Eupcheonri 382
읍천리382
A dessert café brand. The agreement covers projects that benefit both towns and farms, such as developing ingredients and products from local produce, and joint marketing.
한국어 홈
About us in English
Icheon-si Youth Saemaul Alliance
이천시청년새마을연대
A volunteer group of young people in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea. This page is a short summary in English; the rest of the site is in Korean.
About us
Icheon-si Youth Saemaul Alliance (이천시청년새마을연대) is a registered non-profit volunteer organisation based in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do. It was registered with the Icheon Tax Office on 25 October 2024.
Our members are young people in Icheon, including self-employed business owners, farmers and livestock farmers, and office workers. We carry on the Saemaul Undong (New Village Movement) principles of diligence, self-help and cooperation through hands-on work in our community.
Icheon City’s youth portal (in Korean, opens in a new tab) lists us among the city’s youth organisations, with the vision of “building a community where we all live together”.
What we do
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Care for older neighbours
We visit village halls around Icheon to give older residents free haircuts and hair colouring. In December 2025 we also donated winter essentials for older residents through the Korea Senior Citizens Association’s Icheon branch.
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Growing and sharing kimchi cabbage
Our members plant kimchi cabbage in Baeksa-myeon together with local Saemaul groups, with seedlings supported by Icheon Nonghyup (the Icheon agricultural cooperative). The harvest goes to welfare facilities and local Saemaul groups for kimjang, the winter kimchi-making season, so it can be shared with neighbours in need. Our third planting day took place in August 2026.
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Recycling at local festivals
At local festivals we run hands-on recycling booths. At the Icheon Baeksa Sansuyu Flower Festival in April 2026, we worked with the dessert café brand Eupcheonri 382 on an activity where visitors planted flowers in pots made from empty aluminium drink cans. At the Eco Pang Pang summer festival in August 2026, visitors who brought a used plastic cup had a succulent planted in it.
We also help run city events alongside other local youth groups, such as Icheon’s summer water festival in August 2025.
Partners
We have signed cooperation agreements with the following organisations, listed by date.
Korea Senior Citizens Association, Icheon Branch
대한노인회 이천시지회
The agreement aims to build understanding between generations, through joint campaigns on carbon neutrality and care for older people, and young volunteers for local events and festivals. We donated winter essentials on the same day.
Maichu
마이츄
An eco-friendly event company. The agreement covers low-carbon event operations, such as reusable containers and recycling, as well as menus that use local produce and food-truck collaboration.
Organisation details
- Legal name
- 이천시청년새마을연대
- English name
- Icheon-si Youth Saemaul Alliance
- Registered
- 25 Oct 2024, Icheon Tax Office
- Represented by
- 최병무 (Chairperson)
- Admin e-mail
- icheonbird@gmail.com
- Official domain
- youthsaemaul.or.kr
Get in touch
For enquiries in English, please e-mail icheonbird@gmail.com.
Join us
Membership is open to people aged 19 to 45 (age in full years on the date of application). The application form is in Korean.
Join us (in Korean)In the news
Korean local newspapers have covered our kimchi-cabbage sharing, our volunteer visits and our partnership agreements.
Press coverage (in Korean)