Yongsan-gu, Public Announcement of 10 Members for the 1st District Resident Actors Imminent

Final Audition for District Resident Actors Held on the 5th... Diverse Age Range from 11 to 66
11:1 Competition Ratio... Final 10 Selected Through Acting and Camera Tests
More Familiar Delivery of District Administration Through Resident Acting... Aiming to Strengthen New Media Communication

Yongsan-gu, Seoul (Mayor Park Hee-young) will hold the final audition on the 5th at the Yongsan-gu Office Internet Broadcasting Station (150 Noksapyeong-daero, B3) to select 10 members of the 1st Yongsan Citizen Actors.

The citizen actors, operated for the first time this year, will be active on the official YouTube channel. This provides citizens with an opportunity to showcase their talents by directly participating in YouTube content promoting district administration.

There are a total of 30 prospective citizen actors who are about to face the final stage. Their ages range from 11 to 66. They were shortlisted through the first document screening from 112 applicants who applied online and offline between the 13th and 26th of last month.

A district official stated, “We received more enthusiastic interest than expected for the debut of Yongsan citizen actors, so we tried to select those who showed the greatest enthusiasm.”

The candidates will perform a camera test for 10 to 15 minutes by acting out the script provided upon notification of passing the first round. Considering individual differences, scripts were assigned differently by gender and age.

The judging panel, composed of PDs and writers managing the district internet broadcasting station, will comprehensively evaluate ▲acting ▲lines ▲expressions ▲commitment to activities to select the final 10. The results will be notified by the 7th.

Breaking through a competition ratio of 11 to 1, the selected Yongsan citizen actors will deliver district news such as major policies, projects, festivals, and events more familiarly on the district’s YouTube channel, strengthening communication with citizens. The activity period is 10 months until December this year.

Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, “I hope the citizen actors will serve as intermediaries who deliver essential information from the citizens’ perspective,” and added, “I hope all citizens will enjoy and learn about the district’s news together with the soon-to-be-selected citizen actors.”

Meanwhile, the district is posting the ‘Gusu (口手) News Bulletin,’ which introduces district administration through speech and hand gestures, on the YouTube channel for the first time this year. This aims to reduce blind spots in promotion and diversify citizen communication by easily delivering useful district news to information-vulnerable groups.

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