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According to Yonhap News,
(SAMCHEOK=Yonhap News) Samcheok City announced on September 20 that it is selected as the Eighth Green City 2018 by the Ministry of Environment and will be awarded by the Minister.
The Green City means an excellent local government that managed environment well.
Samcheok is implementing various eco-friendly policies such as creating eco trail, maze garden, healing town and healing forest, and supplying new and renewable energy.
The only freshwater laver cultivation and conservation project in Korea that links ecological environment and the sixth industry secures resources for eco-tourism and draws attention as the policy involving resident participation.
An official from the city said, "We will create an ecological city where human and nature coexist and a most livable eco-friendly city by identifying and implementing green policies that citizens an relate to and participate."
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Source: Yonhap News (September 20, 2018)