Seoul Welfare Foundation Opens Relocated Seoul Financial Welfare Counseling Center 'Dongjak Center'

'Gwanak Center' Relocates to Heukseok-dong and Changes Name to Enhance Customer Convenience and Accessibility

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Financial Welfare Counseling Center within the Seoul Welfare Foundation has relocated the 'Gwanak Center,' which was previously located near Gwanak District Office, to the Won-Buddhism Sotaesan Memorial Hall at 75 Hyeonchung-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, and reopened as the 'Dongjak Center' on the 11th.

The Dongjak Center is situated on the 6th floor of the Won-Buddhism Sotaesan Memorial Hall, close to Exit 1 of Heukseok Station (Line 9), and has newly established individual counseling rooms and rest areas to ensure comfortable consultations and confidentiality.

Since its opening in July 2013, the Seoul Financial Welfare Counseling Center has supported the legal discharge of 2.2167 trillion won in bad debts for 8,823 Seoul citizens suffering from household debt. It provides financial welfare services including ▲‘prevention of bad debt expansion’ through public financial counseling and financial welfare education ▲support for public debt adjustment to manage the scale of household debt ▲linking welfare services such as housing and employment to help citizens who have fallen into debt to stand up again.