Are You a 'Yongin Citizen'? Sokcho Beach Parking Lot Is Free

Yongin-Sokcho, Sister City Partnership for Mutual Development
Cooperation in Administration, Economy, Culture, and Tourism Exchanges

Residents of Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province will be able to use public parking lots for free at Sokcho Beach in Gangwon Province during the summer season.

On the 27th, Yongin Special City held a sister city agreement ceremony with Sokcho City at the Vision Hall of Yongin City Hall and announced on the 28th that they agreed to jointly cooperate for mutual development in various fields such as tourism, administration, economy, and culture.

Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin Special City, Gyeonggi Province, is giving a greeting speech at the sister city agreement ceremony with Sokcho City, Gangwon Province, held on the 27th at the Vision Hall of Yongin City Hall.
[Photo by Yongin City]

The event was attended by Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin Special City; Lee Byung-sun, Mayor of Sokcho; Nam Hong-suk, Chairperson of the Operations Committee of Yongin Special City Council; and Kim Myung-gil, Chairperson of Sokcho City Council.

In particular, under this agreement, Sokcho City will open its public parking lots at Sokcho Beach free of charge to Yongin citizens during the vacation months of July and August and offer a 50% discount on admission fees to the Sokcho City Museum. Likewise, Yongin City will exempt Sokcho citizens from admission fees to Yongin Natural Recreation Forest and the Rural Theme Park.

Both sides also agreed to actively promote the successful hosting of festivals and events and to expand exchanges between cultural and artistic groups such as the Yongin Special City Youth Orchestra and the Sokcho City Choir to broaden the performance opportunities for artists.

Yongin City will sell Sokcho’s specialty products at a direct transaction market held every Saturday at Giheung Station to revitalize Sokcho’s economy. Translation and interpretation supporters from Yongin will also assist Sokcho’s export companies.

Mayor Lee Sang-il of Yongin said, “Let us closely cooperate to activate exchanges between the two cities and promote interactions among citizens for mutual development.” Mayor Lee Byung-sun of Sokcho also stated, “As representative cities creating future growth engines at the center of South Korea’s economy, we will do our best to strengthen friendship and cooperation with Yongin Special City so that both cities can achieve a win-win outcome.”

This is the ninth sister city agreement for Yongin City among local governments. Previously, in May, they formed a sister city relationship with Hampyeong County in Jeollanam-do.

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