Jo Incheol to Meet Residents Every Saturday... 'Sotong Sarangbang' and 'Ssudam Ssudam Seo-gu' Initiated

Visiting Every Neighborhood in Seogu-gap:
Listening to Resident Concerns and Leading Clean-up Activities


On-site Communication Begins in Dongcheon-dong on the 22nd
Reflecting Community Voices in Legislative and Policy Work as a Member of the Land Committee

Jo Incheol, a member of the National Assembly from the Democratic Party of Korea (representing Seogu-gap in Jeonnam-Gwangju Metropolitan City), is launching a grassroots communication campaign by visiting various areas of his district to listen directly to the voices of local residents.

On August 21, Assemblyman Jo announced that he will hold ‘Sotong Sarangbang’—a community roundtable for residents—and ‘Ssudam Ssudam Seo-gu,’ an environmental clean-up activity, every Saturday across each neighborhood in Seogu-gap.

'Ssedamssedam Seo-gu' Information Poster. Courtesy of the Office of Assemblyman Jo Incheol

The ‘Sotong Sarangbang’ is designed to provide a forum where local residents can voice their daily inconveniences and current regional issues directly on-site, and to seek practical solutions. The purpose is to move beyond formal meetings and engage in candid conversations with citizens, linking received grievances and policy proposals to legislative work.

The first session is scheduled to start on August 22 in Dongcheon-dong. Assemblyman Jo will meet with residents on the third floor of the Dongcheon-dong Administrative Welfare Center to listen to local issues and daily complaints.

After the roundtable, Jo will join residents in the ‘Ssudam Ssudam Seo-gu’ activity. ‘Ssudam Ssudam Seo-gu’ is an environmental clean-up campaign, blending the idea of “collecting trash” and “caring for and watching over Seo-gu.”

Assemblyman Jo will walk through alleys and streets together with residents, picking up litter and checking for areas of inconvenience or sites needing improvement. Notably, Jo is the only member representing Honam in the National Assembly’s Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee for the latter half of the year and is addressing major issues in Gwangju, such as establishing a metropolitan railway network.

Accordingly, there is growing interest in how resident demands related to transportation, housing, and urban environment—continuously raised through these weekly on-site communication events—will be reflected in legislative and policy work at the local and national level.

Assemblyman Jo plans to continuously gather issues that residents experience in daily life, aiming to increase the granularity and effectiveness of policies.

He stated, “The answers to every problem are always found on the ground, and those solutions come from the residents. Going forward, I will continue to communicate closely with the community to make our neighborhood more pleasant and livable.”

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