Dongducheon City Selects Five ‘Outstanding Active Administration Public Officials’ for Addressing Local Issues and Enhancing Citizen Convenience

City Names Five Recipients, Including Grand Prize Winner Inho Park of Urban Regeneration

Outstanding Initiatives Recognized: Red-light District Cleanup, Joint Disaster Response, and More

Practical Best Practices Identified to Enhance Citizen Experience; Personnel Incentives Awarded

Mayor Park Hyung-deok: "We Will Foster a Culture Where Officials Can Work with Conviction"

Dongducheon City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Park Hyung-deok) announced on the 20th that it has selected five individuals as the final recipients of the “2026 First Active Administration Outstanding Public Officials” award, recognizing those who have proactively engaged in their work from the citizens’ perspective to achieve tangible results.

From the left: Inho Park, Team Leader; Jiyeong Jang, Officer; Taeyoon Kim, Officer; Woohyeong Lee, Officer; Junghui Kim, Officer. Provided by Dongducheon City.

This selection was carried out to promote a culture of active administration within the civil service and to discover and share outstanding cases that contributed to solving local issues and enhancing citizen convenience.

The city received nominations from citizens and applications from public officials who demonstrated active administration during the second half of 2025, between August 10 and September 4. Candidates were reviewed through a first-stage document screening, followed by evaluation by the Active Administration Committee, with a final selection of five recipients.

The newly selected outstanding public officials are: Team Leader Inho Park of the Urban Regeneration Department (Grand Prize), Officer Jiyoung Jang of the Health Administration Department (Excellence Award), Officer Taeyun Kim of Saengyeon 2-dong (Excellence Award), Officer Woohyeong Lee of the Architecture Department (Encouragement Award), and Officer Junghui Kim of the Future Education Promotion Center (Encouragement Award).

Team Leader Inho Park of the Urban Regeneration Department, who received the grand prize, secured 15 billion won in national funding through the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport by advancing the “Cleanup of Red-light District in the Old Downtown” project. He was highly praised for laying the real groundwork for improving the city’s image and environment by addressing this longstanding local issue in earnest.

Officer Jiyoung Jang of the Health Administration Department, an Excellence Award recipient, promoted the “Joint Disaster Response System between Health Center and Fire Station” to strengthen inter-agency cooperation, thereby contributing to citizen safety. Also receiving the Excellence Award, Officer Taeyun Kim of Saengyeon 2-dong advanced the initiative to provide information on using the Munhwa Nuri Card when reissuing identification cards for vulnerable groups. By guiding even those exempt from reissuance fees on how to cover ID photo costs with the Munhwa Nuri Card, Kim effectively alleviated practical living inconveniences for vulnerable residents.

The case of Officer Woohyeong Lee from the Architecture Department, who received the Encouragement Award, involved “Resolving Unpaid Construction Costs for Local Companies through Active Mediation of Civil Complaints.” Although the dispute was between private companies, Lee did not limit his role to providing information, but actively mediated and coordinated the matter, resulting in the resolution of 2,445 million won in unpaid construction costs owed to local companies. Officer Junghui Kim of the Future Education Promotion Center was praised for the “Dongducheon–Pocheon Alliance Special District for Lifelong Learning Opportunities” project, which established a foundation for providing broad lifelong learning opportunities to citizens by connecting the educational resources and capabilities of the two municipalities.

Dongducheon City plans to grant personnel incentives—including additional points in performance evaluations and reward leave—to the selected outstanding public officials and share these best practices across all departments to encourage adoption in similar areas of work.

Mayor Park Hyung-deok stated, “The cases selected this time did not remain confined to existing conventions or practices, but instead approached issues from the citizens’ perspective and actively pursued solutions. We will continue to foster an organizational culture where public officials boldly practice active administration, and extend ongoing support for administrative service improvements that citizens can feel in their daily lives.”

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