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Busan’s Two Outstanding Policies Win 2025 Green World Awards

Busan’s Two Outstanding Policies Win 2025 Green World Awards□ The ‘Our Neighborhood ESG Center’ and the ‘EULSUKDO Ecological Restoration Project’ have been named laureates at the Green World Awards 2025.○ Inaugurated in 2014, the Green World Awards are organized by the Green Organisation, an environmental non-profit organization founded in the United Kingdom in 1994, with the goal of discovering and enhancing exemplary environmental frameworks worldwide.○ The presentation ceremony is held annually in the previous year’s winning country. This year, it is slated for May 12 in Auckland, New Zealand.○ The awards recognize devotions in carbon emission cuts, climate change, wildlife preservation, and energy management. Busan’s policies fall under the CARBON REDUCTION: FUEL, POWER ENERGY category, with detailed prize announcements to be made during the ceremony.○ It is the first time that Busan has been selected. Previous Korean winners were the Korea Airports Corporation, Seocho-gu, and Suwon Special City.Overviewㅇ Name: Green World Awards ※Since 2014ㅇ Organizer: Green Organisation (Environmental non-profit) ※Established in 1994ㅇ Purpose: To identify, acknowledge, and share environmental best practicesㅇ Theme: Environmental improvement, carbon reduction, and sustainable innovation□ Commended for its integrated approach to sustainable environmental protection and senior employment, the Our Neighborhood ESG Center engages an aging workforce in the community to collect, dismantle, and recycle waste.○ Senior participants collect, wash, sort, and shred waste plastics, and senior docents provide eco-education and hands-on experiences for children. Upcycled goods—like safety handles and LED lights—are installed in the homes of elderly individuals living alone and vulnerable groups. A portion of the sales revenue from upcycling is allocated to a senior employment fund.○ Achievements so far include: 75.6 tons of waste plastics collecte

Late-night Pharmacies in Busan Expanded

Late-night Pharmacies in Busan Expanded□ This year Busan Metropolitan City will expand the total number of late-night pharmacies to sixteen, making it easier for citizens to purchase medicine during nighttime hours.□ The Busan-model late-night pharmacies will extend their operating hours by one hour, from the current two hours to three, aligning with government-model pharmacies (22:00~01:00). Each pharmacy is eligible for an hourly subsidy of 40,000 won.○ In Gijang-gun, where recruiting late-night pharmacies has been challenging, a flexible schedule will be implemented as necessary to guarantee uninterrupted service.□ This expansion not only improves accessibility to essential medications and pharmaceutical advice during off-hours, but also helps optimize the use of medical resources at the local level by alleviating emergency room overcrowding.□ Starting with four locations in 2021, Busan’s late-night pharmacy project grew to 12 in 2022~2023 and 14 in 2024, receiving positive public feedback.○ In 2024, over 25,000 cases of pharmaceutical sales and consultations were recorded, with the highest usage rates among people in their 30s to 50s.○ Licensed pharmacists are dedicated to assisting with safe drug use and protecting public health during nighttime hours, when access to healthcare may be limited.□ You can check the nearest late-night pharmacy and their real-time availability via the Emergency Medical Portal (www.e-gen.or.kr) or by calling 119.2025 Late-night Pharmacy Guide(Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese)

[Study with Daily Busan] You made my day

 "You made my day"What does "You made my day" mean?It means that someone did or said something that made you very happy.In Korean, "덕분에 행복해졌어"Here's a refined example sentence:"Thank you for your kind words! You made my day."Please send your English learning content! https://forms.gle/z56ApK4L39ueSeDJ6

A conversation with entrepreneur Gabrielle Atmajaya

After graduating from Kyungsung University, Gabrielle Atmajaya founded Intuition, an education consultancy.Ms. Atmajaya sat down with Daily Busan to discuss her life in Busan and her experience starting and operating Intuition.Q. Please introduce yourself to Daily Busan subscribers. My name is Gabrielle, and I'm from Indonesia. I came here in February 2013 and graduated from Kyungsung University. I’m currently running Intuition, an education consultancy.Q. Do you like living in Busan? I love it. That's probably why I haven’t left. I have a sister in Seoul, so we thought maybe we could live together up there, but I didn't go. I stayed in Busan. I cannot leave Gwangalli, it’s my favorite place in Busan. I can just go walk by the beach in the middle of the afternoon, which I love. If I want a change of scenery, I can go for a hike up Geumnyeonsan, which is behind my house. I consider myself very lucky to live in Gwangalli. Q. Tell me about Intuition. Intuition started two years ago, in 2023. We recruit students for universities, mostly undergrads but sometimes graduate students.Most of our students are from South Asia. Sometimes, students find me directly through Instagram or Facebook. They might be trying to get scholarships, so we work together. I review their documents and essays, or if they need to contact a professor, I come in the middle and contact the universities on their behalf. We also have training sessions with students, like practicing for interviews.I was working for a similar business before as an educational consultant, but it was for only one university. I didn't like how they did things over there, so I quit and started my firm.Q. Just as you're living in Busan, the city is attracting more and more foreign residents. Do you have any ideas for making Busan more global?I think Busan is actually doing very well, especially compared to other cities. I pay closer attention to the education sector, like issues affecting international students. I know Busan is doing all these English campaigns, such as publishing the Busan is Good newspaper for free. That's a very good approach. I don’t think many people know about it yet, so I'm pretty sure a lot of students, if they knew, would subscribe to it. ◎ Learn more about Intuition: https://www.intuition-edu.com/◎ Information on living and working in Busan: https://www.lifeinbusan.krTo subscribe to Daily Busan, fill out the Google Form here and follow Busan City on KakaoTalk.◎ Google Form: Click◎ Busan City's Kakao Talk: Click<Today's Vocabulary - 오늘의 단어>discuss: 논의하다 operate: 운영하다 scenery: 경치 consider: 생각하다 recruit: 모집하다 undergraduate: 학부생 scholarship: 장학금 affect: 영향을 미치다 Editor: Song SoomiCopy Editors: Ryu Hyoseung, Anton J. Mapoy