{"id":259289,"date":"2026-05-04T00:07:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/04\/2026-how-suji-library-in-yongin-became-koreas-top-public-library-for-3-consecutive-years\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T00:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:07:24","slug":"2026-how-suji-library-in-yongin-became-koreas-top-public-library-for-3-consecutive-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/social\/2026\/05\/04\/2026-how-suji-library-in-yongin-became-koreas-top-public-library-for-3-consecutive-years\/","title":{"rendered":"2026: How Suji Library in Yongin Became Korea&#8217;s Top Public Library for 3 Consecutive Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"photo-layout\" image photo_731475 float-center data-idxno=\"731475\" data-type=\"photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Early\" march view of yongin special city hall and yongin special city council (photo by reporter kim gyeong-hun) src=\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2024-0060\/image-5c12e0f8-d4a2-40a2-8bee-798a658e4cda.jpeg\"><figcaption>\n   Early March view of Yongin Special City Hall and Yongin Special City Council (photo by reporter Kim Gyeong-hun)<br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Suji Library in Yongin Special City topped the nation for printed-book loans in the government\u2019s 2026 National Public Library Statistics Survey, which covers 2025 activity.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism reported that Suji Library recorded 850,526 printed-book loans in 2025, marking its third consecutive year as the country\u2019s busiest lending library.<\/p>\n<p>Suji Library also finished first in the surveys released for 2024 and 2025, with 879,485 and 910,884 loans, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Yongin Special City said the library again posted the highest annual loan total among the nation\u2019s 1,328 public libraries, reinforcing its role as a central part of the city\u2019s reading infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Other Yongin libraries placed highly as well. 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