What Is the First Family Video Message on the Media Wall at Baegun Square, Gwangju?

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The first video letter conveying the love of family through the Baegun Square Media Wall at Nam-gu Office in Gwangju Metropolitan City tells the stories of deaf and mute people with hearing and speech disabilities and multicultural families who settled in Nam-gu after crossing the Pacific Ocean.

According to Nam-gu on the 10th, the video letter they sent will be broadcast to Gwangju citizens starting at 8 a.m. on the 16th.

The video letter features 12 main characters: seven hearing and speech-disabled individuals using the deaf shelter located in Wolsan-dong, and five multicultural family neighbors who left their lives in places such as Vietnam and settled in Nam-gu.

The video letter runs for about 5 minutes.

The deaf individuals express their endless love and pure hearts for their families through sign language, while the multicultural family neighbors convey their feelings in their respective native languages.

The content of the letter expressed in sign language and various languages is provided simultaneously on the video screen and as translated subtitles.

Those who wrote the video letters to their families said, “We are grateful for the opportunity to share stories that were buried in our hearts,” and “We hope that the stories of many families will be broadcast throughout Bitgoeul via the media wall, becoming a precious opportunity to spread family love.”

The family love video letters will start with the heartfelt family love of socially considerate individuals and will cover the sincere lives of about 20 neighbors each week.

Nam-gu operates a filming team composed of a dedicated PD and camera staff to capture various stories of residents in the district through family love letters videos, and supports indoor filming at the N Studio within the district office and outdoor shooting if residents wish.

Currently, stories of about 400 families have been filmed and produced into videos ranging from 15 seconds to 1 minute each.

Residents in the district plan to send messages through family love letters to wish for health, fulfill wishes, or encourage family members facing difficulties.

A Nam-gu official said, “The Baegun Square Media Wall is a space for communication not only for Nam-gu residents but also for Gwangju citizens,” adding, “As we enter the era of nuclear families, family bonds are weakening, and we hope that the family love letters will play some role in resolving this issue.”

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