New Human Rights Education Center Opens in Yongin: What It Means for South Korea’s Future
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Built at a total project cost of ₩14.7 billion (approximately US$11.025 million), the training center covers a total floor area of 4,637 m² (about 49,912 sq ft) with one basement level and three aboveground floors
The National Human Rights Commission’s National Human Rights Education Center opened on the 28th in Singal-dong, Giheung District, Yongin City, and has begun full operations.
The opening ceremony was attended by about 100 officials, including Ryu Gwang-yeol, first vice mayor and acting mayor of Yongin, and Ahn Chang-ho, chair of the National Human Rights Commission.
The National Human Rights Education Center was established to address the need for a dedicated facility to raise awareness of human rights and expand human-rights education across both the public and private sectors.
The center was created by renovating and expanding the former customs logistics center in Singal-dong, Giheung District. The facility totals 4,637 m², with one basement level and three floors above ground, completed at a total project cost of ₩14.7 billion (approximately US$11.025 million).
The center includes classrooms, an online integrated education studio, a rehabilitation training room, a multipurpose experiential learning room, an exhibition and video experience room, an exhibition hall, and a concert hall.
At the ceremony, Ryu Gwang-yeol, acting mayor and first vice mayor of Yongin, said, “I am truly pleased that the National Human Rights Education Center, which will serve as a hub for human-rights education in Korea, has opened in Yongin. I offer my respect and gratitude to everyone who worked tirelessly to make this facility possible.” He added, “I hope this center becomes more than a place that simply transmits knowledge. I hope it awakens human-rights awareness among all citizens and becomes a vital place that plants and nurtures the seeds of education that realize dignity and equality.”
Ahn Chang-ho stated, “We will spare no effort to expand curricula that reflect diverse human-rights issues and to distribute standardized human-rights education programs and content so that the center can become a learning space for everyone’s human rights.”
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