Yeongju City in Gyeongbuk Province will install refrigerators at five of the busiest smart bus stops from the 7th to the 20th and provide cool bottled water.


The city explained that this initiative is intended to help public transportation users wait safely during the intense heatwave.

A refrigerator installed at the bus stop in Eongju city center. It stores 100 bottles of water daily and provides them to bus passengers.

A refrigerator installed at the bus stop in Eongju city center. It stores 100 bottles of water daily and provides them to bus passengers.

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The bus stops equipped with refrigerators and bottled water are the Health Center, Jangchundang Pharmacy, 2nd Gyeongbuk Pharmacy, Yeongju General Terminal, and Punggi Station. Each bus stop will be supplied with 100 bottles of water daily at 1 PM, totaling 500 bottles.


Two companies are participating in this project. Yeonggwang Enterprise (CEO Song Seok-young) is providing the refrigerators, and Rojin Co., Ltd. (CEO Lee Chang-dong) is supplying the bottled water (Sobaeksansu).



Mayor Park Nam-seo of Yeongju said, “I hope the cool bottled water will help public transportation users endure the heatwave, even if just a little.”


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