"Ease any inconvenience in island areas".Incheon to test-run drone delivery of daily necessities

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Incheon City will test-run a drone life delivery service until next month for the island area of Ongjin-gun.

We create delivery stores in 10 places, including Deokjeokdo Island and Soya Island, and operate them for free.

Reporter Kang Tae-wook reports.

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A drone delivery center at the Soya Island dock in Ongjin-gun.Residents of

island pack the roasted duck ordered through the app and load it on the drone.

Then, the delivery drone will arrive at the target point, Soya 2-ri Senior Citizen Center in about 5 minutes after passing through the blue sea and forest.

When I drop the item at the delivery store, the person who ordered it comes and takes it.

[Song Kyung-soo / President of the Women's Association, Soya 2-ri, Ongjin-gun: Even if you buy everything, you're into it. So I carry a car with me while I'm cooking, and that's definitely convenient.]

Incheon City has started a pilot operation of a drone delivery service that helps islanders purchase daily necessities.

It can be up to 3kg at a time for 250 types of household items sold at Ongjin Nonghyup Hanaro Mart.

[Kim Young-shin / Director of Aviation Department, Incheon: We plan to increase the number and weight of items and expand the work so that citizens can receive them in a more convenient area.]

We have created 10 delivery stores, including Deokjeokdo Island and Gulupdo Island, and we will increase them further next year.

Earlier, since March, we have established a delivery system using drones.

[Park Jeong-gi / Advanced Aviation Department of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: We are working to establish a maritime drone transportation network that connects all islands across the country in 3 to 4 years]

The government will expand the service to islands across the country, starting with Incheon.

I'm Kang Taewook of YTN.