The city of Daejeon is holding the "2025 Mobile Worker Photography Contest" to shed light on the realities of mobile workers' labor and their life stories. This contest is hosted by Daejeon Metropolitan City and organized by the Daejeon Labor Rights Center.
Mobile workers include delivery riders, daeri unjeon drivers, parcel delivery drivers, home-visit teachers, and visiting repair service technicians, whose work hours and locations are not fixed and who primarily work while on the move.
The city has been holding the Mobile Worker Photography Contest since 2023 to promote a culture of respect for mobile workers and improve civic awareness, as they have become essential to society as a whole with the development of digital platforms.
This year's contest will proceed with five themes: ① Perspectives on Mobile Work, ② Images Respecting Mobile Workers, ③ Tools Used by Mobile Workers, ④ Joys and Sorrows of Mobile Workers, and ⑤ Everything About Mobile Workers. Anyone aged 18 or older who is a Daejeon citizen or works at a workplace within Daejeon Metropolitan City can participate. After judging the submitted works, award winners will receive a total of 3 million KRW in prize money, including 1 million KRW for the Grand Prize (Eutteum Award). The winning entries will be exhibited at Daejeon City Hall and other venues during Labor Respect Week in November 2025.
Submissions for the 2025 Mobile Worker Photography Contest will be accepted until Tuesday, September 30, 2025. You can submit your entry via email (djmwrp@gmail.com) or by visiting the Daejeon Mobile Worker Rest Area (2nd floor, Room 202, Lezami Multi-home Shopping Center, 7 Oncheonbuk-ro, Yuseong-gu).
More detailed information can be found on the Daejeon Labor Rights Center website (www.djiw.or.kr) on the Mobile Worker Rest Area bulletin board. For other inquiries, please contact the Daejeon Mobile Worker Rest Area at 042-825-1955.
Yeom Ho-seop, head of Daejeon City's Job and Economy Policy Division, stated, "Mobile work has now become essential labor that supports daily life and society as a whole, beyond just being a simple job. We hope that this photography exhibition will foster a social atmosphere that respects the existence and rights of mobile workers."
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