Yeosu City Provides One-Stop Support for 'Yeosun Incident Victim Reports'

One-stop service from visiting subjects and filling out reports to receiving damage claims

Held explanatory meetings in eup, myeon, and dong... Conducted direct investigations jointly with community leaders

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Yeosu City in Jeollanam-do announced on the 24th that it will launch a "Visiting Yeosun Incident Victim Report One-Stop Service" to expand victim reporting for the Yeosun Incident.

Until the reporting period ends in January next year, the city will directly visit eligible reporters to provide face-to-face consultations, assist with report form completion, and handle victim registration all at once.

To this end, the city will first hold an explanatory meeting on Yeosun Incident victim reporting for the heads of 27 eup, myeon, and dong administrative districts, and conduct a full survey of villages through a joint team consisting of the heads of these districts, village officials, and the city’s Yeosun Incident fact-finding team to directly find eligible reporters.

Based on the survey results, regional investigation teams will be formed to visit the respective villages and the current locations of the victims’ bereaved families to provide one-stop victim reporting services.

According to a survey conducted by Yeosu City from March 15 for four days targeting bereaved families who had not yet reported their victim status, the most common reason for not visiting was health issues or living in other regions, accounting for 42%. Additionally, 14% reported difficulties in completing the paperwork.

More than 70 years after the incident, there are very few surviving victims, and most of the bereaved families are elderly in their 70s or older. The complexity of the report forms and the burden of having to visit community centers have delayed victim reporting.

A city official stated, "This is the last chance to restore the honor of the victims’ bereaved families," adding, "We plan to do our best to ensure that not a single victim is omitted by switching to a visiting reporting system."

Meanwhile, the victim reporting period for the Yeosun Incident is until January 20 next year. If you wish to investigate individual victim cases, you can apply at city or county offices nationwide, and if you want to be recognized as a victim or bereaved family, you can apply at Jeollanam-do, city or county offices, or nearby eup, myeon, or dong offices.

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