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Busan Mayor Visits Suyeong-gu and Nam-gu to Respond to Citizens' Voices and Transform Everyday Life

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Chun Jae-soo) announced that the mayor will visit Suyeong-gu and Nam-gu today (October 12) for the third round of “Transforming Everyday Life Across Busan,” an on-site communication project covering the city's 206 eup, myeon, and dong administrative areas under the ninth popularly elected municipal administration.

The initiative is a community-focused communication project in which the mayor personally visits neighborhoods throughout all 206 eup, myeon, and dong administrative areas to hear directly from residents and provide on-site responses based on solutions developed jointly with district and county administrations and relevant city departments.

In particular, the initiative extends the mayor's commitment, consistently emphasized since taking office, to “finding answers alongside citizens and responding with changes they can experience” to the neighborhood level. It also aims to establish a permanent framework for cooperation between Busan Metropolitan City and district and county administrations to address local issues together.

Today (October 12), Mayor Chun will visit major local project sites and locations associated with residents' everyday concerns in Suyeong-gu and Nam-gu, accompanied by Suyeong-gu Mayor Kang Sung-tae and Nam-gu Mayor Park Jae-beom, to hear directly from residents.

In Suyeong-gu, the mayor will first visit Suyeong Historical Park and Suyeong-gu Youth Culture Center to examine local priorities that residents can experience in their daily lives, including the development of a high-quality urban historical park, the creation of career exploration spaces for young people, and support for at-risk youth.

In Nam-gu, the mayor will then visit Hantop Co., Ltd. on Yongso-ro, aging roadside drainage channels near Hwangnyeong-daero 90beon-gil adjacent to the Busan International Finance Center (BIFC), and a designated Good Price Establishment in Daeyeon-dong. These visits will focus on improving pedestrian conditions, preventing disasters, and hearing directly from small business owners.

At each location, Mayor Chun will listen to residents and relevant stakeholders and discuss solutions to local issues with the district mayors. In particular, he is expected to emphasize the city's commitment to working closely with district and county administrations to promptly address inconveniences identified during the visits and to making every effort to provide the necessary budgetary support.

Finally, Mayor Chun will attend a “Community Lunch with Citizens” at Jeiljip Chueotang, a designated Good Price Establishment in Daeyeon-dong, Nam-gu, where he will share a meal with the Nam-gu mayor and local residents while listening to their firsthand experiences and concerns.

Jeiljip Chueotang, the restaurant hosting the luncheon, is a Korean restaurant that has been operated by two generations of the same family. For approximately 30 years, beginning with its founder, the late Jeong Sun-dan, the restaurant has consistently served the local community through activities such as caring for people underserved by social welfare programs and providing side dishes to older residents, setting an example for the community. Following the founder's passing in July this year, her son and current owner, Park Se-hyeok, has continued this tradition of generosity. Mayor Chun will present the restaurant owner with a specially commissioned plaque from Busan Metropolitan City recognizing and supporting Good Price Establishments, expressing appreciation for the restaurant's longstanding commitment to helping its neighbors.

Kim Cheol, Chairman of Korea Hospital, who received the 42nd Proud Citizen Award on October 1 in recognition of contributions including medical assistance programs for underserved local residents, is also expected to attend, adding further significance to the occasion.

Mayor Chun Jae-soo is expected to state, “As I have visited districts and counties, I have seen that the projects needed vary considerably from one neighborhood to another. We cannot fully understand citizens' lives simply by receiving reports at City Hall.”

He will add, “Throughout my four-year term, spanning 209 weeks, I will visit every corner of Busan's 206 eup, myeon, and dong administrative areas, listen to residents' voices, and bring meaningful changes to citizens' everyday lives through an administration that listens and delivers results.”