Spring Cleaning Participation Together’ campaign to encourage voluntary participation by residents. A district official said, “We ask many people to actively participate in cleaning trash in front of their homes and stores.”

Gangbuk-gu Mayor Park Gyeom-su said, “Spring cleaning is an opportunity to refresh not only our surroundings but also our minds as spring approaches. I hope many people actively participate in the cleaning to help make Gangbuk-gu a pleasant and livable district.”

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