Changwon Coast Guard Reappoints Singer Jang Yeju as First Honorary Maritime Police Officer ... Together for Another Two Years

Changwon Coast Guard Station in South Gyeongsang Province has reappointed singer Jang Yeju as an honorary maritime police officer after she completed a two-year term as the station's first honorary officer.

The station said on October 29 that it held a reappointment ceremony for Jang, who has contributed to promoting maritime safety awareness and publicizing the Coast Guard as an honorary member of the Changwon Coast Guard.

Changwon Coast Guard Chief Kim Eonho (left) and singer Jang Yeju hold up their appointment certificates and plaques of appreciation at a ceremony reappointing her as an honorary maritime police officer. [Photo provided by Changwon Coast Guard Station]

Born in Changwon in 2001, Jang is a trot singer native to the city who graduated from elementary, middle and high schools there. In October 2024, she was appointed the Changwon Coast Guard's first honorary corporal.

Over the past two years, she has contributed to promoting maritime safety awareness and publicizing the Coast Guard by taking part in maritime safety content production and public participation campaigns. In particular, she has worked to raise public safety awareness through activities promoting life jacket use, preventing coastal accidents and encouraging compliance with water recreation safety rules.

In June this year, she was promoted from honorary corporal to honorary sergeant in recognition of her contributions.

At the reappointment ceremony, the Changwon Coast Guard thanked Jang for her past work and presented her with a reappointment certificate.

With her reappointment, Jang will continue her two-year term as an honorary maritime police officer.

Officials from Changwon Coast Guard Station and singer Jang Yeju pose for a commemorative photo at the reappointment ceremony for honorary maritime police officers. [Photo provided by Changwon Coast Guard Station]

"I feel very honored and grateful to serve again as an honorary maritime police officer at the Changwon Coast Guard Station, which protects the seas of my hometown, Changwon, following my previous two-year term," Jang said. "I will continue to do my part with a sense of responsibility to inform people who visit the sea about the importance of maritime safety."

Kim Eonho, chief of the Changwon Coast Guard Station, said, "I thank Jang Yeju for her wholehearted service to promoting maritime safety awareness over the past two years." He added, "I hope she will continue to work with us as an honorary officer on friendly and effective maritime safety campaigns and make a major contribution to keeping our seas safe."

The Changwon Coast Guard plans to continue public participation campaigns promoting maritime safety, including making life jacket use a regular practice and following maritime safety rules, together with honorary officer Jang Yeju to prevent maritime accidents in the fall and winter.

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