Paju City Unveils Re:born Vision to Transform Red-Light District into Cultural and Welfare Space
Creatrip Team
3 months ago
Paju City held a ‘space transformation vision’ ceremony called ‘Yeonpung Re:born’ to convert a long-standing sex work red-light district into open cultural and welfare spaces. Around 500 attendees, including the mayor, community leaders and citizens, gathered to reflect on the area’s history of violence and exploitation and to support closure of the district. The program featured a video on the need for change, awards to activists for women’s human rights and anti-sex trade efforts, and citizen readings urging participation. Paju outlined a phased plan through 2028 to build family centers, a gender-equality plaza, healing gardens, and a “Lachivium” (a combined library, archives and museum), with longer-term plans for a public nursing home, health-focused clinics, park-golf, parking and a public library. The event closed with a participatory “vision performance” where citizens submitted hopes for Yeonpung and Paju via QR code, showing strong public support for turning the site into an inclusive, respectful urban space.
