Paju-si Hosts Kimchi-Making Event with Immigrants... A Place for Communication and Harmony

Kimchi for Kimjang to be Delivered to Foreign Workers in the Area through Shalom House

Gyeonggi Paju City (Mayor Kim Kyung-il) announced on the 6th that on the 4th, it held a kimchi-making event with immigrants at the ‘Seonggonghoe Paju Migrant Workers Center Shalom House’.

Paju City is taking a commemorative photo after holding a kimchi-making event with immigrants at the ‘Seonggonghoe Paju Migrant Workers Center Shalom House’ on the 4th. Photo by Paju City

The kimchi-making event was promoted to provide immigrants with an opportunity to experience Korea's kimchi-making culture and to create a time for communication and harmony between local residents and immigrants.

The event was supported by Shin Kyung-jae, chairman of the Paju Saemaul Association, and Lee Myung-hee, head of Bongam 3-ri, Paju-eup. The kimchi made that day will be delivered to foreign workers in the region through Shalom House.

Shin Kyung-jae, chairman of the Paju Saemaul Association, said, “I think this event provided an opportunity to share warm affection while making kimchi together with foreign neighbors.”

Han Kyung-hee, head of the Women and Family Division, said, “It seems that an atmosphere of a society living together with foreign residents has been created,” and added, “We will actively support the establishment of various opportunities for communication in the future.”

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