If you need travel information or are unsure what to do when faced with an inconvenience at a tourist destination, you can call the Korea Tourism Organization's tourism information service, '1330.’ Korea travel solution '1330' provides real-time travel information to domestic and international tourists. The service is available in eight languages in addition to Korean: English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian, and Indonesian. The service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week by dialing 1330 without an area code. If you need information that is difficult to fin
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization said they will issue discount coupons for accommodation nationwide. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will provide coupons that can receive discounts of 20,000 won to 30,000 won when booking domestic accommodation facilities through a total of 49 online travel agencies. Discount tickets will be issued once per person on a first-come, first-served basis by the 8th of next month, and will automatically expire if they are not used (booking accommodation) within the validity period (from 10 a.m. to 7 a.m. the
Waste that is inseparable from our lives, we must properly throw away waste that is produced in our daily lives. There is often an item in waste that makes you think, "How do I throw this away?" Among them, we are going to find out how to throw away fluorescent lights. Fluorescent lights are consumables, so if you keep using them, their life will be over one day. Some people may think it is just one or two fluorescent lights, and dump them carelessly. However, throwing away light bulbs in the wrong way can bring adverse impacts on your health and the environment. It is manufactured by putting
The government announced that it will start receiving applications for "COVID-19 Family Care Cost Emergency Support Project." Through this, workers who used family care leave to take care of their families infected with COVID-19 or to take care of their children under the 2nd grade of elementary school due to kindergarten or school closure, or remote classes, etc, will be provided with family care leave of 50,000 won per day and up to 10 days. It also plans to support workers who have already used family care leave after January 1 this year. The COVID-19 family care cost emergency support pro
Those who have completed vaccination against COVID-19 will be exempt from self-quarantine while entering the country from abroad beginning on the 21st. On the 20th, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters stated that, beginning on the 21st, overseas travelers who have completed vaccinations in Korea and abroad and recorded their vaccination history will no longer be required to self-quarantine. People with completed immunization who are exempt from self-quarantine are those who have taken the second vaccine (one time for Janssen) and have passed 14 days but are still with
The Tomorrow Learning Card is a card that supports training costs and other expenses so that people can undertake their own vocational competence development training. The Tomorrow Learning Card covers training costs ranging from 3 to 5 million won per person for vocational training. The eligibility to apply for the Tomorrow Learning Card follows: △Individuals who are unemployed and have applied for a job and are at least 15 years old, △Individuals who are insured by government’s priority support companies, △ Fixed-term, dispatched and part-time workers, small-business self-employed workers,
In our daily lives, we occasionally need to send a fax quickly. Here are the locations and ways of sending faxes. 1. The community centers and local welfare centers offer free printing and faxing on weekdays from 9:00 to 18:00, and there is also an unmanned civil petition issuing device. Some community centers have these devices, but others do not, so it's best to call ahead before visiting. 2. If it is a post office that handles both banking and postal services, it can transmit faxes for a fee. How to use: Complete the fax application form and pay the minimum charge of 500 won for each sheet
As a result of the police piloting a highway secret patrol car equipped with crackdown equipments, more than 10,000 speeding cases were cracked down over three months. The police decided to regularize the secret crackdown from this month, believing that the effect of cracking down on highway speeding was great. Currently, fixed-type crackdown cameras are cracking down on speeding vehicles on highways, but drivers often slow down only in front of the camera and then speed up again. In response, the police developed the overspeed crackdown equipment that can be mounted on vehicles, attached it
Gyeonggi-do will begin accepting applications for the "2022 Gyeonggi Ultra Low Credit Loan", which will provide up to 3 million won at low-interest rates to people with low credit scores who have difficulty making a living, from March 7. "Gyeonggi Ultra Low Credit Loan" is a project that provides loans up to 3 million won at a low-interest rate of 1% per year after screening low-credit residents aged 19 or older who need living funds but cannot take out loans from institutional financial institutions due to their low credit ratings. The type of support is ▲ screening loans ▲ loans to victims
Gyeonggi-do will install a Gyeonggi-do certification signboard at the registered campsite so that users can easily identify whether it is a registered campsite equipped with safety and hygiene facilities when selecting a campsite. Campsite businesses can be registered after complying with related laws, such as installing safety and hygiene facilities and subscribing to campsite accident liability insurance under the Tourism Promotion Act. There are 689 registered campsites in the province, the largest number among 2,863 nationwide. Some operators illegally redirected farmland and mountainous
하남시가족센터(센터장 문병용)는 지역 내 다문화가족과 유관기관을 대상으로 통·번역지원서비스를 연중 운영하며, 언어 소통에 어려움을 겪는 결혼이민자의 안정적 지역사회 적응을 적극 지원하고 있다. 특히 자녀가 어린이집, 유치원, 학교에 재학 중인 다문화가정의 수요가 높은 ‘가정통신문 다국어 번역서비스’는 큰 호응을 얻고 있다. 해당 서비스를 이용한 사나***코 씨는 “자동번역은 빠르고 편리하지만 가끔은 부정확해 이해되지 않는 부분이 있다. 가족센터 통번역사는 문장 번역뿐 아니라 한국 문화나 말속에 담긴 의미까지 설명해줘서 큰 도움이 된다.”고 만족감을 전했다. 현재 하남시가족센터에는 일본어 전문 통번역사가 상주하고 있으며, 중국어·베트남어·영어 등 다른 언어권의 번역이 필요한 경우 서포터즈사업 및 타 센터 통번역사와의 연계를 통해 다양한 언어 서비스를 제공하고 있다. 통번역지원서비스는 전액 무료로 제공되며, 이용을 원하는 시민은 하남시가족센터(031-793-2993) 사업2팀으로 문의하면 된다.
지난 11월 15일, 하남시가족센터 모두가족봉사단이 ‘자원봉사자의 날(Honour’s Day)’ 기념행사를 성황리에 개최했다. 이날 행사는 2025년 한 해 동안 진행된 봉사단의 활동 실적과 성과를 공유하며, 참여자들의 노고를 격려하는 자리로 마련됐다. 먼저 2025년 모두가족봉사단의 연간 실적과 주요 성과가 발표되었고, 가족 봉사자들은 “의미 있고 성장하는 한 해였다”, “자신의 시간과 열정을 나누는 분들이 있어 감사와 배움을 느꼈다” 등 다양한 피드백을 나누며 서로를 격려했다. 특히 이번 행사에서는 모두가족봉사단이 함께 영화 ‘퍼스트 라이드’를 관람하며 가족, 이웃 간 유대감을 더욱 돈독히 하는 시간을 가졌다. 연간 활동 영상 시청부터 영화 감상까지 한 자리에서 경험한 봉사자들은 밝은 표정으로 행사를 마무리하며 높은 만족감을 보였다. 문병용 센터장은 “올 한 해 봉사자들의 헌신 덕분에 지역사회에 다양한 긍정적 변화가 있었다”며 “앞으로도 가족이 함께 성장하고 소통하는 봉사 활동을 지속적으로 확대해 나가겠다”고 말했다.
구리시가족센터는 12월 4일 구리시 여성행복센터 4층 대강당에서 아이돌보미 140여 명이 참여한 가운데 '2025년 아이 돌봄 지원사업 성과공유회'를 성황리에 개최했다고 밝혔다. 아이돌봄지원사업은 양육 공백이 발생한 가정의 생후 3개월부터 12세 이하 아동에게 아이돌보미가 직접 방문해 돌봄 서비스를 제공하는 사업이다. 이번 성과공유회는 한 해 동안 구리시 아이돌봄서비스 현장에서 활동한 아이돌보미들의 노고를 격려하고, 사업 성과를 공유하기 위해 마련된 자리이다. 행사에서는 성실한 활동으로 타의 모범이 된 우수 아이돌보미에 대한 시상식이 진행됐으며, 정서적 회복과 스트레스 해소를 위한 '힐링 프로그램'도 함께 운영돼 참석자들의 큰 호응을 얻었다. 윤성은 구리시가족센터장은 "한 해 동안 묵묵히 헌신해 주신 아이돌보미 선생님들께 진심으로 감사드린다"라며 "앞으로도 아이돌보미 선생님들이 자부심을 가지고 안정적으로 활동할 수 있도록 지속적으로 지원하겠다"라고 말했다. 한편, 구리시가족센터는 아이돌봄서비스의 전문성과 품질 향상을 위해 정기적인 아이돌보미 집담회와 정서 치유 프로그램 등을 운영하고 있다. 아이 돌봄 지원사업 관련 문의는 구리시가족센터 아이돌봄팀(031-55