As citizens’ concern over a stream of indiscriminate violence rises, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) said on Sept. 4 that it is providing support to citizens so they can return home safely by ramping up functions of the “Ansimi (Safety) App.”
Starting Sept. 7, if anyone makes an emergency report via the Ansimi App, the app communicates: “An emergency report has been accepted, a police officer has been dispatched.”
An image of the “Ansimi (Safety) App,” SMG’s guide must-have app for helping citizens return home safely.
Starting in November, the app will allow users to access about 23,300 anti-crime emergency “bells” located across the capital. If a user activates an emergency bell, each ward’s CCTV control center will be connected, and a team will be dispatched in cooperation with police.
Starting in December, a safety guidance service will be launched so people can evade dangerous zones which have lots of violence, and direct pedestrians to routes which have been outfitted with safety facilities and video control services.
Meanwhile, the Ansimi App made its debut in the whole area of Seoul in October 2018, following a pilot program in 2017. Users are on the rise.
The app has logged 224,604 downloads and 211,481 uses in cumulative figures.
As indiscriminate crime occurred during the period between the fourth week of July and the first week of August, daily downloads had surged compared to two weeks earlier.
Kim Sun-soon, the head of the Women & Family Policy Affairs Office at SMG, said, “At a time when recent occurrence of indiscriminate crimes had made people walking alone feel uneasy, the Ansimi App has been continuously upgraded so it can be a strong companion of returning home safely, I hope any Seoulite will download from his or her smartphone and receive help from SMG in case of an emergency.”
SMG Expands ‘Home Happiness Lunch Box Meal Kit Discount Support Program’
Households with children aged 18 or under in Seoul are given discounts on fresh food products being delivered at an early morning, starting May.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government struck an MOU with Oasis, an early morning delivery company, in addition to the conventional partners GS25 and CU convenience stores in a project, dubbed “Home Happiness Lunch Box Meal Kit Discount Support Program”
The program is part of “Mom and Dad Happiness Project,” announced by Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon in August 2022. Under the program, households with children aged 18 or less are given coupons with which they can purchase lunch boxes, meal kits and cafe beverages at discounted rates from home.
Oasis Market, a new partner of the program, gives a 5,000-won discount to persons who buy items worth more than 30,000 won, a 10,000 discount for products worth over 60,000 won and a 15,000 won discount coupon for products worth over 90,000 won.
Each recipient is given four coupons monthly, and recipients have to use coupons within 30 days of issuance. SMG estimates the program will provide support to a combined 50,000 monthly for a total of 460,000 recipients annually.
Kim Sun-soon, the head of the Women & Family Policy Affairs Office at SMG, said, “A new dawn delivery company’s participation in the Home Happiness Lunch Box Meal Kit Discount Support Program will diversify discount support items and ease household burden in a high-price era.”
SMG Announces Winners of ‘2023 Seoul Gender Equality Awards’
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Sept. 6 released the winners of the 20th Seoul Gender Equality Awards to citizens and organizations recognized for their contribution to realizing society with gender equality.
Two best award and three excellent prize winners were selected over stringent scrutiny by a meritorious screening committee consisting of experts among candidates recommended during the period between May 17 and June 15.
The best awards went to Buneomi President Lee Sung-gyung and the Women’s Protection Section of the Female Youth Department at Seoul Metropolitan Police.
Buneomi President Lee has been credited with establishing a feminism entity, dubbed “Buneomi,” comprising of married women as well as authoring books, such as “Feminists Get Married?”.
The Women’s Protection Section at Seoul Metropolitan Police has been praised for implementing projects to prevent i of stalking victims and other diverse activities.
The section for uprooting gender violence was established for promoting women’s safety and human rights in 2013.
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