Namyangju Jump Flea Market Wraps Up Year After Promoting Resource Recycling with 20,000 Residents

Namyangju City Holds 16 Markets at 13 Locations
Expands Cooperation with Residents' Autonomy Councils and Citizen-Led Participation

The 2026 Namyangju Jump Flea Market, a community-based sharing market in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, wrapped up this year's schedule with an event at Sampae Hangang Citizens Park on October 31.

Namyangju Mayor Choi Hyeondeok visits booths at the 2026 Namyangju Jump Flea Market, held at Sampae Hangang Citizens Park on October 31. Courtesy of Namyangju City.

Namyangju City, led by Mayor Choi Hyundeok, announced on November 1 that this year's Jump Flea Market, which began in April at Wangsukcheon Water Play Park, was held 16 times at a total of 13 locations.

About 20,000 residents and 1,605 seller teams took part, selling and exchanging items they no longer used at home and putting resource circulation and sharing into practice.

This year, the city expanded its cooperation with residents'自治 councils and other groups to boost public participation. At the event in Hopyeong-dong, the residents'自治 council ran a promotional booth, while a club at the Geumgok-dong Community Center put on a cultural performance.

Yoo Gilmun, head of the Namyangju Jump Flea Market Association, said, "I would like to thank the association members and residents who worked hard to make this year's events a success. We will work closely with local residents to make the market an event where citizens participate voluntarily and build it together."

Namyangju Mayor Choi Hyundeok said, "The Jump Flea Market is a meaningful event where residents put the values of resource circulation and sharing into practice in their daily lives. We will expand local residents' active participation and develop the market into a citizen-centered sharing event that reflects the distinctive characteristics of each area."

Namyangju Mayor Choi Hyeondeok looks around the booths at the 2026 Namyangju Jump Flea Market, held at Sampae Hangang Citizen Park on the 31st of last month. Photo courtesy of Namyangju City.

Meanwhile, Namyangju City plans to strengthen its cooperation with residents'自治 councils starting next year and expand the operation of markets across different areas, reflecting each area's characteristics.

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