Busan's Sasang District is a base for industrial development in the 21st century. It is renewing itself as an enriched riverside district full of energy.
Located along Nakdong River, it is a fertile region where people meet as they walk along the river and take in the history.
It is a warm place where people have been living for more than two thousand years.
It has been an industrial center responsible for much of Busan's economy in times of economic growth.
Over 2,004 high-tech enterprises in industries such as steel machinery, automobile parts, fiber chemistry, foodstuff, shipbuilding, and maritime machinery help lead the economy of Sasang.
Three-dimensional road system for industrial efficiency
Sasang's roads and tunnels include Riverside Main Road, Dongseo Overpass, and Gwanmun Main Road, all part of a newly expanded metropolitan road system.
Main roads, linking major parts of the city, play an indispensable role in logistics by passing through major Sasang distribution areas, such as Eomgung Farmers' Market, Busan Steel Sale Complex, and Busan Industry Product Complex.
Sasang enacted legislations to support publicity and the development of CI (Corporate Identity) of excellent companies for their sustainable development and competitiveness. Sasang promotes growth in a better environment.
Sasang has taken steps to become a business-friendly district through the reorganization of its manufacturing areas, construction of Sasang Development Institute, and activation of a business development committee for redevelopment issues.
Beautiful Sasang
Sasang, alongside Nakdong River, is a green city in harmony with clean forests and clear water.
Samnak Riverside Park is a famous environment-friendly urban leisure park. It sustains a pleasant natural environment and dreams of an eco-city with its revival of Hakjang Stream.
With its flower gardens and sports and leisure facilities, it attracts not only Sasang residents, but also people from all over Busan.
Sasang's exciting festivals bring Busan's citizens together.
Sasang Traditional Daljip Festival takes place on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Busan's citizens wish for the good fortune for their families.
Sasang Flower Festival exhibits the flowers of spring.
Sasang Riverside Festival provides Busan's citizens with a place for culture and art.
Sasang Gallery, with various modern works of art, is open throughout the year.
A historic site with the footprints of our ancestors
Unsu Temple and its Budo Pagoda contain a peaceful atmosphere of ancient Buddhism.
Gangseon Shrine, where people of the area once prayed for safety, as well as filial monuments of devoted sons scattered around the area, have become the places of inspiration for people today.
Sasang, steeped in both the past and the present, is now a high-class area where people enjoy a new leisure culture.
Sasang provides its residents with education.
Its policies encourage a lifelong education that its residents can enjoy anywhere and at anytime. Its residents can experience culture through various cultural classes at Sasang Culture Center and Sasang District Library and can also receive a high-quality English education at International Center. It has established Sasang District Scholarship Committee and Academic Youth Culture Zone for after-school youth cultural development.
It also provides its residents with exercise facilities.
Sasang helps provide stability to low-income residents through welfare support.
It gives hope and courage to the less fortunate, including orphans, elderly people living alone and the disabled.
It is building a happy district where all of the residents can enjoy their lives in harmony with neighbors.
Sasang District Offices make every effort to serve Sasang's residents through an advanced administrative system that efficiently responds to the rapidly changing environment.
The "Happiness Index" of Sasang's residents continues to rise with the District's proactive and trustworthy administration.
Sasang dreams to become a city with a high-tech industrial culture.
Sasang is growing into an industry-centered area with an efficient transportation infrastructure, a convenient industry environment, and the creation of a powerful local economy.
Sasang is a district where people live in nature and participate in a lively culture.
Sasang is full of affection, with all its residents working together for a beautiful and prosperous future. It has a true sense of community and up-to-date social welfare.
It makes itself open to input from its residents through its resident-centered and competency-based performance measurement administration system.
Sasang the place for happy dreams in the 21st Century!
Sasang is a vital center of the dynamic Busan economy.
A warm-hearted and healthy Sasang marches forward to fulfill its dreams to build a society for industry and culture in harmony with nature.
Thank you.