Residents can tap into discounted local goods this week as a market opens at the former Duryu Water Purification Plant.
Running from November 13 to 15, the 2026 Neighbor Love Kimchi Sharing and Agricultural Specialty Direct Transaction Event brings regional farm goods straight to urban buyers. The Daegu Metropolitan Government organized the three-day gathering to promote local food networks and ease the financial strain on single-person and dual-income households who find traditional winter kimchi preparations increasingly difficult to manage.
Farmers from Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and the Jeolla provinces, alongside the Daegu Gyeongbuk Swine Cooperatives, set up stalls across the former water plant grounds. Shoppers can purchase apples, salted seafood, and meats alongside core kimchi ingredients through direct transactions.
Volunteers from the Daegu Women’s Association and other community members gathered on opening day to prepare 300 boxes totaling 1.5 tons of kimchi using domestic produce including cabbage, red pepper powder, garlic, and salted seafood. The completed boxes are routed through the Community Chest of Korea to vulnerable households.
A separate rice-consumption promotion served bowls of rice-cake soup starting at 10 a.m. on Friday.
Meanwhile, in Gyeonggi Province, Wonmi 2-dong hosted its own community outreach effort on the 12th. This team included Wonmi District Mayor Kim Won-kyeong, People Power Party Bucheon Gap Party Organization Chairperson Kwak Nae-kyung, Bucheon City Council members Lee Chul-hee, Bae Yong-chul, and Na Seul-gi, alongside Bucheon City Association of Citizens with Disabilities Secretary-General Park Jung-san. Together, they produced 750kg of kimchi distributed to 150 vulnerable households in 5kg portions.
“Thanks to the generous help of various voluntary organizations and the local community this year, I am glad and feel rewarded to be able to deliver kimchi to our neighbors in need,” resident autonomous council president Kim Jung-won stated. “We will continue our activities to share warmth with our neighbors.”
I deeply thank the members of the resident autonomous council and voluntary organizations who willingly gathered strength for our neighbors in need despite the cold weather. We will continue to work closely with the local community so that interest and sharing toward our neighbors can be sustained. Wonmi
This event was designed to practice regional co-prosperity through local agricultural consumption and to deliver warmth to the community through kimchi sharing for vulnerable groups. We hope many citizens will participate in this event where they can experience traditional kimchi-making and purchase fresh ingredients.
Choo Kyung-ho, Daegu Mayor
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