Gwangju City News

Gwangju Metropolitan City is investing 600 million won as subsidies for the purchase of electric motorcycles to make for a cleaner environment.

This year, the amount of electric two-wheeled vehicle support is 400 units, a 44-percent increase from the previous year’s support (277 units). Among them, 196 units are planned for the first half of the year.

Eligible applicants are citizens who have been registered as residents in Gwangju for more than 90 days as of the date of application and corporations and organizations whose business sites are located in the Gwangju area. Applications and approvals are handled by manufacturers and importers of electric two-wheeled vehicles through the Emission-Free Vehicle Subsidy Support System of the Ministry of Environment (www.ev.or.kr), and applications have been received from April 13.

Inquiries: 062-120

The Gwangju Metropolitan City Library (Mudeung, Sajik, Sansu branches) operates a book-delivery service so that users who have difficulty visiting the library can continue to borrow and read books from the library.

The target audience is senior citizens aged 65 or older residing in Gwangju, pregnant women, parents with infants and toddlers under 36 months old, and multicultural families.

This service is designed to bridge the gap in the use of library materials in the region and support reading activities. The existing “Chaeknarae”* service for the disabled will also be operated.

In order to use the service, you must submit supporting documents to confirm eligibility. Required documents are: 1) for seniors aged 65 or older (documents confirming year of birth such as resident registration card or other ID card), 2) for pregnant women (pregnancy confirmation certificate or maternity handbook), 3) for parents of infants and toddlers under 36 months old (resident registration certificate, family relation certificate, etc.), 4) for multicultural families (resident registration certificate, foreigner registration certificate, etc.).

Chaeknarae: disability welfare card, certificate of disability, certificate of merit, long-term care certificate, etc.

Once eligibility is confirmed, you can freely apply for borrowing and returning books on the city library website. The period of use is limited to 10 books per person for 21 days.

More information can be found on the Gwangju Metropolitan City Library website, and inquiries can be made via the City Library (062-613-7754).

Gwangsan-gu District Office announced that from April 10, it will implement an odd and even number parking system (variable parking permit) at Wolgokdong 640, Gwangsan-gu.

It is a system that allows parking in one lane by distinguishing odd and even days. Based on the access road from Wolgok-ro 640 to the Hanam Nonghyup head office, parking is permitted in the left lane on odd days and in the right lane on even days.

Parking on the opposite side of the permitted area is subject to enforcement. If you park on the opposite side of the permitted zone from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., enforcement will begin after 15 minutes.

However, Gwangsan-gu plans to carry out these crackdowns from May 1 after a guidance period of up to 30 days.

Earlier, in order to improve the transportation system around Wolgok-ro, Gwangsan-gu decided to go through the process of collecting residents’ opinions in various ways, such as a resident general meeting, a resident survey, and a resident briefing session, and implement an odd/even parking system by reflecting residents’ demands as much as possible.

From April, Gwangju Metropolitan City will expand and promote the “Grandchild Caregiver Support Project,” which is the first of its kind in the country.

The project is a system that provides care allowances to grandparents taking care of grandchildren under the age of eight in dual-income families with either twins or three or more children.

This project is the first in the country to be implemented and is evaluated as a niche care policy unique to Gwangju.

To expand the project, the city consulted with the Ministry of Health and Welfare to expand the social security system and budgeted 600 million won for the project so that more grandparents who care for grandchildren can benefit from this year. The expansion includes an increase of 3 billion won from last year.

For more information on the project, you can visit the Gwangju Ai-kium platform (www.Gwangju Aikium.kr) or the Gwangju City Council of Women’s Organizations (062-363-9401~2).

Gone are the days of only going to the ballpark to watch baseball. The Gwangju-Kia Champions Field is evolving into a complex cultural space filled with various things to see, enjoy, and eat aside from baseball.

Ahead of this season, Kia is concentrating on catching fans heading to the baseball field by adding various contents to the Gwangju-Kia Champions Field.

The most notable change is the transformation of the Tigers Shop, a team store in the baseball field. Kia completely changed the Tigers Shop after the end of last season through extensive remodeling work.

The wall next to the team store was demolished to create a larger space, and the walls were plastered in bright colors to give visitors a fresh image. In addition, Kia has set up a photo booth that has recently become popular near gate 5 of the baseball field. In the booth, a special frame of Kia players is prepared, so visitors can take photos as if with the players.

In addition, near the baseball field, the Gwangju-Kia District Museum, where you can see the history of the Tigers from the predecessor Haetae team in 1982 to the current Kia one, is also waiting for fans to come and enjoy. The records of legends such as Lee Jong-beom, Seon Dong-yeol, Kim Seong-han, and Lee Soon-chul, along with past club championship trophies and club uniforms, were displayed so that fans could view them, remember the past, and make young fans feel proud. The Tigers History Museum is open from three hours before the start of each game until the starting time.