Jeju governor’s Seogwipo office to open to residents as shared meeting space
In short
Jeju Province said it will turn the governor’s Seogwipo office into an open space for residents called “Seogwipo Sotongmaru,” Yonhap reported. The 39-square-metre room holds up to 15 people and can be booked from Oct. 8, at least two days before use, for a fee of 10,000 won for the first two hours. Political, religious and for-profit use is not allowed.
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Jeju Province said it will open the governor’s Seogwipo office to residents as a shared meeting space, Yonhap reported. The province said the room, previously used as the site of the governor’s meetings with residents in the Seogwipo area, will be renamed “Seogwipo Sotongmaru” and run as an open communication space. Seoul Shinmun also reported the conversion, describing it in its headline as lending the governor’s office to residents and turning it into a space for public communication. [ 1 , 2 ]
According to Yonhap, the room is a 39-square-metre combined meeting and reception space that can be used by up to 15 people. It is fitted with a meeting table and chairs, a reception sofa and a monitor, and residents or groups may use it for meetings and exchanges of views. Applications go through the booking menu for the governor’s office on the Jeju provincial government website, and must be made at least two days before the date of use; the province will begin accepting applications on Oct. 8. [ 1 ]
The space will operate on weekdays in three time slots, for a maximum of four hours a day, and the same applicant or group may use it up to twice a month. The fee is 10,000 won for the first two hours and 5,000 won for each additional hour, with a 30 percent surcharge when heating or air conditioning is used. The province said the room cannot be used for political, religious or for-profit purposes, or where there is a concern that public order could be harmed. [ 1 ]
Song Chang-yun, the Jeju Province official in charge of communication and the second airport, said he expects “Seogwipo Sotongmaru” to be widely used as an open space where residents can meet freely and exchange opinions, Yonhap reported. [ 1 ]
Why it matters
The change hands a room previously reserved for the governor’s own resident meetings to the public, a small but concrete shift in how a local government says it will share official space. For readers outside Jeju or South Korea, the announcement is a routine provincial administrative measure with limited wider consequence.
Key facts
- Jeju Province said it will convert the governor’s Seogwipo office into an open public space named “Seogwipo Sotongmaru.” [ 1 , 2 ]
- The space measures 39 square metres and can be used by up to 15 people. [ 1 ]
- It is equipped with a meeting table and chairs, a reception sofa and a monitor. [ 1 ]
- Reservations can be made from Oct. 8 through the provincial website’s “Residents First, Governor’s Office” booking menu, at least two days before the intended use. [ 1 ]
- It operates on weekdays in three time slots, for up to four hours a day, and the same applicant or group can use it twice a month. [ 1 ]
- The fee is 10,000 won for the first two hours and 5,000 won for each additional hour, with a 30 percent surcharge when heating or air conditioning is used. [ 1 ]
- Use for political, religious or for-profit purposes, or where public order could be harmed, is not permitted. [ 1 ]
- Song Chang-yun, an official in charge of communication and the second airport at Jeju Province, said he expects the space to be widely used as an open place where residents meet and exchange views. [ 1 ]
Confirmed by several sources
- Jeju Province is opening the governor’s Seogwipo office to residents as a public communication space. [ 1 , 2 ]
- The space is 39 square metres and can accommodate up to 15 people. [ 1 ]
- Applications for use begin on Oct. 8. [ 1 ]
- Use is barred for political, religious or for-profit purposes, or where public order could be harmed. [ 1 ]
Still unclear
- Whether the governor will continue to hold resident meetings at the Seogwipo office. The documents say the room had been used for the governor’s meetings with Seogwipo-area residents but do not state what happens to that use after the opening.
- Details beyond the headline from Seoul Shinmun. The outlet supplied only a headline with no article text or summary, so its report adds no specifics not already in the Yonhap article.