Ulsan's Nam-gu wins top prize at 2026 Korea SNS Awards

Ulsan's Nam-gu has won the top prize in the basic local government category at the 16th Korea SNS Awards 2026, organized by the Korea Social Contents Promotion Association, in recognition of its social media outreach efforts.

The district has used a range of social media channels — including YouTube, Instagram and blogs — to share key policy updates and tourism and festival information while actively engaging with residents.

A video titled "Would anyone notice if you joined a Zoom meeting on a roller coaster?" — featuring Jangseongpo's Whales Cart ride attraction — has accumulated more than 6.7 million combined views on the district's official Instagram and YouTube channels. A separate series of 218 short videos produced in collaboration with Ulnamkuku (Ulsan Nam-gu Creator Crew), a group of 20 content creators based in Ulsan, has logged a cumulative 15.26 million views.

Those same efforts earned Nam-gu recognition at the 11th SNS of the Year 2025, held last year by the Korea Social Contents Promotion Association, where the district took the Instagram grand prize, the YouTube grand prize and the blog excellence prize in the basic local government ward category.