Cheonan City announced on February 10th that it will be promoting the "Support Project for Foreign Residents and Multicultural Families" to help foreign residents settle stably in the local community and provide them with support.

The city will invest 3.6 billion won in 24 projects, including the operation of the Multicultural Family Support Center, the Foreign Resident Integrated Support Call Center, the Foreign Resident Culture Exchange Support Center, and facilities for migrant women who are victims of violence. New projects include "Multicultural Couple Childbirth Mentoring" and "Walking Through Time, Connecting Generations."

The new Multicultural Couple Childbirth Mentoring program will provide customized support for mentors and mentees from different countries to help multicultural families with childbirth and childcare.

The "Walking Through Time, Connecting Generations" program will be operated to help families, including grandparents, parents, and children, understand each other's cultures and resolve conflicts.

The city will expand the number of languages for leaflets containing information on living and administrative information for foreign residents from 4 to 16. It will also add a Cheonan City Tour to the "Walking into Cheonan" program, which is currently being operated for newlyweds who are planning to enter the country for the first time, so that they can experience tourist attractions.

The city plans to expand the multicultural children's career design program, which currently supports children aged 7 to 18, to include those up to 24 years old.

Park Kyung-mi, head of the Women and Family Department, said, "We will continue to develop various policies to create a local community where foreigners and Koreans can live together in harmony."

As of January, there are 37,397 foreign residents in Cheonan City, accounting for 5.3% of the total population of 697,544. By nationality, the largest groups are Chinese (15,718), Vietnamese (5,660), and Uzbek (2,087).

[ⓒ Global Economic Times. 무단전재-재배포 금지]