Incheon City Declares '2025-2026 as the Year of Overseas Koreans' Exchange and Visit to Incheon'
Incheon City announced that it held a declaration ceremony for '2025-2026 as the Year of Overseas Koreans' Exchange and Visit to Incheon' at the Gyeongwonjae Ambassador Incheon on the 18th.
This declaration ceremony was organized to expand exchange and communication with 7 million overseas Koreans worldwide, with the vision of 'Incheon, a city friendly to overseas Koreans that they want to visit again'.
An Incheon City official stated, "Through this, we will do our best to help Incheon leap forward as one of the world's top 10 cities."
Incheon City: "Let's Protect the Earth Through Carbon-Neutral Lifestyle Practices"
Incheon City announced that it conducted on-site experiential activities for the 'Carbon-Neutral Climate Citizen Community' at Yeongjongjin Park and Songsan Retention Basin in Yeongjong Island, in collaboration with the Incheon Council for Sustainable Development and Incheon Environmental Education Center.
The 'Carbon-Neutral Climate Citizen Community' consists of 21 communities encompassing apartment complexes, religious facilities, and various sectors of society, recruited as part of an initiative to expand citizen participation in realizing Incheon's 2045 carbon neutrality goal.
An Incheon City official stated, "We will continue to promote citizen participation activities to establish a foundation for spreading carbon-neutral practices in everyday life and strive to make all 3 million Incheon citizens become climate citizens."
Incheon Port Authority Recruits Companies for Incheon City Forwarder Incentive Support
The Incheon Port Authority (IPA) announced that it is recruiting companies for the '2024 Incheon City Forwarder Incentive' support until the 15th of next month, aiming to increase cargo volume at Incheon Port by supporting the local logistics industry.
Eligible for this support are forwarders registered as international logistics service providers in the city, who have handled container cargo volume of 200 tons or more through Incheon Port from the first to the third quarter of this year. The IPA plans to provide incentives in December after verifying the performance of applying companies.
Companies interested in applying can submit their application documents after checking the relevant information on the IPA's official website.
Incheon City Holds Farewell Party for Black-faced Spoonbills... "Continuing Protection and Promotion Activities"
Incheon City held a farewell party on the 19th at the Black-faced Spoonbill Eco-Learning Center in Namdong Reservoir to wish "peace and safety" for the departing black-faced spoonbills.
The black-faced spoonbill is an endangered species (Grade I) and a natural monument with only about 6,000 left worldwide. They spend winters in places like Taiwan and Hong Kong, and return every March to the 'Namdong Reservoir Spoonbill Island', the only breeding site within an urban area. They breed from March to August and leave Incheon in November.
An Incheon City official stated, "Next year, we will continue to pursue various measures to raise public awareness about migratory waterbirds, including the black-faced spoonbill."
