Paju City Announces Implementation Plan Approval for Gender Equality Space Project... Full-Scale Launch of the Initiative

Paju City in Gyeonggi Province announced on May 8 that it has issued the implementation plan approval for the gender equality space creation project, which is part of the 'Yeonpung Re:Born Project' being promoted following the closure of the Yeonpung-ri prostitution district.

This announcement of the implementation plan approval is a follow-up administrative procedure to the decision and public notification of urban planning facilities (social welfare facilities and roads) that took place on November 28 of last year. It serves as a significant milestone for the full-scale launch of the project. The city plans to accelerate the project by concurrently pursuing subsequent steps such as land compensation and an architectural design competition.

The creation of the gender equality space is a core project of the 'Yeonpung Re:Born Project', which aims to transform the area that remained a prostitution district for over 70 years into facilities such as a family center, gender equality plaza, healing garden, and a 'lacibium' (a complex cultural space that combines a library, archive, and museum). The project is scheduled for completion in 2028.

An official from Paju City stated, "The announcement of the implementation plan approval marks a genuine starting point for returning the space—once associated with illegality and disconnection—to the citizens." The official added, "It is meaningful as a spatial transformation designed together with the citizens for the future," and emphasized, "We will complete the Yeonpung-ri area as a hopeful space where gender equality, care, culture, and learning come alive."

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