Top 10 News for Seoul Citizens, No.1 is 'Moahouse·Moatown'

Voting on 30 Major Policies
44,943 Citizens Participated

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] The most beloved Seoul city policy by citizens this year was revealed to be ‘Moahouse·Moatown.’ Seoul City announced on the 28th that in the ‘Seoul City Top 10 News’ online voting held from November 25 to this month’s 25th, ‘Moahouse·Moatown’ received 6,510 votes (7.35%) and ranked first.

Next were ‘One-stop Support for Digital Sex Crimes’ (5,749 votes, 6.49%), ‘It’s Okay to Take It Slow’ to bridge the digital divide (5,056 votes, 5.71%), ‘Reading Seoul Plaza’ (4,993 votes, 5.64%), and ‘Safe Hospital Companion Service+ for Single-person Households’ (4,915 votes, 5.55%), ranking second to fifth respectively.

This year’s ‘Seoul City Top 10 News’ selection voting was conducted on 30 policies reflecting the city’s efforts to create a ‘Seoul that walks with the vulnerable’ and a ‘charming, internationally leading city.’ A total of 44,943 people participated in the vote, with each person able to select up to three policies, resulting in a total of 88,569 votes.

Looking at the results, ‘Moahouse·Moatown’ and ‘One-stop Support for Digital Sex Crimes’ took first and second place respectively, showing strong citizen support for policies addressing social issues such as real estate and digital sex crimes.

Also, the policy for digital vulnerable groups, ‘It’s Okay to Take It Slow,’ ranked third, confirming citizens’ empathy toward the digital exclusion problem among the elderly due to the spread of non-face-to-face services.

In particular, this year Seoul City promoted many so-called ‘walking with the vulnerable’ policies to realize a symbiotic city that accompanies the vulnerable, including ‘Moahouse·Moatown’ (housing vulnerable), ‘Expansion of Public Medical Infrastructure’ (medical vulnerable), and ‘It’s Okay to Take It Slow’ (digital vulnerable), confirming citizens’ support and encouragement for the new administrative philosophy.

The voting results can be checked by searching ‘Seoul’ on Naver and Daum or by visiting the Seoul City website.

Meanwhile, separate voting was conducted targeting foreigners residing domestically and abroad (3,860 participants, 11,291 votes) and city reporters with a high understanding of city administration (42 participants, 121 votes).

Voting for foreigners was conducted through the city’s foreign language website, and the results showed that the first place was ‘Autonomous Mobility Construction’ (676 votes, 5.99%), second was ‘Seoul Run’ (674 votes, 5.97%), and third was ‘Mom and Dad Happiness Project’ (653 votes, 5.78%), indicating that foreigners perceive Seoul as a city leading the world with advanced industries and as a city that coexists with the vulnerable.

The voting results for city reporters showed that ‘Seoul City Guaranteed Income’ (15 votes, 12.40%) and ‘Mom and Dad Happiness Project’ (12 votes, 9.92%) ranked first and second respectively, indicating their interest and support for the main city administration policies reflecting the city’s philosophy.

Choi Won-seok, Seoul City Public Relations Planning Officer, said, “The selection of Seoul City Top 10 News is an event to gather and showcase policies that help citizens once again and to meaningfully conclude the year’s administration with citizens’ support,” adding, “As citizens have shown great support through voting, we will repay with even more complete policies in 2023.”

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