Eunpyeong-gu Hosts Youth Festival 'Cheongjeongsu' Season 2

[Seoul District News] Eunpyeong-gu to Hold Face-to-Face Festival for the First Time in 3 Years on the 29th at Gupabal Lotte Mall Plaza & Youth-Led Festival Featuring Samulnori and Youth Club Performances... Seongdong-gu to Host ‘Nanjangpan (Horror in Seongdong)’ Festival on the 29th at Wangsimni Plaza Planned and Operated by Youth Planning Group & Experience Booths and Youth Club Performances at 20 Diverse Booths... 2022 Jung-gu Youth Festival 'Yaho' Lively at Deoksugung-gil... Seongbuk-gu Career Fair

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Eunpyeong-gu (Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) will hold the ‘2022 Regular Suspicious Festival for Youth’ (hereinafter referred to as Cheongjeongsu) Season 2 on the 29th at the plaza in front of Lotte Mall Gupabal.

‘Cheongjeongsu’ Season 2 is a youth festival planned and led directly by young people. Marking its second year, it will be held face-to-face for the first time in three years. This year, a variety of performances themed around tradition have been prepared.

The festival will open around 1 p.m. on the 29th with traditional performances such as Samulnori and the fusion gugak team ‘Kkeullim.’ Then, 10 individual and club teams from elementary, middle, and high schools in the district will participate, showcasing their honed skills through dance and band performances. For the congratulatory performances, singer Yoo Sung-eun, runner-up of Voice Korea Season 1, and rapper Mushvenom, runner-up of Show Me The Money 9, will present spectacular stages.

Experience booths open to all youth will also be operated, including ▲‘Youth Police School’ by Seoul Western Police Station and Eunpyeong Police Station ▲‘Youth Firefighter Experience’ by Eunpyeong Fire Station ▲‘Cheong Quiz Roulette’ by Eunpyeong-gu Youth Council ▲‘Gathering Strength! Youth Participation Organization’ by the Youth Culture House Exciting After Center ▲Traditional costume experience ▲Traditional games experience booths ▲Face painting and caricature ▲Resource circulation experience booths, offering various booths for youth enjoyment.

This festival was planned and organized by the 11th Eunpyeong-gu Youth Participation Committee. They strive as a youth participation organization by directly participating in policy processes to propose and promote projects for youth rights and welfare enhancement.

For festival-related inquiries, contact the Eunpyeong-gu Office Citizen Education Division or check the district website.

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, said, “Many youths have been disappointed due to the lack of performance opportunities amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Through this festival, I hope young people relieve stress from academic and career concerns and freely express their talents.”

Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jung Won-oh) announced that it will hold the 13th Youth Festival ‘Nanjangpan (Subtitle: Horror in Seongdong)’ at 2 p.m. on the 29th at Wangsimni Plaza.

This festival is planned and promoted directly by a youth planning group composed of local youths. Additionally, 15 local community organizations, including the Seongdong-gu Community Security Council’s Childcare Division, Seongdong Innovation Education District Youth Division, Seongdong Youth Culture House, and Seongdong Youth Center, will come together to create a festival space for youth.

The Nanjangpan festival will proceed under three main themes: experience yard, performance yard, and Halloween event yard, with various experiences prepared to celebrate Halloween Day.

In the experience yard, 20 diverse booths for youth will be operated, including ▲Life-cut photo booth ▲Halloween envelope making ▲Halloween cookie, soap, and candy basket making ▲Succulent plant sign making ▲Hanji paper and tea coaster making, among others.

In the performance yard, youth clubs such as ▲Aloha Ukulele ▲Dance club ‘Enkoring’ ▲Band club ‘Enjoy Tool’ ▲Hip-hop club ‘Beat One’ will participate to showcase their talents and skills.

Also, a cultural and artistic activity support experience learning card for first-year middle school students (13-year-old youths) residing in Seongdong-gu can be applied for at the on-site booth.

Jung Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, “This festival is especially meaningful as it is planned and created directly by youths who have been unable to enjoy cultural and leisure activities due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic for three years. We will continue to support and strive to provide healthy leisure culture formation and various experiential activities for youths.”

Jung-gu, Seoul (Mayor Kim Gil-sung) announced that the Trevi team (Daekyung Life Science High School), which participated in the ‘2022 Jung-gu Youth Festival Yaho’ held on the 22nd along Deoksugung Stone Wall Road, won the grand prize in the vocal and dance competition.

This festival, marking the return to face-to-face from non-face-to-face after three years, was held under the theme ‘Yaho is back (Youth Festival Yaho is back),’ featuring youth club experiential activities and competitions. It was co-hosted by Jung-gu and Jung-gu Youth Center, with 37 youth club teams participating.

From the morning, the Jung-gu youth club booths offered various activities such as ▲Sports experiences using future technology ▲Making fashion items using patches ▲Making Jeongdong-themed toppers ▲Exploring Jung-gu via metaverse ▲Coffee and desserts made by barista clubs ▲Drawing webtoons by hand ▲CPR experience, allowing direct participation in diverse fields. Citizens visiting Deoksugung Road on the weekend also joined and enjoyed the varied programs.

Especially, the Jung-gu child pedestrian environment survey and child abuse prevention campaign saw about 600 citizens participate in child abuse experiences and surveys, providing a time to reflect on child safety together.

In the afternoon, a vocal and dance club competition was held on the special stage at Jeongdong Rotary. The event was hosted by comedian Park Hwi-soon. Starting with a pre-performance by B&D Gwanak Band composed of elementary school students, 16 teams that passed the preliminaries took the stage, showcasing their singing and dancing skills in a rare outdoor stage competition.

The audience enthusiastically applauded. A parent said, “I was glad and happy that the stage, which disappeared due to COVID-19, has returned. I hope such opportunities for youths to fully showcase their talents will be held throughout Jung-gu.”

Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) is conducting ‘Customized Career and College Admission Counseling’ to help local youths explore and design careers suited to their interests and aptitudes in the rapidly changing future society and to resolve questions related to college admission.

The counseling will be held on November 2nd at the Career and Aptitude Zone of the 2022 Seongbuk-gu Career Expo. It offers 1:1 customized counseling in three areas for middle school students, high school 1st and 2nd graders, and their parents: ▲Major mentoring ▲University admission ▲High school admission.

To efficiently provide tailored information for career and admission, four experienced current teachers (from Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education University Admission Guidance Support Group and National Admission Guidance Council) and two university admission officers (Hansung University) will conduct the counseling.

High school admission counseling will guide middle school students on the characteristics and selection processes of different high school types. Major mentoring provides information on universities and departments based on career and aptitude, and university admission counseling analyzes eligible universities based on school life and grades and introduces admission types.

Since counseling is conducted 1:1, participants are advised to bring materials such as school records, self-introduction letters, and mock test score reports for more detailed and substantial counseling.

This customized career and college admission counseling will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on November 2nd at the seminar room of Hansung University Sang-sang Hall. Applications can be made by November 30th at 6 p.m. on the Seongbuk-gu Office website under ‘Online Lecture Application,’ by counseling field and time slot.

A Seongbuk-gu official said, “We will continue to provide accurate educational information promptly, offer practical help in career and admission planning for local youths, and support them to discover their growth potential and possibilities to become outstanding talents in the region.”

Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yoo Sung-hoon) will hold the 2022 Multicultural Festival ‘Geumcheon Byeolgok in the World’ at 2 p.m. on the 29th at the district office plaza.

This festival, aimed at improving multicultural awareness in the local community, is hosted by the Geumcheon-gu Family Center, with about 900 participants including foreign residents, multicultural families, and local residents.

The event will feature a commemorative ceremony, multicultural experience booths and photo zones where domestic and foreign residents mingle, traditional costume experiences, and various other programs. There will also be congratulatory performances by multicultural-related organizations.

At the 2 p.m. ceremony, commendations will be awarded to five ‘Model Immigrants’ who contributed to social integration and development of the local community, and awards will be presented to winners of the multicultural awareness improvement drawing contest.

Geumcheon-gu will operate booths where participants can experience the cultures of six countries (Nepal, Thailand, USA, Philippines, Mongolia, Korea).

Photo zones will be installed to allow domestic and foreign residents to take pictures together. Additionally, multicultural costume experiences will be offered where participants can try on traditional costumes from Vietnam, China, and the Philippines.

Yoo Sung-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, said, “I hope this event helps improve multicultural awareness. We will continue to make efforts to create a community environment where domestic and foreign residents interact and live together.”

Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee), together with the Gwanak-gu Disabled Sports Association, successfully concluded the 2nd Gwanak-gu Harmony Marathon on the 25th.

Held to promote disabled sports and improve disability awareness, this marathon brought together visually, hearing, and developmentally disabled individuals, wheelchair users, and non-disabled people to run about 2 km from the Byulbitnaerincheon (Dorimcheon) waterfront stage to Boraemae Gap Apartment, fostering harmony.

The Harmony Marathon held at the famous ‘Byulbitnaerincheon’ in Gwanak-gu embodied the community’s aspiration to create a Gwanak where over 20,000 disabled residents and the local community live together.

Along with the marathon, various programs such as darts, Hangung (Korean archery), and visual impairment awareness improvement were operated, as well as electric assistive device inspection and repair booths. These encouraged outdoor activities for disabled people, which had been restricted due to COVID-19, and offered diverse attractions and performances that non-disabled people could also participate in.

The district plans to continue holding the Harmony Marathon to enhance community spirit between disabled and non-disabled people. Additionally, it actively supports disabled sports activation through various disabled sports classes such as gateball and basketball, and hosting disabled sports competitions, aiming to boost independence and quality of life for disabled individuals.

Park Jun-hee, Mayor of Gwanak-gu, said, “I am pleased that the Harmony Marathon provided an opportunity for disabled and non-disabled people to run together and narrow the gap regarding disabilities. We will continue efforts to ensure that disabled people can freely enjoy community sports alongside non-disabled people in Gwanak.”