Park Hyeong-deok, Mayor of Dongducheon, Donates Entire Prize Money from 'Korea Local Government Administration Awards'

Park Hyeong-deok, mayor of Dongducheon City, announced on the 9th that he will generously donate the prize money from the ‘2024 Korea Local Government Administration Awards’ hosted by Edaily to help those in need.

Park Hyung-deok, mayor of Dongducheon City, is taking a commemorative photo after donating the entire prize money from the '2024 Korea Local Government Administration Award' to help those in need. Provided by Dongducheon City

According to Dongducheon City, at the Korea Local Government Administration Awards ceremony held on November 28, Mayor Park Hyeong-deok received the Individual Basic Local Government Head Award.

Since taking office in July 2022, Mayor Park has made every effort to extend the GTX-C line, successfully securing the extension to Dongducheon from the government in January this year.

He was also honored for various administrative achievements, including the removal of Dongducheon City from the real estate adjustment area just two months after his inauguration, the selection of Dongducheon as a pilot area for the 2024 Education Development Special Zone, and the selection of the Northern Gyeonggi Pet Theme Park project.

Mayor Park plans to use the entire prize money of 1 million won from this award through the Community Chest of Korea to support marginalized groups in the welfare blind spots of Dongducheon City.

Mayor Park Hyeong-deok of Dongducheon City said, “I am honored to receive Edaily’s Basic Local Government Head Award, and I want to share the joy of this award with the 90,000 citizens of Dongducheon. I will continue to focus solely on the citizens and work harder for the development of Dongducheon.”

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