Naju Sanpo-myeon Sanje Village and KEPCO MCS Co., Ltd. Form Sisterhood Alliance for Mutual Growth

Sanje Village in Sanpo-myeon, Naju City, Jeollanam-do, and KEPCO MCS Co., Ltd. have joined hands to promote urban-rural exchange and realize a happy local community through sharing.

Sanpo-myeon announced on the 30th that the day before, a sisterhood agreement ceremony was held between Sanje Village and KEPCO MCS Co., Ltd. at the KEPCO MCS headquarters.

The agreement ceremony was attended by about 20 people including Jeong Seong-jin, president of KEPCO MCS Co., Ltd., Kim In-cheol, head of Sanje Village, Lee Jae-deok, head of Sanpo-myeon, and representatives of residents. The event proceeded with participant introductions, greetings, delivery of the sponsorship agreement, and commemorative photo session.

Jung Sung-jin, President of KEPCO MCS Co., Ltd. (left), and Kim In-cheol, Village Chief (right), are posing for a commemorative photo.
[Photo by Naju City]

KEPCO MCS, a company established to secure employment stability for meter reading workers engaged in KEPCO's entrusted power services business, mainly conducts electricity meter reading, delivery of electricity bills, management of overdue electricity payments, and on-site customer services.

In particular, through on-site meter reading, it has discovered and connected welfare blind spots, and in September, it sponsored blankets for 120 vulnerable households and installed and distributed remote controls for lights for 97 elderly people with mobility difficulties, leading the realization of corporate social value.

The village and institution that signed the sisterhood agreement on this day agreed to strengthen mutual cooperation to establish a foundation for sustainable rural development and coexistence under the banner of revitalizing urban-rural exchange and joint development.

To commemorate the sisterhood, KEPCO MCS donated a kimchi refrigerator worth 1.8 million won to Sanje Village and plans to promote contribution projects such as participating in village senior events, supporting labor during busy farming seasons, and donating and sponsoring goods in the future.

President Jeong Seong-jin said, “It is meaningful to sign a sisterhood agreement with the beautiful Sanje Village full of warm affection from the residents. We will carry out a rural love movement through various contribution projects to become a leading model for revitalizing urban-rural exchange.”

Head Kim In-cheol responded, “We thank President Jeong Seong-jin of KEPCO MCS Co., Ltd. for forming a sisterhood with Sanje Village. We ask for much interest and support so that today’s sisterhood can become a stepping stone for the village’s development and harmony.”

Lee Jae-deok, head of Sanpo-myeon, also said, “We wish for the endless development of Sanje Village and KEPCO MCS Co., Ltd. We hope that urban-rural exchange will be revitalized through this sisterhood.”

Meanwhile, the name of Sanje (山齊) Village in Sanpo-myeon means a village at the foot of a mountain. It was originally called Sanjeo (山底) Village, but later changed to Sanje (齊), meaning “neat” or “orderly,” because the mountain behind the village is well-arranged, and it has continued to this day.

Currently, 122 households with 216 residents live there. In front of the village stands a zelkova tree over 500 years old, and behind it, the local famous mountain ‘Siksan’ (292 meters above sea level) surrounds the village like a folding screen, creating a beautiful natural landscape.

Naju = Kim Yuk-bong, Honam Reporting Headquarters, Asia Economy baekok@asiae.co.kr

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