Uljin-gun is promoting a rural vacant home improvement project in 2025. Starting on the 6th, Uljin-gun (Governor Son Byeong-bok) will promote the ‘2025 Rural Vacant House Maintenance Project’ to prevent safety accidents and crimes caused by empty houses and improve the residential environment in rural areas.
Over the past five years, the county has invested approximately 600 million won into the empty house maintenance project to renovate 250 empty houses, and this year plans to secure its own financial resources of 150 million won to support the demolition costs of 50 locations.
Eligible for support are houses and buildings that no one has lived in or used for more than a year, raising the risk of disasters, crime, and disrupting the village landscape. In order to actively encourage voluntary maintenance by owners (managers) of empty houses, they will support up to 3 million won per unit, and announced plans to actively renovate empty houses in connection with the Ministry of Environment’s slate disposal project.
Those wishing to participate in the project can apply (apply by mail) through each town/myeon office by February 7th.
Uljin County Mayor Son Byeong-bok said, “We will do our best to quickly renovate the empty houses abandoned throughout the village to create a safe and comfortable residential environment.”
Meanwhile, Uljin-gun will support an international exchange English camp in the Philippines (EIC Language School) for 21 middle school students in the district for 21 days from January 2nd to 22nd.
The participating students, 7 male and 14 female, were selected objectively and fairly by comprehensively evaluating language skills, grades, personality, and attendance. The individual participation fee is equivalent to 4 million won, and is fully supported by Uljin-gun.
English camp consists of a variety of programs such as 1:1 classes (reading, writing, grammar, etc.), small group classes (listening, presentation classes, etc.), large group classes (pop songs, activities, etc.), visits to local schools, and cultural experiential learning for participating students. It is expected that students will be able to improve their English skills and develop an international sense by experiencing various cultures.
Uljin County Mayor Son Byeong-bok said, “Through this English camp, we hope that students will grow into global talents who can confidently communicate with foreigners.” He added, “We will continue to actively support the nurturing of talents with international communication skills and a sense of responsibility.”
Economy Queen Reporter Hana Choi Photo: Uljin-gun
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